The 15.6 km (9.1 mi) roads connects Mentakab until Temerloh.

The roads was called Federal Route 2 before Mentakab-Temerloh Bypass was built in 1978.

[1] The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 87 starts at Mentakab South, at its interchange with the Federal Route 2, the main trunk road of the central of Peninsula Malaysia.

The new bridge project also included a new roadway that bypassed Temerloh and Mentakab, causing the former Temerloh-Mentakab section to be re-gazetted as the Federal Route 87.

[2] At most sections, the Federal Route 87 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.