Pennsylvania Route 487 (PA 487) is a 64.3-mile (103.5 km) long, north–south state highway running from PA 61 in Shamokin Township, Northumberland County to PA 87 (near its intersection with US 220) in Dushore, Sullivan County. In Bloomsburg, 487 and US 11 share a brief wrong-way concurrency. After its brief concurrency with PA 118, PA 487 goes up a steep grade through the picturesque Ricketts Glen State Park. Pennsylvania Route 487 is used to carry traffic up the Fishing Creek valley.
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