I-587 begins at an interchange between I-95 and I-795 and US 264 southwest of Wilson. US 264 extends west to Raleigh, while the interchange marks the northern terminus of I-795. I-587, I-795, and US 264 travel east around southern Wilson. The concurrency with I-795 ends east of I-95 at an interchange. At the interchange, I-795 turns south toward Goldsboro. Immediately following the I-795 interchange, I-587 and US 264 interchange with
US 301 which provides access to the northern terminus of
US 117. I-587 and US 264 continue east, looping around Wilson. The highways intersect
NC 58 southeast of Wilson, which is followed by an S-curve in the freeway. An interchange with US 264 and US 264 Alternate follows the S-curve, marking the eastern end of the US 264 concurrency. I-587 continues east around the
town of Saratoga. As it loops around Saratoga, I-587 is repositioned to the southeast, largely paralleling US 264. I-587 begins an easterly turn north of
Walstonburg and interchanges with
NC 91 and US 264, before completing the curve west of Farmville. As I-587 continues north around Farmville, it meets
US 258 and
US 258 Business (US 258 Bus.) at an interchange northwest of downtown. US 258 follows I-587 to the east for before leaving the freeway at another interchange east of downtown Farmville. I-587 continues for another through rural North Carolina before intersecting US 264 and NC 11 Byp. west of Greenville. The interchange marks the eastern terminus of I-587. I-587 is included with the
National Highway System, a network of highways in the US which serve strategic transportation facilities in its entirety. ==History==