Missouri Route 8
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Maintained by MoDOT | ||||
Length | 72.061 mi[1] (115.971 km) | |||
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Counties | Phelps, Crawford, Washington, St. Francois | |||
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Route 8 is a 69-mile-long (111 km) state highway in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. It travels from Interstate 44 (I-44) in St. James to U.S. Route 67 (US 67) and US 67 Business in Desloge. It acts as a bypass, from I-44 in St. James, to US 67 in Desloge. Travelers on I-44 can use it to avoid the traffic problems[clarification needed] in St. Louis, to US 67 in Desloge, & vice versa. Those who want to go to Ste. Genevieve can take US 67 Bus. through Park Hills to US 67, to Farmington, then take Route 32 to Ste. Genevieve. There have supposedly[clarification needed] been plans to extend Route 8 to Ste. Genevieve. So far, those plans have not been put into effect.
Between Steelville and Potosi, Route 8 was initially Route 62 from 1922 to 1926. The route was renumbered because US 60 had been planned as US 62.
Route description[]
Route 8 begins its run in St. James concurrent with Route 68 just south of the interchange with I-44. The two routes are concurrent for approximately 4 miles before Route 68 splits from Route 8 and heads southeast to Salem while Route 8 runs east to Steelville, passing Maramec Spring Park in the process. Route 8 is concurrent with Route 19 through Steelville; the two routes split on the eastern side of town at which point Route 8 runs east through one ranger district of the Mark Twain National Forest on its way to Potosi. About 15 miles east of Potosi, it reaches Business Loop 67 in Desloge and runs concurrently with that route until their termination at the interchange with U.S. Route 67.
History[]
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Major intersections[]
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Phelps | St. James | 0.000 | 0.000 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | I-44 exit 195; western end of Route 68 / Historic US 66 overlap |
0.466 | 0.750 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of Historic US 66 overlap | ||
| 4.785 | 7.701 | ![]() | Eastern end of Route 68 overlap | |
Crawford | Steelville | 17.363 | 27.943 | ![]() | Western end of Route 19 overlap |
18.039 | 29.031 | ![]() | Eastern end of Route 19 overlap | ||
Washington | Potosi | 53.132 | 85.508 | ![]() | |
54.610 | 87.886 | ![]() | |||
St. Francois | Park Hills–Desloge line | 70.048 | 112.731 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 67 Bus. overlap |
Desloge | 72.031 | 115.923 | ![]() | Interchange; eastern end of US 67 Bus. overlap | |
72.061 | 115.971 | Cedar Falls Road | Eastern end of state maintenance | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
See also[]
U.S. Roads portal
References[]
- ^ a b Missouri Department of Transportation (April 27, 2017). MoDOT HPMAPS (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
External links[]
Media related to Missouri Route 8 at Wikimedia Commons
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- State highways in Missouri
- Transportation in Phelps County, Missouri
- Transportation in Crawford County, Missouri
- Transportation in Washington County, Missouri
- Transportation in St. Francois County, Missouri
- Missouri road stubs