State Road 8 in the

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consists of two disconnected segments that were never connected.

Route description

No part of SR 8 in Indiana is included as a part of the National Highway System (NHS). The NHS is a network of highways that are identified as being most important for the economy, mobility and defense of the nation.

Western segment

The western terminus of the western segment is at

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(US 231) and SR 2 in

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. The highway goes due east leaving Hebron and heading toward Knox. It passes through rural farmland, having a

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at SR 49 in Kouts. The route enters

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having a four-way stop at US 421. North of Knox it begins a concurrency with US 35; this ends in downtown Knox with SR 8 heading due east. The road leaves Knox passing through the east side of town. The eastern terminus of the western segment is at SR 17.

Eastern segment

The western terminus of the eastern segment begins at SR 9. The road heads east from

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toward SR 3. On the way to SR 3 the highway passes through rural farmland. The road begins a concurrency with SR 3 at a traffics light north of Avilla; this ends at an intersection with SR 3 on the east side of Avilla. The road then goes due east towards

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. It has a

at SR 327 north of Garrett. The route enters Auburn on the west side of town and has an interchange with

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(I-69). The road now passes through commercial areas before entering downtown Auburn where it has an intersection with Old SR 427. The roadway now leaves Auburn, returning to rural farmland. The highway has a short concurrency with SR 1. The route turns southeast towards Hicksville, OH. SR 8 ends at the Ohio state line; which then continues into the western terminus of

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History

Western section

In the early 1940s, the road's western terminus was at the

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state line, becoming Exchange Street. It was truncated eastward to US 41 in St. John in the 1970s. From St. John to

, it was

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to US 231. SR 8 was later truncated to its junction with US 231 in Hebron, eliminating the concurrency.

Central section

In 1951, SR 8 started in

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at SR 13 and continued east to

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south of Kimmell. This section was deleted in 1971.

Major intersections

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