State Route 8 (SR 8) is part of
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and ...
's system of numbered
state highways, running from
U.S. Route 201
U.S. Route 201 (US 201) is part of the nationwide system of United States Numbered Highways. It runs for entirely within the state of Maine and is a spur route of U.S. Route 1. Its southern terminus is in Brunswick at US 1 and Maine State Rou ...
(US 201) at Memorial Circle in
Augusta, to an intersection with US 201 in
Solon
Solon ( grc-gre, Σόλων; BC) was an Athenian statesman, constitutional lawmaker and poet. He is remembered particularly for his efforts to legislate against political, economic and moral decline in Archaic Athens.Aristotle ''Politics'' ...
. SR 8 is long.
SR 8 goes north from Augusta through the Belgrade Lakes region, running
concurrently with Routes
11 and
27 to
Belgrade. The road continues northeast from Belgrade to
Norridgewock
Norridgewock was the name of both an Indigenous village and a band of the Abenaki ("People of the Dawn") Native Americans/First Nations, an Eastern Algonquian tribe of the United States and Canada. The French of New France called the village Ke ...
, where it intersects
US 2. The route joins with
US 201A and follows the
Kennebec River through
Madison and
Anson Anson may refer to:
People
* Anson (name), a give name and surname
** Anson family, a British aristocratic family with the surname
Place names
;United States
* Anson, Indiana
* Anson, Kansas
* Anson, Maine
** Anson (CDP), Maine
* Anson, Missour ...
to its north end at Solon.
Junction list
References
External links
Floodgap Roadgap's RoadsAroundME: Maine State Route 8
008
Transportation in Kennebec County, Maine
Transportation in Somerset County, Maine
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