Route 8 is a
state highway
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in the eastern part of the
U.S. state
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of
Missouri
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. It travels from
Interstate 44
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(I-44) in
St. James to
U.S. Route 67
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(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 in
St. Louis
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, 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
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* ...
, then take
Route 32 to Ste. Genevieve. There have supposedly 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
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Canada
Ontario
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while Route 8 runs east to
Steelville, passing
Maramec Spring
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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
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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
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.
History
Major intersections
See also
*
References
External links
008 008, OO8, O08, or 0O8 may refer to:
* The Streetwear Brand @008us , inspired by Ian Fleming & Virgil Abloh
*"030", the fictional 030 Agent of MI6
* '' 038: Operation Exterminate'', a 1965 Italian action film
* '' Explosivo 030'' a 1940 Argentine c ...
Transportation in Phelps County, Missouri
Transportation in Crawford County, Missouri
Transportation in Washington County, Missouri
Transportation in St. Francois County, Missouri
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