State Route 8 (SR-8) is a short east-west

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in the southwestern portion of the

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, running entirely within the west side of the city of

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. The route connects SR-18 to Dixie Downs Road via Sunset Boulevard in a span of . Prior to 1999, SR-8 extended north to

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. However, the route was truncated to its current point that year.

Route description

SR-8 begins on the northwestern side of

at the intersection of Dixie Downs Road and Sunset Boulevard, proceeding east on Sunset Boulevard as a five-lane undivided highway. Past Westridge Drive, the road turns slightly to the east-northeast. SR-8 terminates at its intersection with Bluff Street ( SR-18), which continues south towards the historic downtown district of St. George. The entire route has been included in the National Highway System.

History

SR-8 was added to the state highway system in 1910,

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Highway Resolutions
, updated September 2007, accessed May 2008 and in the 1920s it became part of US-91.

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1926 After the new alignment of

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was built south from

, old US-91 southwest of SR-18, including present SR-8, was removed from the state highway system in 1974. State Route 300 was designated in 1972 to serve

, running from SR-18 south to the southern boundary of the park.

Highway Resolutions
, updated December 2007, accessed May 2008 In 1991, the

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passed a resolution to create a new State Route 8, pending roadway improvements, which would absorb the entire length of SR-300, and continue south through Ivins on Center Street and 200 East and southeast on Santa Clara Drive and Sunset Boulevard (old US-91) back to SR-18. Sunset Boulevard between SR-18 and Dixie Downs Road was so improved and added to the state highway system in 1996, and at that time SR-300 was renumbered as a second piece of SR-8. As requested by the

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so they could carry out their resource management plan, the latter portion was removed from the state highway system in 1999, leaving only the present extent of SR-8.

Highway Resolutions
, updated September 2007, accessed May 2008

Major intersections

References

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