North Carolina Highway 8
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| NC 8 |
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| Length: | 100 mi (161 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1930[1] | ||||||||
| North end: |  SR 8 near Stuart, VA |
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| Major junctions: |
 US 52 in Winston-Salem;    BUS I-40/US 421/158/NC 150 in Winston-Salem; I-40 in Winston-Salem; US 52 north of Lexington;   BUS I-85/US 70/29 in Lexington; I-85 in Lexington |
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| South end: | US 52 in New London, NC |
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| Counties: | Stanly, Davidson, Forsyth, Stokes | ||||||||
| Major cities: | Lexington, Midway, Winston-Salem, Danbury | ||||||||
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NC 8 is a north/south state highway in north-central North Carolina; it travels mostly through the Piedmont Triad. The route is approximately 100 miles (161 km) in length.
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[edit] Route
[edit] Stanly County
NC 8 begins at its southern terminus in New London, North Carolina and travels northward in Stanley County where it becomes cosigned with NC 49. Traveling northeast (NC 8 signed north), the two routes cross the Yadkin River between Badin Lake and High Rock Lake, entering Davidson County.
[edit] Davidson County
The routes NC 8 and NC 49 split outside of Denton, North Carolina. NC 8 continues north crossing Flat Swamp Creek, Abbots Creek (part of High Rock Lake), and NC 47 into the community of Southmont. From there, the route continues due north into the city of Lexington as Cotton Grove Road. After an interchange with I-85 in Lexington's southern commercial district, NC 8 turns right onto Talbert Boulevard into uptown Lexington. After turning left on Raleigh Road, the route's northbound and southbound routes split between 5th Street and 6th Street. Rejoining as Winston Road at an interchange with Business I-85/US 29/US 70/US 64, NC exits Lexington as Old U.S. Highway 52. Before entering Welcome, NC 8 joins the US 52 freeway (exit 92) through Midway and into Forsyth County.
[edit] Forsyth County
US 311 joins US 52 and NC 8 for a short segment in Winston-Salem. At the Germanton Road exit, NC 8 separates from US 52 and continues north to Germanton just across the Stokes County line.
[edit] Stokes County
In Germanton for a one mile segment, NC 8 and NC 65 are cosigned. NC 8 splits to the north to join NC 89 into Danbury. Splitting near Lawsonville, NC 8 continues north crossing NC 704 before ending at North Carolina/Virginia line. At that point, State Route 8 begins and travels north into Stuart, Virginia.
[edit] History
NC 8 was established in 1930 as a spur of NC 10, extending just south of Lexington. It was extended southward several times during the 1930's. In 1940, as part of a state-wide renumbering to match Virginia State Highways, it was extended northward along US 52 and replaced old NC 109. This makes it unique among the 1940 renumberings in that a concerted effort was made to actually connect the two highway "8"s rather than just dump the old NC route and completely reroute it [2].
