Oregon Route 8
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Oregon Route 8 is an Oregon state highway which serves the western suburbs of Portland.
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[edit] Route description
The eastern terminus of OR 8 is an interchange with U.S. Route 26 (which is, at that point, the Sunset Highway) just west of the Portland city limits and the Washington-Multnomah county line. Initially, it is also known as Canyon Road, since it comes out of the gulch in which the Sunset Highway runs.
Continuing west, OR 8 enters the suburb of Beaverton, and after its interchange with Oregon Route 217, a freeway, it changes into the Tualatin Valley Highway, often abbreviated as TV Highway. It comes within one block of Oregon Route 10, running parallel but never intersecting, although commuters often use surface streets to change between the highways.
TV Highway continues west as an expressway, out of Beaverton, through unincorporated urban Washington County (running right next to some of the chipmaker Intel's facilities) and into the suburb of Hillsboro.
After passing through downtown Hillsboro, OR 8 moves westward through the adjoined towns of Cornelius and Forest Grove, passing next to Pacific University. In Forest Grove, it intersects with Oregon Route 47, the TV Highway designation continues south on OR 47. West of Forest Grove, OR 8 is known as Gales Creek Road; after passing though some farmland west of Forest Grove, OR 8 reaches its western terminus in an intersection with Oregon Route 6 near the community of Glenwood.
[edit] Cities and towns along the route
[edit] Intersections with other highways
- U.S. Route 26, just west of Portland
- Oregon Route 217 in Beaverton
- Oregon Route 219 in Hillsboro
- Oregon Route 102 and Oregon Route 47 in Forest Grove
- Oregon Route 6, west of Gales Creek
