Texas State Highway 8

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State Highway 8

Length:

41.397^[1] mi (66.622 km)

Formed:

1917

North end:

Arkansas Highway 41

Major
junctions:

I-30 in New Boston

US 82 in New Boston
US 67 in Corley
US 59 in Linden

South end:

SH 155 in Linden

Highways in Texas
< SH 7		SH 9 >

State Highway 8 or SH 8 is a north-south state highway that runs from the Red River, the Texas-Arkansas boundary, north of New Boston to U.S. Route 59 at Linden.

[edit] Counties and Junctions

County	Junction	Notes
Bowie	AR 41 – north of New Boston
	I 30 – New Boston
	US 82 – New Boston
	US 67 – Corley to Maud
Cass	SH 77 – Douglassville
	US 59 – Linden
	SH 11 – Linden
	SH 155 – Linden

[edit] Route history

SH 8 was one of the original twenty six state highways proposed in 1917, proposed as an 'East Texas Highway.' In 1919 the routing follows the present day SH 8 from the Arkansas State Line to its terminus in Linden, then continued south on present day U.S. Route 59 through Marshall, to Carthage. On U.S. Route 96, SH 8 traveled through San Augustine, Jasper to its junction with SH 62, where it turned towards its terminus in Orange.

In 1922 SH 8 was rerouted from Buna to Beaumont and into Port Arthur via present day US 96. The Buna-Orange section became State Highway 62 by 1932.

In 1926, US 59 and 96 were overlaid over pieces of SH 8. While the entirety of the SH 8 maintained its number, by 1939 most of SH 8 was cancelled, leaving only the Arkansas-Corley segment to the old highway. In 1947 a small segment was reassigned from Corley to Linden, making up the road in its current routing.

SH 8A was an alternate routing added just east of SH 8 from Center to Orange in 1919. By 1933, it had been renumbered as SH 21 and SH 83.