New Brunswick Route 8
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| New Brunswick Route 8 |
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| Length: | 255.4 km[1] (158.7 mi) |
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| Formed: | 1920s |
| South end: |  Route 2 (TCH) near Fredericton |
| Major junctions: |
 Route 7 in Fredericton Route 10 in Fredericton Route 108 in Renous Route 11 in Miramichi |
| North end: | Route 11 in Bathurst |
| Major cities: | Doaktown, Blackville, Miramichi |
New Brunswick Highway 8 is an important highway link between northern and southern New Brunswick, Canada. 255 kilometres long, it runs from Fredericton to Bathurst via Miramichi.
Highway 8 branches apart from the New Brunswick Highway 2 (the Trans-Canada Highway) west of Fredericton, and uses a former TCH alignment to loop around the southern part of the city on a 4-lane freeway before crossing to the north side of the Saint John River on the Princess Margaret Bridge. North of Fredericton, the highway follows the west bank of the Nashwaak River to Taymouth, then turns northeast to meet the Southwest Miramichi River at Boiestown. The highway then follows the river through Doaktown, Blackville and Renous. From Renous, the road becomes a two-lane expressway to a junction with Route 430 in Miramichi. The highway is designated the King George Highway through the former towns of Newcastle and Douglastown, then turns northward. Bypassing the village of Allardville, it ends at an interchange with New Brunswick Highway 11 south of Bathurst.
[edit] History
Route 8 was one of the original numbered highways in New Brunswick in the 1920s. The route changed little until bypasses were built on Fredericton's north side in 1982, between Renous and Newcastle in 1988, and between Bathurst and Allardville in 1990. The highway was extended south along the former Trans-Canada bypass of Fredericton in 2001. In November 2006, a two-lane bypass of a section of the former town of Newcastle opened between the Anderson Bridge (over the Northwest Miramichi River) and a junction with Route 430; providing easier access to the existing Route 117 bypass on the south side of the Miramichi River.
[edit] Future Plans
A bypass between the Fredericton suburb of Marysville and South Portage, north of Taymouth, is currently in the planning stages.
[edit] List of interchanges
| Location | Exit Number | Intersecting Roads |
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| Fredericton | 3 | Hanwell Road (Highway 640) |
| Fredericton | 5 | Smythe Street (southbound only) |
| Fredericton | 6 | Regent Street ( Highway 101) |
| Fredericton | 7 | Vanier Highway ( Highway 7) |
| Fredericton | 9 | Forest Hill Road |
| Fredericton | 10 | Riverside Drive ( Highway 105) |
| Renous | 139 | Plaster Rock-Renous Highway ( Highway 108) |
| Derby Junction | 163 | Highway 108 / (Highway 420) |
| Miramichi (Douglastown) | 180 | O'Keefe Road |
| Allardville | 231 | Highway 160 / Highway 360 |
- * At-grade intersection
- ** At-grade intersection, exit number not posted (kilometre-post used)
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