| NC 8 | ||||
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| Maintained by NCDOT | ||||
| Length: | 100 mi (200 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1930[1] – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: | US 52 in New London | |||
| US 52 in Winston-Salem I-40 Bus. in Winston-Salem I-40 in Winston-Salem US 52 north of Lexington I-85 Bus. in Lexington I-85 in Lexington |
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| North end: | SR 8 near Stuart, VA | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Stanly, Rowan, Davidson, Forsyth, Stokes | |||
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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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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 Rowan County for about a quarter of a mile, then immediately entering Davidson County.
The routes NC 8 and NC 49 split outside of Denton, North Carolina. NC 8 continues north crossing Flat Swamp Creek, Abbotts 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.
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.
In Germanton for a one mile (1.6 km) 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, Virginia's State Route 8 begins and travels north into Stuart, Virginia.
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 1930s. 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.[1]
| County | Location | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Stanly | New London | US 52 – Albemarle, Richfield | Southern terminus | |
| NC 49 south – Harrisburg | South end of concurrency with NC 49 | |||
| Rowan | No major intersections | |||
| Davidson | NC 49 north – Asheboro | North end of concurrency with NC 49 | ||
| Cotton Grove | NC 47 (Junior Order Home Road) – Denton | |||
| Lexington | I-85 (Exit 91) – Charlotte, Greensboro | Partial cloverleaf interchange | ||
US 29 Alt. south / US 70 Alt. west (Main Street) |
South end of concurrency with Alternate US 29/70 | |||
US 29 Alt. north / US 70 Alt. east (Main Street) |
North end of Concurrency with Alternate US 29/70 | |||
| I-85 Bus. / US 29 / US 64 / US 70 – Mocksville, Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham | Partial cloverleaf interchange | |||
| US 52 south (George S. Coble Memorial Highway) – Salisbury | South end of concurrency with US 52; Partial cloverleaf interchange | |||
| Forsyth | Winston-Salem | I-40 / US 311 south (Exit 193) – Clemmons, Greensboro, High Point | South end of concurrency with US 311; Cloverleaf interchange | |
| I-40 Bus. / US 158 / US 421 / NC 150 – Clemmons, Yadkinville, Reidsville, Kernersville | Cloverleaf interchange | |||
| US 311 north (Martin Luther King Jr. Drive) – Walnut Cove | North end of concurrency with US 311; Partial cloverleaf interchange | |||
| US 52 north (John M. Gold Freeway) – King | North end of concurrency with US 52; Partial cloverleaf interchange | |||
| NC 66 (Old Hollow Road) – Walkertown, Rural Hall | ||||
| NC 65 west (Rural Hall-Germanton Road) – Rural Hall | South end of concurrency with NC 65 | |||
| Stokes | Germanton | NC 65 east – Reidsville | North end of concurrency with NC 65 | |
| Meadows | NC 89 south – Walnut Cove | South end of concurrency with NC 89 | ||
| Danbury | NC 89 north – Mount Airy | North end of concurrency with NC 89 | ||
| Coleville | NC 704 (Wesley D. Webster Highway) – Francisco, Mayodan | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||