Missouri Route 8
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MoDOT | ||||
| Length: | 72.061 mi[1] (115.971 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: |
  I-44 / Route 68 in St. James | |||
| East end: |
   US 67 / US 67 Bus. in Desloge | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Phelps, Crawford, Washington, St. Francois | |||
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Route 8 is a 69-mile-long (111 km) state highway in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. It travels from Interstate 44 (I-44) in St. James to U.S. Route 67 (US 67) and US 67 Business in Desloge. It is two lanes for most of its length, except a small 4-lane portion on the Crawford–Phelps county line. It acts as a bypass, from I-44 in St. James, to US 67 in Desloge. Travelers on I-44 can use it to avoid the traffic problems in St. Louis, to US 67 in Desloge, & vice versa. Those who want to go to Ste. Genevieve can take US 67 Bus. through Park Hills to US 67, to Missouri, then take Route 32 to Ste. Genevieve. There have supposedly been plans to extend Route 8 to Ste. Genevieve. So far, those plans have not been put into effect.
Between Steelville and Potosi, Route 8 was initially Route 62 from 1922 to 1926. The route was renumbered because US 60 had been planned as US 62.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Phelps | St. James | 0.000 | 0.000 | .svg.png){kind=small} I-44 / Route 68 west / Historic US 66 west – St. Louis, Rolla | I-44 exit 195; western end of Route 68 / Historic US 66 overlap |
| 0.466 | 0.750 |  Route KK / Historic US 66 east (James Boulevard) – Rosati | Eastern end of Historic US 66 overlap | ||
| | 4.785 | 7.701 | Route 68 east – Salem | Eastern end of Route 68 overlap | |
| Crawford | Steelville | 17.363 | 27.943 |  Route 19 north – Cuba | Western end of Route 19 overlap |
| 18.039 | 29.031 | Route 19 south | Eastern end of Route 19 overlap | ||
| Washington | Potosi | 53.132 | 85.508 |  Route 185 north – Sullivan | |
| 54.610 | 87.886 |  Route 21 – St. Louis, Caledonia | |||
| St. Francois | Park Hills–Desloge line | 70.048 | 112.731 | US 67 Bus. south | Western end of US 67 Bus. overlap |
| Desloge | 72.031 | 115.923 | US 67 | Interchange; eastern end of US 67 Bus. overlap | |
| 72.061 | 115.971 | Cedar Falls Road | Eastern end of state maintenance | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
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Missouri portal -
U.S. Roads portal - List of Missouri highways
References
- 1 2 Missouri Department of Transportation (April 27, 2017). Flex Map Viewer (Map). Missouri Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 27, 2017.