Length 111 km | ||
West end: I-44 / Route 68 in St. James East end: US 67 / US 67 Bus. in Desloge Major cities Steelville, Potosi, St. James, Park Hills, Desloge, Leadwood, Berryman, Missouri, Frankclay Counties Phelps County, Missouri, Crawford County, Missouri, Washington County, Missouri, St. Francois County, Missouri | ||
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.
Map of MO-8, Missouri, USA
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.