Virginia State Route 8

Infobox road
state=VA
type=
route=8
length_mi=55.91
length_ref=PDFlink| [http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/AADT_077_Pulaski_2005.pdf 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Patrick County] |262 KiB ] PDFlink| [http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/AADT_077_Pulaski_2005.pdf 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Floyd County] |262 KiB ] PDFlink| [http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/AADT_060_Montgomery_2005.pdf 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Jurisdiction Report - Daily Traffic Volume Estimates - Montgomery County] |242 KiB ]
length_round=2
established=1933
direction_a=South
direction_b=North
starting_terminus=
junction=
ending_terminus=
previous_type=
previous_route=7
next_type=
next_route=9

State Route 8 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. It runs from North Carolina Highway 8 through Stuart and Floyd to end at U.S. Route 11 in Christiansburg.

SR 8 was included in the initial 1918 state highway system as part of State Route 23, which continued north to West Virginia via present U.S. Route 460. [CTB minutes|07-1922-01, Proposed "State Highway System" for Virginia, as Recommended by the State Roads Committee, January, 1918] In the 1933 renumbering, SR 23 was renumbered State Route 8 because the number was used by U.S. Route 23. The short piece west from Rich Creek to West Virginia became part of U.S. Route 219 by 1937, [CTB minutes|11-1937-01, page 18] and U.S. Route 460 replaced the entire route north of Christiansburg by 1947. [CTB minutes|10-1947-02, page 5]

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External links

* [http://www.vahighways.com/route-log/va007-012.htm#va8 Virginia Highways Project: VA 8]