British Columbia Highway 8

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Highway 8
Nicola Highway
Route information
Length 69 km[1] (43 mi)
Existed 1953 – present
Major junctions
West end Hwy 1 (TCH) in Spences Bridge
  Hwy 97C near Lower Nicola
East end Hwy 5 / Hwy 5A / Hwy 97C in Merritt
Highway system

British Columbia provincial highways

← Hwy 7BHwy 9 →

Highway 8, known as the Nicola Highway, is an alternate route to Highway 97C between Highway 1 and the Coquihalla Highway (Highway 5) in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. Highway 8 was first numbered in 1953, and very little about the highway has changed since that year. Highway 8 follows the Nicola River for 69 km (43 mi) between Spences Bridge, on Highway 1, to Merritt on Highway 5.

Major intersections

For west to east. The entire route is in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District.

Locationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
Spences Bridge0.000.00 Hwy 1 (TCH) (Trans-Canada Highway) – Vancouver, Cache CreekHwy 8 western terminus
Lower Nicola60.3137.47 Hwy 97C north – Logan Lake, AshcroftWest end of Hwy 97C concurrency
Merritt65.1740.49Voght StreetFormer Hwy 5A north;
former west end of Hwy 5A concurrency
69.3243.07 Hwy 5 (Coquihalla Highway) to Hwy 5A north – Kamloops, VancouverColdwater interchange (Hwy 5 exit 286)
Hwy 8 eastern terminus
Continues as Hwy 5A south / Hwy 97C east – Princeton, Kelowna
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 Landmark Kilometre Inventory (PDF). British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (Report). Cypher Consulting. July 2016. pp. 202–206.
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