Texas State Highway 8

State Highway 8
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length	41.7 mi[1] (67.1 km)
Existed	April 4, 1917–present
Major junctions
South end	SH 155 in Linden
	US 67 in Corley US 82 in New Boston I-30 in New Boston
North end	AR 41
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← RE 7 Beltway 8 →

State Highway 8 or SH 8 is a north–south state highway that runs from the Red River, the Texas-Arkansas boundary, north of New Boston to SH 155 at Linden.

History

SH 8 was one of the original twenty five state highways on June 21, 1917, proposed as an 'East Texas Highway.'^[2] In 1919 the routing follows the present day SH 8 from the Arkansas State Line to its terminus in Linden, then continued south on present day U.S. Highway 59 through Marshall, to Carthage. On U.S. Highway 96, SH 8 traveled through San Augustine, Jasper to its junction with SH 62, where it turned towards to its terminus in Port Arthur.

On August 21, 1922 SH 8 was rerouted from Buna to Beaumont and into Port Arthur via present day US 96.^[3] On October 20, 1924, it was rerouted over SH 38, which was cancelled, and concurrent with part of SH 43. In 1926, SH 8 was rerouted back on its previously planned route, with the old route being transferred to SH 43 and SH 26A. US 59 and 96 were co-located over pieces of SH 8. On November 28, 1933, SH 8 Loop was designated in Beaumont.^[4] On February 18, 1936, SH 8 Loop was designated in Buna.^[5] On December 20, 1937, two SH 8 Spur routes were designated in Jasper.^[6] While the entirety of the route maintained its number, on September 26, 1939 the co-designations were dropped, leaving only the Arkansas-Corley segment to the old highway. The SH 8 Loop and SH 8 Spur routes were renumbered Loop 7 (Jasper), Loop 8 (Beaumont), and Loop 68 (Buna). On October 13, 1947 a small segment was reassigned back to SH 8 from US 59 from Corley to Linden when US 59 was rerouted further east.

SH 8 was rerouted around the western side of Linden on June 22, 1964, with the old route becoming FM 125 and Spur 400.

SH 8A was an alternate routing designated on June 17, 1918 just east of SH 8 from Center to Orange.^[7] On August 21, 1923, it had been renumbered as SH 87.^[8] SH 8A was reassigned as a spur from SH 8 to Gary. By 1933, this was renumbered as SH 181 (now FM 999). Another SH 8A had been planned from SH 8 in Horton to SH 64.^[9] This was eliminated by 1928.

SH 8B was a spur route designated on May 21, 1923 from Buna to Orange.^[10] On August 21, 1923, this was renumbered as SH 62.^[11] It was reassigned as a spur route on April 25, 1927 going from St. Augustine south to Zavalla.^[12] On March 19, 1930, this route was renumbered as SH 147.

Route description

SH 8 begins on the south side of the city on Linden at an intersection with SH 155, less than a quarter of a mile west of its intersection with US Route 59 (Future Interstate 369). The highway travels north through northern Cass County, crossing over Wright Patman Lake into Bowie County. The highway briefly turns west with US Route 67 when they intersect in Maud. The route then turns back north, running along the western edge of the Red River Army Depot. It then passes through the city of New Boston and intersects Interstate 30. The route then continues north, crossing the Red River, and the Arkansas State Line, where it becomes Arkansas Highway 41.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Cass	Linden			SH 155 to US 59 (Future I-369) – Jefferson, Gilmer	U.S. 59 is the future Interstate 369
				SH 11 – Hughes Springs, Daingerfield
				FM 1399 north
	​			FM 125 east
	Red Hill			FM 995 – Carterville, Atlanta
	Douglassville			SH 77 – Naples, Atlanta
Bowie	Maud			FM 2624 east
				US 67 north	South end of US 67 overlap
	Corley			US 67 south – Mount Pleasant	North end of US 67 overlap
	Old Boston			FM 2149 east – Rock Creek	South end of FM 2149 overlap
	​			FM 2149 west – Moss Springs	North end of FM 2149 overlap
	New Boston			FM 1840 west (Walters Boulevard)
				US 82 – New Boston, Texarkana	Interchange
				I-30 – Dallas, Texarkana	I-30 exit 201
	​			AR 41 north (Marion H. Crank Memorial Bridge) – Foreman	Continuation into Arkansas
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

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