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{{short description|Highway in New Brunswick}}
{{Infobox road
|province=NB
|type=NB
|route=8
|maint=[[Department of Transportation (New Brunswick)|New Brunswick Department of Transportation]]
|length_km=260.4
|length_ref=<ref name="length">{{google maps|title=Route 8 in New Brunswick|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@46.885742,-66.2020268,8.42z?hl=en|accessdate=March 6, 2018}}</ref>
|length_round=1
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=250|frame-lat=46.5|frame-long=-66.3|zoom=6|type=line|stroke-width=3|id=Q2418352}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=Route 8 highlighted in red.
|established=1920s
|direction_a=South
|direction_b=North
|terminus_a={{jct|state=NB|TCH|2}} near [[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]]
|junction={{plainlist|
*{{jct|state=NB|Route|7}} in [[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]]
*{{jct|state=NB|Route|10}} in [[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]]
*{{jct|state=NB|Route|11}} in [[Miramichi, New Brunswick|Miramichi]]}}
|terminus_b={{jct|state=NB|Route|11}} in [[Bathurst, New Brunswick|Bathurst]]
|counties=[[York County, New Brunswick|York]], [[Northumberland County, New Brunswick|Northumberland]], [[Gloucester County, New Brunswick|Gloucester]]
|cities=[[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]], [[Miramichi, New Brunswick|Miramichi]], [[Bathurst, New Brunswick|Bathurst]]
|previous_type=NB
|previous_route=7
|next_type=NB
|next_route=10
}}
[[File:New Brunswick Provincial Route 8 (8076536224).jpg|thumb|Route 8 in [[Fredericton]]|alt=New Brunswick Route 8 in Fredericton|300x300px]]
'''New Brunswick Route 8''' is a major highway in the province of [[New Brunswick]], [[Canada]]. It is {{convert|261|km|mi}} long<ref name="length"/> and connects [[Fredericton]] to the south with [[Miramichi, New Brunswick|Miramichi]] and [[Bathurst, New Brunswick|Bathurst]] to the north.<ref>New Brunswick Department of Transportation: ''Designated Provincial Highways'', 2003</ref>

== Route description ==

Route 8 begins at [[New Brunswick Route 2|Trans-Canada Highway 2]] in [[Fredericton]]. It uses the old alignment of the TCH between there and [[New Brunswick Route 7|Route 7]] before heading north on the [[Princess Margaret Bridge]].

After a roundabout with [[New Brunswick Route 105|Route 105]], Route 8 becomes a two-lane limited access highway. First named the '''Barkers Point Bypass''', it becomes the '''Marysville Bypass''' following the intersection with [[New Brunswick Route 10|Route 10]].

After the Marysville Bypass, Route 8 generally follows the [[Southwest Miramichi River]] up until [[Miramichi, New Brunswick|Miramichi]], where it has an overlap with [[New Brunswick Route 11|Route 11]] on the [[Centennial Bridge (New Brunswick)|Centennial Bridge]] before heading north on its own as a two-lane expressway, later ending at Route 11 in [[Bathurst, New Brunswick|Bathurst]].

== History ==

Route 8 was one of the original New Brunswick routes in the 1920s. Its route saw little changes until bypasses were constructed in the [[Fredericton]] area in the 1980s and 1990s. It would also see an extension south on part of the old [[New Brunswick Route 2|Trans-Canada Highway 2]] bypass of Fredericton in 2001.

In 2006, Route 8 was realigned on a two-lane bypass of part of Newcastle in [[Miramichi, New Brunswick|Miramichi]].

On January 12, 2008, a van carrying the [[basketball]] team from [[Bathurst High School (New Brunswick)|Bathurst High School]] [[2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident|collided]] with a [[semi-trailer truck]] on Route 8 near [[Bathurst, New Brunswick|Bathurst]], killing eight and injuring four. This prompted the government of New Brunswick to ban the use of 15-passenger vans for [[student transport]].

=== Marysville Bypass ===

A bypass for the Fredericton suburbs of [[Marysville, New Brunswick|Marysville]] and South Portage, north of [[Taymouth, New Brunswick|Taymouth]], was started in 2007 before officially opening August 26, 2014. The estimated cost of the bypass was {{CAD|124 million}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Traffic advisory / Route 8 Marysville|url=http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/public_alerts/public_alert.2014.08.1111.html|website=Transportation and Infrastructure|publisher=Government of New Brunswick|language=en|date=August 26, 2014}}</ref> The old alignment of Route 8 became [[New Brunswick Route 148|Route 148]] upon completion of the bypass.
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== Major intersections ==
From south to north:
{{Jcttop|unit=km|exit|length_ref=<ref name="length"/>}}
{{Jctint|exit
|state=NB
|county=York
|cspan=20
|location=none
|lspan=2
|type=incomplete
|km=0.0
|mspan=2
|road={{jct|state=NB|TCH|2|city1=Edmundston|city2=Moncton|city3=Saint John}}
|notes=Exit 280 on Route 2;<br />eastbound exit, westbound entrance
}}
{{Jctplace|exit
|km=none
|place=South end of '''Fredericton Bypass'''
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|state=NB
|location=Fredericton
|lspan=13
|exit=3
|km=3.6
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|640|Route|102|name1=Hanwell Road|to2=yes}}
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|exit=(5)
|km=5.4
|road=Smythe Street, Bishop Drive
|notes=[[Roundabout]]
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|exit=6
|km=5.9
|km2=6.9
|mspan=2
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|101|name1=Regent Street|city1=New Maryland}}
|notes=Signed as exits 6A (south) and 6B (north)
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|exit=7
|km=none
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|7|to2=to|TCH|2|dir1=south|dir2=east|location1=[[Fredericton Airport]]|city2=Oromocto|city3=Saint John|city4=Moncton|extra=airport}}
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|exit=9
|km=8.7
|road=Forest Hill Road
}}
{{Jctbridge|exit
|km=8.9
|km2=10.0
|bridge=[[Princess Margaret Bridge]] crosses the [[Saint John River (Bay of Fundy)|Saint John River]]
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|exit=10
|km=10.1
|mspan=2
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|105|name1=Riverside Drive|dir1=south|city1=Jemseg}}
|notes=South end of Route 105 concurrency
}}
{{Jctplace|exit
|km=none
|place=North end of '''Fredericton Bypass'''
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|type=concur
|km=10.7
|mspan=2
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|105|name1=Riverside Drive|dir1=north}}
|notes=North end of Route 105 concurrency
}}
{{Jctplace|exit
|km=none
|place=South end of '''Barkers Point Bypass'''
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|exit=(13)
|km=12.5
|mspan=2
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|10|dir1=east|name1=Greenwood Drive|city1=Minto}}
}}
{{Jctplace|exit
|km=none
|place=North end of '''Barkers Point Bypass''' • South end of '''Marysville Bypass'''
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|exit=(17)
|km=16.0
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|148|dir1=west|to1=yes|road|Bridge Street}}
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|state=NB
|location=Penniac
|exit=23
|km=23.7
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|628|dir1=north|name1=Penniac Road}}
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|state=NB
|location=Durham Bridge
|exit=33
|km=33.5
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|628|Route|148|to1=yes|road|Lower Durham Road|city1=Durham Bridge}}
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|state=NB
|location=Nashwaak Bridge
|exit=(47)
|km=46.7
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|107|dir1=west|city1=Nashwaak Bridge|city2=Nashwaak}}
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|location=none
|lspan=2
|exit=(52)
|km=50.8
|mspan=2
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|148|dir1=south|city1=Nashwaak Bridge}}
}}
{{Jctplace|exit
|km=none
|place=North end of '''Marysville Bypass'''
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|state=NB
|county=Northumberland
|cspan=18
|location=Boiestown
|exit=
|km=75.8
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|625|dir1=west|city1=Parker Ridge}}
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|state=NB
|location=Doaktown
|lspan=2
|km=101.8
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|123|dir1=south|city1=Chipman|city2=Minto}}
}}
{{Jctbridge|exit
|km=102.6
|bridge=Crosses the [[Southwest Miramichi River]]
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|state=NB
|location=Renous-Quarryville
|lspan=2
|exit=139
|km=146.4
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|108|city1=Renous|city2=Tobique Valley}}
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|km=151.1
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|415|city1=Red Rock|city2=Quarryville}}
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|state=NB
|location=Miramichi
|lspan=12
|exit=163
|km=170.3
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|108|Route|420|dir1=south|dir2=west|city1=Red Bank|city2=Millerton}}
}}
{{Jctbridge|exit
|km=170.6
|km2=171.1
|bridge=Crosses the [[Northwest Miramichi River]]
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|exit=164
|km=171.8
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|425|dir1=west|road|Curtis Road|city1=Sunny Corner}}
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|type=concur
|km=175.4
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|430|dir1=north|city1=Wayerton}}
|notes=Roundabout; south end of Route 430 concurrency
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|type=concur
|exit=170
|km=177.5
|km2=178.1
|road=King George Highway
|notes=North end of [[New Brunswick Route 430|Route&nbsp;430]] concurrency;<br />south end of [[New Brunswick Route 126|Route&nbsp;126]] concurrency
}}
{{Jctbridge|exit
|km=178.5
|km2=179.1
|bridge=[[Miramichi Bridge]] crosses the [[Miramichi River]]
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|type=concur
|km=179.7
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|126|dir1=south|name1=Nelson Street|road|Water Street|city1=Nouvelle-Arcadie}}
|notes=Roundabout; north end of Route 126 concurrency
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|type=concur
|exit=119
|km=187.6
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|11|dir1=south|city1=Moncton}}<br />{{jct|state=NB|Route|117|dir1=north|name1=University Avenue}}
|notes=South end of Route 11 concurrency
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|exit=120
|km=189.0
|road=Church Street
}}
{{Jctbridge|exit
|km=189.1
|km2=190.1
|bridge=[[Centennial Bridge (New Brunswick)|Centennial Bridge]] crosses the [[Miramichi River]]
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|type=concur
|exit=179
|km=190.2
|road={{jctname|state=NB|Route|11|dir1=north|name1=King George Highway|city1=Tracadie-Sheila}}
|notes=North end of Route 11 concurrency
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|exit=180
|km=192.5
|road=McKinnon Road
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|location=none
|km=216.5
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|450|dir1=east|city1=Lavillette|city2=Neguac}}
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|state=NB
|county=Gloucester
|cspan=3
|location=none
|km=228.8
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|134|dir1=north|city1=Allardville}}
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|state=NB
|location=Allardville
|exit=231
|km=244.1
|road={{jct|state=NB|Route|160|Route|360|Route|134|dir1=east|dir2=west|to3=yes|city1=Allardville|city2=Hautes-Terres|city3=Brunswick Mines}}
}}
{{Jctint|exit
|state=NB
|location=Bathurst
|km=260.4
|road={{jctname|state=NB|Route|11|Route|134|name2=Miramichi Avenue|to2=yes|city1=Campbellton|city2=Caraquet|noshield2=yes}}
|notes=Exit 301 on Route 11
}}
{{jctbtm|exit|keys=incomplete,concur}}

==See also==
*[[List of New Brunswick provincial highways]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
<br>
{{NB Expressways}}

[[Category:New Brunswick provincial highways|008]]
[[Category:Roads in York County, New Brunswick|008]]
[[Category:Roads in Northumberland County, New Brunswick|008]]
[[Category:Roads in Gloucester County, New Brunswick|008]]
[[Category:Transport in Bathurst, New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Transport in Fredericton]]
[[Category:Transport in Miramichi, New Brunswick]]