View source for Vermont Route 8

{{Short description|State highway in Bennington County, Vermont, US}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{One source|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox road
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|type=VT
|route=8
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|map_notes=VT&nbsp;8 highlighted in red
|length_mi=13.155
|length_round=3
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|established=
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|state=MA|MA|8}} at the [[Massachusetts]] state line
|junction={{jct|state=VT|VT|100}} in [[Readsboro, Vermont|Readsboro]]
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|state=VT|VT|9}} in [[Searsburg, Vermont|Searsburg]]
|counties=[[Bennington County, Vermont|Bennington]]
|previous_type=VT
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}}

'''Route&nbsp;8''' ('''VT&nbsp;8''') is a state highway within [[Vermont]]. The highway runs {{convert|13.2|mi|km}} from the [[Massachusetts]] state line in [[Stamford, Vermont|Stamford]], where it continues south as [[Massachusetts Route 8]], to [[Vermont Route 9|VT 9]] in [[Searsburg, Vermont|Searsburg]]. VT 8 connects the southeastern [[Bennington County, Vermont|Bennington County]] towns of Stamford, [[Readsboro, Vermont|Readsboro]], and Searsburg.

==Route description==
VT 8 begins at the Massachusetts state line in the town of Stamford. The highway continues south as Route 8 toward [[North Adams, Massachusetts|North Adams]]. The state line is also the southern terminus of VT 100; the two routes head north along two-lane Main Road parallel to the North Branch of the [[Hoosic River]] through the town center of Stamford. VT 8 and VT 100 enter the town of Readsboro just before reaching the source of the river. The highways curve east to the headwaters of the West Branch of the [[Deerfield River]] at Heartwellville. There, VT 100 continues southeast along that river. VT 8 turns north along an unnamed tributary of the river, which the highway follows to its source at the Readsboro–Searsburg town line. The highway continues north to the town center of Searsburg, where it reaches its northern terminus at VT 9 (Molly Stark Highway) between [[Bennington, Vermont|Bennington]] to the west and [[Brattleboro, Vermont|Brattleboro]] to the east.

==History==
[[Image:New England 8.svg|75px|right]]
{{Main|New England Interstate Route 8}}
Much of Route 8 follows the course of the 1920s era New England Interstate Route 8, a part of the [[New England road marking system]] that ran from [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]], through [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]], to [[Wilmington, Vermont]].

VT 8 was formerly aligned along what is now [[Vermont Route 100|VT 100]] and [[Vermont Route 155|VT 155]] from the Massachusetts state line to [[Vermont Route 103|VT 103]] in [[Wallingford, Vermont|Wallingford]].

==Major intersections==
{{VTinttop|length_ref=<ref name=routelog>{{cite book |url = http://vtransplanning.vermont.gov/sites/aot_policy/files/documents/trafficresearch/2010RouteLogAADTsFinal.pdf |title = 2010 (Route Log) AADTs - State Highways |publisher = [[Vermont Agency of Transportation]] |date = May 2011 |access-date = May 10, 2013 }}</ref>|county=Bennington}}
{{VTint
|location=Stamford
|mile=0.000
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MA|MA|8|dir1=south|city1=North Adams}}<br>{{jct|state=VT|VT|100|dir1=begins}}
|notes=Continuation into [[Massachusetts]]; southern terminus of VT 100
}}
{{VTint
|mile=7.945
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=VT|VT|100|dir1=north|city1=Jacksonville|city2=Readsboro|areadab2=CDP}}
|location=Readsboro
|notes=Northern end of VT&nbsp;100 concurrency
}}
{{VTint
|mile=13.155
|road={{jct|state=VT|VT|9|city1=Bennington|areadab1=CDP|city2=Wilmington|areadab2=CDP|city3=Brattleboro|areadab3=CDP}}
|location=Searsburg
|notes=Northern terminus
}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur}}

==See also==
* {{Portal-inline|U.S. roads}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Attached KML}}

[[Category:State highways in Vermont|008]]
[[Category:Transportation in Bennington County, Vermont]]
[[Category:Stamford, Vermont]]
[[Category:Readsboro, Vermont]]
[[Category:Searsburg, Vermont]]