North Carolina Highway 8

NC 8
Route information
Maintained by NCDOT
Length:	93.9 mi (151.1 km)
Existed:	1930[1] – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 52 / NC 740 in New London
	US 52 in Winston-Salem I-40 Bus. in Winston-Salem I-40 in Winston-Salem US 52 north of Lexington I-85 Bus. in Lexington I-85 in Lexington
North end:	SR 8 near Stuart, VA
Location
Counties:	Stanly, Rowan, Davidson, Forsyth, Stokes
Highway system
North Carolina Highway System ← NC 7 NC 9 →

NC 8 is a north/south state highway in north-central North Carolina; it travels mostly through the Piedmont Triad. The route is approximately 100 miles (161 km) in length.

Route

Stanly County

NC 8 begins at its southern terminus in New London, North Carolina and travels northward in Stanley County where it becomes cosigned with NC 49. Traveling northeast (NC 8 signed north), the two routes cross the Yadkin River between Badin Lake and High Rock Lake, entering Rowan County for about a quarter of a mile, then immediately entering Davidson County.

Davidson County

The routes NC 8 and NC 49 split outside of Denton, North Carolina. NC 8 continues north crossing Flat Swamp Creek, Abbotts Creek (part of High Rock Lake), and NC 47 into the community of Southmont. From there, the route continues due north into the city of Lexington as Cotton Grove Road. After an interchange with I-85 in Lexington's southern commercial district, NC 8 turns right onto Talbert Boulevard into uptown Lexington. After turning left on Raleigh Road, the route's northbound and southbound routes split between 5th Street and 6th Street. Rejoining as Winston Road at an interchange with Business I-85/US 29/US 70/US 64, NC exits Lexington as Old U.S. Highway 52. Before entering Welcome, NC 8 joins the US 52 freeway (exit 92) through Midway and into Forsyth County.

Forsyth County

US 311 joins US 52 and NC 8 for a short segment in Winston-Salem. At the Germanton Road exit, NC 8 separates from US 52 and continues north to Germanton just across the Stokes County line.

Stokes County

In Germanton for a one mile (1.6 km) segment, NC 8 and NC 65 are cosigned. NC 8 splits to the north to join NC 89 into Danbury. Splitting near Lawsonville, NC 8 continues north crossing NC 704 before ending at North Carolina/Virginia line. At that point, Virginia's State Route 8 begins and travels north into Stuart, Virginia.

History

NC 8 was established in 1930 as a spur of NC 10, extending just south of Lexington. It was extended southward several times during the 1930s. In 1940, as part of a state-wide renumbering to match Virginia State Highways, it was extended northward along US 52 and replaced old NC 109. This makes it unique among the 1940 renumberings in that a concerted effort was made to actually connect the two highway "8"s rather than just dump the old NC route and completely reroute it.^[1]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Stanly	New London	0.0	US 52 / NC 740 – Albemarle, Richfield, Badin	Southern terminus; Brief .2 mile concurrency with NC 740 before end
		3.9	NC 49 south – Harrisburg	South end of concurrency with NC 49
Rowan	No major intersections
Davidson		7.8	NC 49 north – Asheboro	North end of concurrency with NC 49
	Cotton Grove	30.3	NC 47 (Junior Order Home Road) – Denton
	Lexington	31.9	I-85 (Exit 91) – Charlotte, Greensboro	Partial cloverleaf interchange
		34.3	US 29 Bus. south / US 70 Bus. west (Main Street)	South end of concurrency with Business US 29/70
		35.7	US 29 Bus. north / US 70 Bus. east (Main Street)	North end of concurrency with Business US 29/70
		36.3	I-85 Bus. / US 29 / US 64 / US 70 – Mocksville, Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham	Partial cloverleaf interchange
		38.9	US 52 south (George S. Coble Memorial Highway) – Salisbury	South end of concurrency with US 52; Partial cloverleaf interchange
Forsyth	Winston-Salem	53.0	I-40 / US 311 south (Exit 193) – Clemmons, Greensboro, High Point	South end of concurrency with US 311; Cloverleaf interchange
		55.4	I-40 Bus. / US 158 / US 421 / NC 150 – Clemmons, Yadkinville, Reidsville, Kernersville	Cloverleaf interchange
		56.1	US 311 north (Martin Luther King Jr. Drive) – Walnut Cove	North end of concurrency with US 311; Partial cloverleaf interchange
		61.1	US 52 north (John M. Gold Freeway) – King	North end of concurrency with US 52; Partial cloverleaf interchange
		63.2	NC 66 (Old Hollow Road) – Walkertown, Rural Hall
		67.9	NC 65 west (Rural Hall-Germanton Road) – Rural Hall	South end of concurrency with NC 65
Stokes	Germanton	68.9	NC 65 east – Reidsville	North end of concurrency with NC 65
	Meadows	78.5	NC 89 south – Walnut Cove	South end of concurrency with NC 89
	Danbury	85.2	NC 89 north – Mount Airy	North end of concurrency with NC 89
	Coleville	93.6	NC 704 (Wesley D. Webster Highway) – Francisco, Mayodan
Virginia state line		93.9	SR 8 north (Salem Highway) – Stuart	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

External links

• NC Roads - NC 8