British Columbia Highway 8

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Highway 8
Nicola Highway
Route information
Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Length	69 km[1] (43 mi)
Existed	1953–present
Major junctions
West end	Highway 1 (TCH) in Spences Bridge
Major intersections	Highway 97C near Lower Nicola
East end	Highway 5 (YH) / Highway 5A / Highway 97C in Merritt
Location
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Highway system
British Columbia provincial highways
← Highway 7B → Highway 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 changed between that year and 2021, when large segments of the highway were washed out by floods.^[2]

Highway 8 follows the Nicola River for 69 km (43 mi) between Spences Bridge, on Highway 1, to Merritt on Highway 5.