Missouri Route 8

Route 8
Route information
Maintained by MoDOT
Length	72.061 mi[1] (115.971 km)
Major junctions
West end	I-44 / Route 68 in St. James
Major intersections	Route 19 in Steelville
East end	US 67 / US 67 Bus. in Desloge
Location
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Counties	Phelps, Crawford, Washington, St. Francois
Highway system
Missouri State Highway System Interstate US State Supplemental
← Route 7 → Route 9

Route 8 is a 69-mile-long (111 km) state highway in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. It travels from Interstate 44 (I-44) in St. James to U.S. Route 67 (US 67) and US 67 Business in Desloge. It acts as a bypass, from I-44 in St. James, to US 67 in Desloge. Travelers on I-44 can use it to avoid the traffic problems^{[clarification needed]} in St. Louis, to US 67 in Desloge, & vice versa. Those who want to go to Ste. Genevieve can take US 67 Bus. through Park Hills to US 67, to Farmington, then take Route 32 to Ste. Genevieve. There have supposedly^{[clarification needed]} been plans to extend Route 8 to Ste. Genevieve. So far, those plans have not been put into effect.

Between Steelville and Potosi, Route 8 was initially Route 62 from 1922 to 1926. The route was renumbered because US 60 had been planned as US 62.