Highway 8 is a provincial highway in the

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. It runs from

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at the

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near Elmore until it transitions into Highway 982 just outside the

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. Highway 8 is about long. Highway 8 is paved from Elmore (km 0) until Langenburg (km 215), and then from

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(km 248) until km 396 near

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History

*Paving of Highway 8 from Highway 10 to 22.6 km northward was announced on June 19, 1998, to begin in July of that year. *In mid-2001, a surfacing project was begun on 17.7 km of Highway 8, from Highway 357 until Kamsack. *A surfacing of 9.5 km of Highway 8 near Moosomin began on July 26, 2001. *As of August 6, 2004, improvement construction had begun on 11.2 km of Highway 8, from Storthoaks until 11 km south of Redvers.

Major attractions

*The Moosomin Lake Regional Park is at km 121. *The Carlton Trail Regional Park is at km 198. *The Langenburg Recreation Site is at km 216.

History

Major attractions

Major intersections

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