Maine State Route 8

"ME 8" redirects here. For the former congressional district, see Maine's 8th congressional district.

State Route 8 (SR 8) is part of Maine's system of numbered state highways, running from U.S. Route 201 (US 201) at Memorial Circle in Augusta, to an intersection with US 201 in Solon. SR 8 is 51.6 miles (83.0 km) long.

State Route 8
Route information
Maintained by MaineDOT
Length	51.60 mi[1] (83.04 km)
Existed	1955–present
Major junctions
South end	US 201 / SR 11 / SR 27 / SR 100 in Augusta
Major intersections	SR 3 in Augusta US 2 / US 201A in Norridgewock
North end	US 201 / US 201A in Solon
Location
Country	United States
State	Maine
Counties	Kennebec, Somerset
Highway system
Maine State Highway System Interstate US State Auto trails Lettered highways
← SR 7 → SR 9

SR 8 goes north from Augusta through the Belgrade Lakes region, running concurrently with Routes 11 and 27 to Belgrade. The road continues northeast from Belgrade to Norridgewock, where it intersects US 2. The route joins with US 201A and follows the Kennebec River through Madison and Anson to its north end at Solon.

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Kennebec	Augusta	0.00	0.00	US 202 west / SR 11 south / SR 17 west / SR 100 south to I-95 – Winthrop US 201 south / SR 27 south – Gardiner, Hallowell US 201 north / US 202 east / SR 17 east / SR 100 north to SR 3 – Waterville, Rockland, Belfast SR 104 north	Roundabout; Southern terminus of SR 8 and SR 104; Southern terminus of concurrency with SR 11, SR 27, and SR 104
		0.8	1.3	SR 104 north – Sidney	Northern terminus of concurrency with SR 104
		3.0	4.8	I-95 – Portland, Lewiston, Waterville	Exit 112 (I-95)
	Sidney	6.6	10.6	SR 23 north – Oakland	Southern terminus of SR 23
	Belgrade	11.8	19.0	SR 27 north – Belgrade Lakes, Farmington	Northern terminus of concurrency with SR 27
		12.2	19.6	SR 135 south – Belgrade Lakes, Readfield	Northern terminus of SR 135
		15.0	24.1	SR 11 north – Oakland	Northern terminus of concurrency with SR 11
Somerset	Smithfield	21.3	34.3	SR 137 east – Oakland	Eastern terminus of concurrency with SR 137
		21.4	34.4	SR 225 west – Rome	Eastern terminus of SR 225
		24.6	39.6	SR 137 west – New Sharon, Mercer	Western terminus of concurrency with SR 137
	Norridgewock	30.5	49.1	US 2 east / US 201A south – Skowhegan SR 139 east – Fairfield, Waterville	Southern terminus of concurrency with US 2 and US 201A Western terminus of SR 139
		30.9	49.7	US 2 west – Mercer, Farmington	Northern terminus of concurrency with US 2
	Madison	38.6	62.1	SR 43 east – Athens SR 148 east – Lakewood	Eastern terminus of concurrency with SR 43 and SR 148
	Anson	39.1	62.9	SR 43 west / SR 148 west – Farmington	Western terminus of concurrency with SR 43 and SR 148
		43.6	70.2	SR 234 west – New Vineyard	Eastern terminus of SR 234
		43.8	70.5	SR 16 west – Kingfield, New Portland	Western terminus of concurrency with SR 16
	Embden	50.5	81.3	SR 16 east – Bingham	Eastern terminus of concurrency with SR 16
	Solon	51.6	83.0	US 201 – Bingham, Skowhegan US 201A ends	Northern terminus of SR 8 and US 201A
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus