Saskatchewan Highway 8

Highway 8 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from North Dakota Highway 28 at the US border near Elmore until it transitions into Highway 982 just outside the Porcupine Provincial Forest. Highway 8 is about 410 kilometres (250 mi) long.

Highway 8
Highway 8 north of Carievale
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure
Length	410.0 km[1] (254.8 mi)
Major junctions
South end	Canada–U.S. border (ND 28) near Elmore
Major intersections	Highway 18 at Carievale Highway 13 at Redvers Highway 48 at Fairlight Highway 1 (TCH) at Moosomin Highway 16 (TCH/YH) at Langenburg Highway 10 at Wroxton Highway 5 at Kamsack Highway 49 at Pelly and Norquay
North end	Highway 982 at the Porcupine Provincial Forest
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Rural municipalities	Mount Pleasant, Argyle, Storthoaks, Reciprocity, Antler, Maryfield, Moosomin, Rocanville, Spy Hill, Langenburg, Churchbridge, Calder, Cote, St. Philips, Keys, Clayton, Hudson Bay
Highway system
Provincial highways in Saskatchewan
← Highway 7 → Highway 9

Highway 8 is paved from Elmore (km 0) until Langenburg (km 215), and then from MacNutt (km 248) until km 396 near Swan Plain.^[2][3][4]

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.^[5]
• In mid-2001, a surfacing project was begun on 17.7 km of Highway 8, from Highway 357 until Kamsack.^[6]
• A surfacing of 9.5 km of Highway 8 near Moosomin began on July 26, 2001.^[7]

• As of August 6, 2004, improvement construction had begun on 11.2 km of Highway 8, from Storthoaks until 11 km south of Redvers.^[8]

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.

Major intersections

Rural municipality	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Mount Pleasant No. 2 – Argyle No. 1 line	​	0.0	0.0	ND 28 south – Mohall	Continuation into North Dakota
				Canada–United States border at Sherwood–Carievale Border Crossing
	Carievale	19.9	12.4	Highway 18 east – Gainsborough	South end of Hwy 18 concurrency
Mount Pleasant No. 2	​	20.6	12.8	Highway 18 west – Estevan	North end of Hwy 18 concurrency
Storthoaks No. 31	​	43.6	27.1	Highway 361 – Alida, Storthoaks
Antler No. 61	Redvers	66.2	41.1	Highway 13 (Red Coat Trail) – Weyburn, Carlyle, Manitoba border
Maryfield No. 91	Fairlight	100.2	62.3	Highway 48 – Wawota, Maryfield
Moosomin No. 121	​	126.7	78.7	Highway 709 west – Langbank	South end of Hwy 709 concurrency
	Moosomin	131.8	81.9	Highway 709 east Highway 1 (TCH) east – Brandon, Winnipeg	South end of Hwy 1 concurrency; north end of Hwy 709 concurrency
		133.3	82.8	Highway 1 (TCH) west – Regina	North end of Hwy 1 concurrency
Rocanville No. 151	​	152.6	94.8	Highway 308 east – Welwyn
	Rocanville	158.0	98.2	To Highway 600 – Fort Espérance National Historic Site
		160.1	99.5	Highway 719 west – Whitewood
Spy Hill No. 152	​	178.4	110.9	Tantallon access road
	Spy Hill	189.2	117.6	Highway 600 south
	​	192.7	119.7	Highway 22 east – Binscarth	South end of Hwy 22 concurrency
	​	194.4	120.8	Highway 22 west – Esterhazy	North end of Hwy 22 concurrency
Langenburg No. 181	Langenburg	215.2	133.7	Highway 16 (TCH/YH) – Yorkton, Saskatoon, Russell, Winnipeg	South end of gravel section
Churchbridge No. 211	​	227.2	141.2	Highway 723 west – Bredenbury
	MacNutt	248.0	154.1	Highway 381 – Hwy 80, Roblin	North end of gravel section
Calder No. 241	​	263.2	163.5	Highway 10 east – Roblin, Dauphin	South end of Hwy 10 concurrency
	​	273.1	169.7	Calder access road
	Wroxton	282.9	175.8	Highway 10 west – Yorkton, Regina Highway 80 south – Churchbridge	North end of Hwy 10 concurrency
	​	299.5	186.1	Highway 726 west – Rhein
Cote No. 271	​	304.4	189.1	Highway 357 east – Togo
	Kamsack	323.4	201.0	Highway 5 – Canora, Saskatoon, Duck Mountain Provincial Park
St. Philips No. 301	St. Philips	339.3	210.8	Highway 660 east – Arran
	Pelly	356.0	221.2	Highway 49 east – Swan River Highway 661 north	South end of Hwy 49 concurrency
Keys No. 303	Norquay	366.8	227.9	Highway 637 south – Veregin
↑ / ↓		368.6	229.0	Highway 49 west – Preeceville	North end of Hwy 49 concurrency
Clayton No. 333	​	389.0	241.7	Highway 753 – Danbury
	Swan Plain	395.5	245.8		North end of paved section
Hudson Bay No. 394	Porcupine Provincial Forest	410.0	254.8	Highway 982 north – Hudson Bay	Hwy 8 northern terminus; continues as Hwy 982
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Route transition

See also

• Roads in Saskatchewan
• Transportation in Saskatchewan

Footnotes