U.S. Route 8

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U.S. Highway 8

US 8 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT, WisDOT, MDOT
Length: 280.00 mi[a] (450.62 km)
Existed: November 11, 1926[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: I-35 in Forest Lake, MN
 

US 61 in Forest Lake, MN
US 63 at Turtle Lake, WI
US 53 near Cameron, WI
WIS 27 in Ladysmith, WI
US 51 near Bradley, WI

US 141 near Pembine, WI
East end: US 2 in Norway, MI
Location
States: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan
Counties: MN: Washington, Chisago
WI: Polk, Barron, Rusk, Price, Lincoln, Oneida, Forest, Marinette
MI: Dickinson
Highway system
← MN 7 MN MN 9 →
← US 2 WI US 10 →
← M-7 MI M-8 →

U.S. Highway 8 (US 8) is a United States Highway that runs primarily east–west for 280.00 miles (450.62 km), mostly within the state of Wisconsin. It runs from Interstate 35 (I-35) in Forest Lake, Minnesota, to US 2 at Norway in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan near the border with Wisconsin. Except for the short freeway segment near Forest Lake, and a section near the St. Croix River bridge, it is all undivided surface road. As a state highway in the three states, US 8 is maintained by the Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan departments of transportation (Mn/DOT, WisDOT, MDOT, respectively).

The highway was originally commissioned on November 11, 1926, with the rest of the original US Highway System. Several changes have been made to the routing of the highway. The western end has been extended south to Minneapolis before being returned to Forest Lake. Other changes on the east end have moved that terminus from an original end location at Powers, Michigan to the current location in Norway. Plans have surfaced at various times in internal Wisconsin and Michigan DOT map files that show the route of the missing highway segment to Powers.

A bypass built by WisDOT around the city of Rhinelander in the 1990s created the opportunity for a business loop through the town. The loop was a locally maintained route through the central business district in Rhinelander. Currently the signage for the loop has been removed.

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Route description [edit]

Forest Lake to St. Croix Falls [edit]

US 8 begins at an interchange with I-35 in Forest Lake. This interchange is incomplete: traffic can only access US 8 directly from northbound I-35, and westbound traffic on US 8 merges onto southbound I-35. The first one-mile (1.6 km) segment of roadway to Forest Lake is a freeway, with an interchange at US 61. East of this junction, the highway follows Lake Boulevard North around Forest Lake and continues northeasterly through the community to cross the Washington–Chisago county line.[7] The highway continues running to the northeast along farmland and the shore of Green Lake to Chisago City, where it meets up with County Road 22 (CR 22). US 8 follows Lake Boulevard through Chisago City along the isthmus between the larger Chisago Lake and the smaller Wallmark Lake on the eastern side of town. The highway turns along a more easterly path in Lindstrom between North and South Lindstrom Lakes.[8][9]

The highway continues east through Center Lake between North and South Center Lakes, curving around the north shore of South Center Lake. On the eastern edge of town, it turns due east and runs through Shafer. US 8 merges with State Highway 95 (MN 95) about two miles (3.2 km) southwest of Taylors Falls. The two highways concurrently turn northeast along the St. Croix River entering Taylors Falls. At this point, MN 95 continues north along the river while US 8 turns east to cross the St. Croix River, exiting the state of Minnesota into Wisconsin.[8][9]

Photograph of
Bridge carrying US 8 across the St. Croix River

Legally, the Minnesota section of US 8 is defined as Constitutional Route 46 and Legislative Route 98 in the Minnesota Statutes §§161.114(2) and 161.115(29); the roadway is not marked with those numbers.[10][11] The section of US 8 in Chisago County is officially designated the Moberg Trail.[12]

St. Croix Falls to Ladysmith [edit]

US 8 enters Polk County at St. Croix Falls as a multilane highway. The highway joins State Highway 35 (WIS 35) at a diamond interchange located approximately one mile (1.6 km) from the state line. The two highways run concurrently for four miles (6.4 km) before WIS 35 turns off to the north at a location in the Town of St. Croix Falls west of Deer Lake. US 8 continues eastward through forest lands, and WIS 46 joins the highway from the north for a four-mile (6.4 km) concurrency before splitting off to the south. US 8 passes through Range and crosses into Barron County at Turtle Lake[13] US 63 joins US 8 from the south west of Turtle Lake and departs to the north in the downtown area. US 8 passes through Poskin and intersects WIS 25 in Barron. East of Barron, the highway meets US 53 at a mixed diamond/cloverleaf interchange and turns north into Cameron, then turns east in downtown to leave Cameron. After a straight nine miles (14 km), the highway crosses into Rusk County.[14]

The highway continues due east for five miles (8.0 km) before turning northeast and passing through Weyerhaeuser and crossing WIS 40 in Bruce. US 8 meets WIS 27 in downtown Ladysmith.[15]

Ladysmith to Rhinelander [edit]

US 8 in Lincoln County, Wisconsin near Tripoli

Upon leaving Ladysmith, US 8 passes through the communities of Tony, Glen Flora, Ingram (where it meets the northern terminus of WIS 73) and Hawkins on its way out of Rusk County.[15] In Price County, US 8 passes through Kennan and Catawba. WIS 111 terminates at its south end on US 8 just east of Catawba. US 8 meets WIS 13 at a diamond interchange northwest of Prentice and passes north of the city. The highway passes through Brantwood and enters Lincoln County at Clifford.[16] The highway passes through Tripoli and McCord and passes north of Tomahawk as it passes through the Lake Nokomis area. US 51 crosses US 8 northeast of Tomahawk.[17] US 8 turns northeast into Oneida County and on a twisting northeastward road passes through Woodboro and expands to a divided highway into Rhinelander. It merges with WIS 47 on the southwest side of Rhinelander. WIS 17 north joins the highways one-half mile (0.80 km) to the southeast, creating a wrong-way concurrency with WIS 47. WIS 17 turns to the north two miles (3.2 km) southeast of there, and US 8 and WIS 47 head eastbound out of the Rhinelander area.[18]

Rhinelander to Norway [edit]

US 8 intersects with US 45 south in Monico and WIS 47 follows US 45 south while US 45 north follows US 8 for one mile (1.6 km) before splitting to the north. US 8 enters Forest County five miles (8.0 km) east of Monico.[18] Seven miles (11 km) into the county, the highway merges with WIS 32 from the north in Crandon and the two highways head east to Laona where US 8 turns north and WIS 32 turns south. US 8 turns east again at Cavour and passes through Armstrong Creek one mile (1.6 km) from the Marinette County line.[19] The highway passes through Goodman and Dunbar as it meanders through the county and joins US 141 at Pembine. The two routes split 10 miles (16 km) further north near Niagara; after the split, US 8 heads east. The highway takes a northward turn and heads across the Menominee River into Michigan near Pier's Gorge Park.[20]

Eastern terminus in Norway

Entering Michigan south of Norway at the Menominee River crossing in Norway Township, US 8 proceeds north into the city where it ends at US 2. US 8 in Michigan is 2.322 miles (3.737 km) long; in this segment, the road passes by the Dickinson County fairgrounds and Norway Speedway.[6][21]

History [edit]

20th century [edit]

Starting in 1918, Wisconsin's State Highway Commission erected highway numbers along state-maintained roadways.[22] The highway across the state from Taylor Falls to Armstrong Creek was numbered WIS 14 at that time; the remainder of what is now US 8 was unnumbered secondary highways and WIS 14 ran north of Armstrong Creek to Florence.[23] When Michigan numbered its highway system the following year,[22] the future US 8 was not included in the system.[24] In Minnesota, US 8 would follow what was Constitutional Route 46, which was designated in a state constitutional amendment adopted on November 2, 1920;[10] that roadway originally ran between Forest Lake and Chisago City through Wyoming.[25]

Map
Rhinelander area, 1924

The first changes to the routings of the predecessor highways were made by Wisconsin by 1920. A series of curves were added between Turtle Lake and Baron adding "stair steps" to the routing while similar jogs were removed near Cameron, Weyerhauser, Hawkins and Prentice. WIS 14 was rerouted between Rhinelander and Pelican Lake to run via Monico, and WIS 38 (the future US 141) was extended northward from Wausaukee to terminate at the state line near Niagara.[26][27] The realignment between Rhinelander and Pelican Lake was shown as reversed by 1922.[28] By 1925, the highway in that area was again rerouted to run directly from Rhinelander to Monico, but instead of turning south to Pelican Lake, it was run directly to Crandon. That same year, WIS 14 was extended eastward from Armstrong Lake to Pembine and northward to Niagara. The north–south section, previously numbered WIS 38, was also redesignated as part of WIS 57.[29]

US 8 was created with the beginnings of the United States Numbered Highway System on November 26, 1926.[1] The highway was originally shown on maps running between Forest Lake, Minnesota and Powers, Michigan.[30] The highway at the time was not previously designated as part of the State Trunkline Highway System in Michigan. The highway connection from Quinnesec south into Wisconsin was part of M-57, which connected with WIS 57. US 8 ended at WIS 57 in Pembine at the time, with no connection into Michigan shown on official maps.[31] A map by the American Automobile Association does show the highway continuing east through Faithorn and Hermansville in Michigan to end at US 2.[32] The Wisconsin Highway Commission previously indicated an unnumbered state highway on their 1925 state map that connected Pembine with the Menominee River near Hermansville.[29] A later extension in 1927 moved US 8 to run along US 141, which had replaced WIS 57 and M-57, ending in Quinnesec at US 2.[33][34] By the next year, the highway was shifted to end in Norway, utilizing a separate crossing of the Menominee River to enter Michigan.[35]

In 1931, US 8 was extended south from Forest Lake into downtown Minneapolis to the intersection of 3rd Avenue South and Washington Avenue. At the time, US 12 and US 52 ran along Washington Avenue and US 65 ran on the other side of 3rd Avenue and also ended at this intersection.[36][37] East of the Rhinelander area, US 8 and US 51 overlapped for about eight miles (13 km) as US 8 jogged northward along US 51. This concurrency was altered in 1934,[38][39] and two years later the short east–west section of US 8/US 51 was removed when changes to US 51's routing were finished in the area. [40][41] A jog in the routing near Almena was removed in 1937 when Wisconsin rerouted the highway to a more direct alignment in the area.[41][42]

The last segment of US 8 in Wisconsin was paved in 1937 between Cavour and Armstrong Creek,[41][42] the highway in Minnesota was paved in its entirety by 1940.[43] Near Hawkins, a pair of sharp curves near the Rusk–Price county line were removed as the State Highway Commission realigned the highway to follow a straighter course.[44][45] The US 8/US 51 concurrency was altered the next year to a shorter overlap running southward near Heafford Junction. The former routing of US 8 was redesignated County Trunk Highway K (CTH-K) after it it was transferred back to county control.[45][46]

Starting around the year 1955, US 8 was moved to a more direct routing between Forest Lake and Chisago City. US 8 replaced MN 98 along Legislative Route 98.[47][48] The former routing between Wyoming and Chisago City along Constitutional Route 46 was then redesignated MN 98 until 1998.[49]

As late as 1959, the Michigan Department of Transportation still had plans on their books to build the section of US 8 west of Hermansville to the Menominee River. The control section atlas published on January 1, 1959, showed this segment of highway on the Menominee County map, complete with a control section number. The section of highway is shown as "proposed" or "under construction".[50] However, a new bridge was built over the Menominee River to carry the highway across the Michigan–Wisconsin state line near Norway in 1966.[51] WisDOT still shows the section of highway needed in their state to extend US 8 to the original eastern terminus in Michigan on internal maps. The December 31, 2004, edition of their Official State Trunk Highway System Maps shows this section as a "mapped corridor".[52]

In 1978, with ongoing construction and completion of the I-35W freeway in Minnesota, US 8 was truncated to end at the I-35W / New Brighton Boulevard interchange.[53][54] In 1981, US 8 was truncated again to its current terminus in Forest Lake.[55][56] The section in New Brighton is currently known as Old Highway 8.[57]

WisDOT built a bypass of the city of Rhinelander during the early 1990s; the new highway was constructed south of town as a new two-lane highway that opened to traffic by 1993.[58][59] The former route through downtown Rhinelander and near Clear and George lakes was redesignated as Business US 8 (BUS US 8).[60]

21st century [edit]

Junction with US 51

In 2002, US 8 was widened from two lanes to four lanes with a grass median between North Rifle Road and WIS 47. At the time, officials with WisDOT had plans to extend the four-lane divided highway as far west as US 51 near Tomahawk.[61] Problems related to wetlands in the construction area and bad weather pushed completion of the project back almost a year. Contractors had install metal sheeting to stabilize the marshy ground. Originally scheduled to end November 1, 2002, the project did not finish until August 2003. The delays and additional work increased the price tag of the project from the original $4.5 million (equivalent to $5.6 million in 2013) to $6.0 million (equivalent to $7.5 million in 2013).[62][63] A section of the project was only designed for 45-mile-per-hour (72 km/h) speeds for safety reasons. The design also allowed planners to limit the amount of land needed for the expansion.[64]

Bill and Jerri Osberg sued the state and seven other parties over runoff from the construction in April 2003. They claimed that the runoff killed hundreds of trees and polluted ponds on their property.[65] Later investigation uncovered damage to wildlife habitat in the Wisconsin River.[66] Included in the original lawsuit were six individual WisDOT employees, the primary contractor and a local pet supply company. The court of appeals partially upheld a ruling by the district court dismissing the employees and the contractor from the lawsuit in March 2006. The pet supply company was reinstated in the case by the appeals court.[67] The couple settled their claims, and the state pursued the matter against Pagel Construction in a related lawsuit. WisDOT alleged that the contractor did not follow proper erosion controls and failed to remediate the erosion damage to the Osbergs' property. The state wanted the construction company to forfeit their $70,000 retainer (equivalent to $87,000 in 2013) and pay damages of $150,000 (equivalent to $166,000 in 2013).[62][68] Pagel Construction faulted WisDOT's erosion control plan and said that the state's engineers controlled the project. The contractor was seeking the return of its retainer. In September 2007, a jury ruled in favor of Pagel Construction and awarded them $70,898.13 in damages(equivalent to $78,498.83 in 2013).[62][68]

Imitating the Highway 127 Corridor Sale, a Northern Wisconsin woman started the "The Great Eight Sale" in 2010. Her goal is to promote the area with a rummage sale that runs from the Minnesota state line to Norway, Michigan. Towns along the length of the highway participated in the first event on Labor Day weekend. Some groups planned to use the opportunity to raise money, while the original event planner was not charging participants for booths.[69]

Future [edit]

WisDOT has completed the environmental studies on bypasses of Barron and Cameron in Barron County. These bypasses would form a continuous expressway through the area. No funding has been identified to complete the projects.[70] The entire length of US 8 in the state has been classified as a North Country Corridor in the Connections 2030 Plan by the department.[71] This designation marks the highway as a priority in "continued safety, enhanced mobility and efficiency" as well as "modernization to correct outdated infrastructure design".[72]

Major intersections [edit]

State County Location Mile[b] km Destinations Notes
Minnesota Washington
 Forest Lake 0.000 0.000 I-35 – Minneapolis, St. Paul Exit 132 on I-35; northbound exit to US 8 only
1.054 1.696 US 61 – St. Paul
Chisago
 Chisago City 7.313 11.769 CSAH 36 / CR 22 Former MN 98
Franconia–Shafer township line 18.745 30.167 MN 95 south Western end of MN 95 concurrency
Taylors Falls 22.029 35.452 MN 95 north Eastern end of MN 95 concurrency
St. Croix River 22.129
0.00		 35.613
0.00		 Minnesota–Wisconsin state line
Wisconsin Polk
 St. Croix Falls 0.27 0.43 WIS 87
0.77 1.24 WIS 35 south Western end of WIS 35 concurrency; diamond interchange
Town of St. Croix Falls 4.72 7.60 WIS 35 north Eastern end of WIS 35 concurrency
Town of Balsam Lake 7.92 12.75 WIS 65 south
10.02 16.13 WIS 46 north Western end of WIS 46 concurrency
Town of Apple River 14.40 23.17 WIS 46 south Eastern end of WIS 46 concurrency
Town of Beaver 23.63 38.03 US 63 south Western end of US 63 concurrency
Barron
 Turtle Lake 24.90 40.07 US 63 north Eastern end of US 63 concurrency
Barron 38.89 62.59 WIS 25 south Western end of WIS 25 concurrency
39.28 63.22 WIS 25 north Eastern end of WIS 25 concurrency
Town of Stanley 43.94 70.71 US 53
Rusk
 Bruce 68.43 110.13 WIS 40 north Western end of WIS 40 concurrency
69.04 111.11 WIS 40 south Eastern end of WIS 40 concurrency
Ladysmith 77.33 124.45 WIS 27
Town of Richland 92.80 149.35 WIS 73 south
Price
 Town of Catawba 109.00 175.42 WIS 111
Town of Prentice 117.76 189.52 WIS 13
Lincoln
 Town of Bradley 149.94 241.31 US 51 Diamond interchange
Oneida
 Rhinelander 164.13 264.14 WIS 47 north
Kemp Street		 Western end of WIS 47 concurrency; Kemp Street is former BUS US 8
164.31 264.43 WIS 17 south Western end of WIS 17 concurrency
164.42 264.61 WIS 17 north Eastern end of WIS 17 concurrency
Town of Pelican 170.19 273.89 CTH-P west Former BUS US 8
Town of Monico 178.34 287.01 US 45 south / WIS 47 south Eastern end of WIS 47 concurrency; western end of US 45 concurrency
179.12 288.27 US 45 north Eastern end of US 45 concurrency
Forest
 Crandon 191.11 307.56 WIS 32 north / WIS 55 north Northern end of WIS 32 / WIS 55 concurrency
191.61 308.37 WIS 55 south Southern end of WIS 55 concurrency
Town of Laona 202.98 326.66 WIS 32 south Eastern end of WIS 32 concurrency
Town of Caswell 210.51 338.78 WIS 139 north Southern terminus of WIS 139
Town of Armstrong Creek 220.28 354.51 WIS 101
Marinette
 Town of Pembine 243.89 392.50 US 141 south Southern end of US 141 concurrency
Town of Niagara 253.41 407.82 US 141 north Northern end of US 141 concurrency
Menominee River 255.55
0.000		 411.27
0.000		 Wisconsin–Michigan state line
Michigan Dickinson
 Norway 2.322 3.737 US 2 – Iron Mountain, Escanaba
  •       Concurrency terminus
  •       Closed/former
  •       HOV only
  •       Incomplete access
  •       Tolled/ETC
  •       Unopened

Business route [edit]


BUS US 8
Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin
Length: 7.1 mi[74] (11.4 km)
Existed: c. 1991[58][59]–July 1, 2005[73]

The U.S. Highway 8 Business Route (BUS US 8) in Rhinelander, Wisconsin was a locally-maintained business loop highway routing through the central business district of the city. The route was designated when US 8 was shifted to a bypass of town in the 1990s. The former routing of US 8 through town was turned over to the city and county for maintenance. The local authorities erected signs along this route to designate it as a business loop of the main highway south of town.[60] The signs along the road were removed on July 1, 2005, when the business loop was redesignated CTH-P.[73]

Before the signage was removed, BUS US 8 started at the western junction of US 8 and WIS 47. The business loop ran east from this intersection along Kemp Street, crossing the Wisconsin River north of the convergence with the Pelican River. The loop jogged north along Oneida Street for 3 blocks and turned east again on Lincoln Street. East of town, BUS US 8 intersected WIS 17 and turned to the southeast. Outside of town, the business loop ran through wooded terrain and turned south near Clear Lake. Near the larger George Lake, the roadway curved back east along the lake's southern shore, running parallel to the main highway before turning south to connect to the main highway. At this intersection with US 8/WIS 47, the business loop ended after a total run of 7.1 miles (11.4 km).[74]

See also [edit]

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Footnotes [edit]

  1. ^ Total mileage is a summation of the state mileages.[2][3][4][5][6]
  2. ^ Mileposts reset at state line crossings.[2][3][4][5][6]

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