British Columbia Highway 8

Highway 8
Nicola Highway
Route information
Maintained by British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Length	69 km (43 mi)
Existed	1953–present
Major junctions
West end	Hwy 1 (TCH) in Spences Bridge
Major intersections	Hwy 97C near Lower Nicola
East end	Hwy 5 / Hwy 5A / Hwy 97C in Merritt
Location
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Highway system
British Columbia provincial highways
← Hwy 7B → Hwy 9

Highway 8, known as the Nicola Highway, is an alternate route to Highway 97C between Highway 1 and the Coquihalla Highway (Highway 5) in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. Highway 8 was first numbered in 1953, and very little about the highway has changed since that year. Highway 8 follows the Nicola River for 69 km (43 mi) between Spences Bridge, on Highway 1, to Merritt on Highway 5.

Major intersections

For west to east. The entire route is in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District.

Location	km	mi	Destinations	Notes
Spences Bridge	0.00	0.00	Hwy 1 (TCH) (Trans-Canada Highway) – Vancouver, Cache Creek	Hwy 8 western terminus
Lower Nicola	60.31	37.47	Hwy 97C north – Logan Lake, Ashcroft	West end of Hwy 97C concurrency
Merritt	65.17	40.49	Voght Street	Former Hwy 5A north; former west end of Hwy 5A concurrency
	69.32	43.07	Hwy 5 (Coquihalla Highway) to Hwy 5A north – Kamloops, Vancouver	Coldwater interchange (Hwy 5 exit 286) Hwy 8 eastern terminus
			Continues as Hwy 5A south / Hwy 97C east – Princeton, Kelowna
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

External links

• Official Numbered Routes in British Columbia