Editing U.S. Route 8 (section)

{{Short description|East-west U.S. Highway from Minnesota to Michigan}}
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|country=USA
|type=US
|route=8
|maint=[[Minnesota Department of Transportation|MnDOT]], [[Wisconsin Department of Transportation|WisDOT]], [[Michigan Department of Transportation|MDOT]]
|map={{maplink-road|from=U.S. Route 8.map}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=US&nbsp;8 highlighted in red
|map_alt=US 8 runs east–west from East central Minnesota to the Upper Peninsula Michigan and across Northern Wisconsin
|length_mi=280.00
|length_round=2
|length_ref={{#tag:ref|Total mileage is a summation of the state mileages.<ref name="statelpt"/><ref name="WisDOT"/><ref name="PRF"/>|group=lower-alpha|name=total}}
|length_notes={{convert|22.13|mi|km|abbr=on}} in Minnesota, {{convert|255.55|mi|km|abbr=on}} in Wisconsin, and {{convert|2.32|mi|km|abbr=on}} in Michigan
|formed= {{start date|1926|11|11}}<ref name= mcnichol74 >{{cite book |ref = McNichol |last = McNichol |first = Dan |year = 2006 |title = The Roads that Built America |location = New York |publisher = Sterling |isbn = 1-4027-3468-9 |oclc = 63377558 |page = 74 }}</ref>
|direction_a=West
|direction_b=East
|terminus_a={{jct|state=MN|I|35}} in [[Forest Lake, Minnesota|Forest Lake, MN]]
|junction=
* {{jct|state=MN|US|61}} in Forest Lake, MN
* {{jct|state=WI|US|63}} at [[Turtle Lake, Wisconsin|Turtle Lake, WI]]
* {{jct|state=WI|US|53}} near [[Cameron, Barron County, Wisconsin|Cameron, WI]]
* {{jct|state=WI|US|51}} near [[Bradley, Wisconsin|Bradley, WI]]
* {{jct|state=WI|US|45}} in [[Monico, Wisconsin|Monico, WI]]
* {{jct|state=WI|US|141}} near [[Pembine, Wisconsin|Pembine, WI]]
|terminus_b={{jct|state=MI|US|2}} in [[Norway, Michigan|Norway, MI]]
|states=[[Minnesota]], [[Wisconsin]], [[Michigan]]
|counties='''MN:''' [[Washington County, Minnesota|Washington]], [[Chisago County, Minnesota|Chisago]]<br />'''WI:''' [[Polk County, Wisconsin|Polk]], [[Barron County, Wisconsin|Barron]], [[Rusk County, Wisconsin|Rusk]], [[Price County, Wisconsin|Price]], [[Lincoln County, Wisconsin|Lincoln]], [[Oneida County, Wisconsin|Oneida]], [[Forest County, Wisconsin|Forest]], [[Marinette County, Wisconsin|Marinette]]<br />'''MI:''' [[Dickinson County, Michigan|Dickinson]]
|system1={{infobox road/browselinks/USA|state=MN}}
|system2={{infobox road/browselinks/USA|state=WI}}
|system3={{infobox road/browselinks/USA|state=MI}}
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{{wi browse|previous_type=US|previous_route=2|route=WI|next_type=US|next_route=10}}
{{mi browse|previous_type=M|previous_route=7|route=MI|next_type=M|next_route=8}}
}}
'''U.S. Highway&nbsp;8''' ('''US&nbsp;8''') is a [[United States Numbered Highway]] that runs primarily east–west for {{convert|280|mi|km|0}}, mostly within the state of [[Wisconsin]]. It connects [[Interstate 35]] (I-35) in [[Forest Lake, Minnesota]], to [[U.S. Route 2|US&nbsp;2]] at [[Norway, Michigan]]. Except for the short freeway segment near Forest Lake, a section near the [[St. Croix River (Wisconsin–Minnesota)|St. Croix River]] bridge, the interchange with [[U.S. Route 51|US&nbsp;51]], and a {{Convert|3|mi|km|adj=on|spell=in}} stretch west of [[Rhinelander, Wisconsin]], it is mostly an undivided surface road. As a state highway in the three states, US&nbsp;8 is maintained by the [[Minnesota Department of Transportation|Minnesota]], [[Wisconsin Department of Transportation|Wisconsin]] and [[Michigan Department of Transportation|Michigan]] departments of transportation ([[MnDOT]], [[WisDOT]], and [[Michigan Department of Transportation|MDOT]], respectively).

The highway was originally commissioned on November 11, 1926, with the rest of the original U.S. Highway System. At the time, it ran between Forest Lake, Minnesota, and [[Pembine, Wisconsin]], with a planned continuation to [[Powers, Michigan]]. Several changes have been made to the routing of the highway since then. The western end was extended south to [[Minneapolis]] before it was truncated back to Forest Lake. Other changes on the east end have moved that terminus from the originally planned end location at Powers to the current location in Norway. Internal WisDOT and MDOT map files at various times have shown plans to reroute the highway to connect to the original planned 1926 terminus. US&nbsp;8's course through the three states has also been shifted to follow different alignments over the years.

WisDOT built a bypass around the city of [[Rhinelander, Wisconsin|Rhinelander]] in the 1990s and created a [[business route|business loop]] along the old highway through the town. This loop was a locally maintained route through the central business district in Rhinelander. The signage for the loop was removed in 2005.