Editing Ohio State Route 8 (section)

==Route description==
SR 8 begins at an interchange with I-76 and I-77 southeast of downtown Akron. The Akron Expressway, as the freeway is known within the city limits, heads up the east side of Akron. SR 8's first interchange is the main access to the central business district and the [[University of Akron]]. Just before leaving central Akron, an interchange with Perkins Street begins a concurrency with SR 59. The road continues over the North Expressway Viaduct,<ref name=abj201506>{{cite news |first=Rick |last=Armon |title=ODOT Plans to Replace Route 8 Bridge in Akron |url=http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/odot-plans-to-replace-route-8-bridge-in-akron-1.604176 |work=[[Akron Beacon Journal]] |date=June 29, 2015 |access-date=July 1, 2015 }}</ref> which crosses over several railroads and the [[Little Cuyahoga River]], before continuing to the north side of Akron. Between exits 3B and 4, SR 8/59 cross into [[Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio|Cuyahoga Falls]]. Those two exits connect with the same stretch of road but have different names and are on different sides of the city limit.

The freeway continues north through Cuyahoga Falls, parallel to the [[Cuyahoga River]]; the freeway crosses the river just before exit 6. SR 59 leaves the freeway at exit 6 to head east toward [[Kent, Ohio|Kent]]. SR 8, which until now has been heading slightly northeast, turns north and northwest after exit 6, interchanging with Graham Road in the process. The road continues through a relatively rural area on the eastern edge of [[Cuyahoga Valley National Park]]. Exits 10, 12, 14A-B and 15 are normally only used as a connection to [[Hudson, Ohio|Hudson]] or [[Blossom Music Center]] and other points in the national park, as their immediate areas are sparsely populated and underdeveloped. Once it passes the [[Ohio Turnpike]], SR 8 continues through a wooded area. The route's last exit is with [[Interstate 271|I-271]], after which it enters Cleveland's southeastern suburbs.

Now known as Northfield Road, SR 8 continues parallel to I-271, intersecting [[Ohio State Route 82|SR 82]], [[Ohio State Route 14|SR 14]], and [[Ohio State Route 17|SR 17]]. Following its intersection with SR 17, SR 8 enters a brief concurrency with [[Ohio State Route 43|SR 43]], during which it intersects [[I-480 (OH)|I-480]]. SR 43 splits off, and SR 8 continues northward before joining [[US 422]] and turning to the west. The new road is briefly known as Chagrin Boulevard before becoming Kinsman Road. SR 8/US 422 continues to the northwest through the immediate Cleveland area; during its approach to downtown Cleveland, [[Ohio State Route 87|SR 87]] joins the concurrency, followed by an interchange with I-77.
[[File:Exits 0 A and 0 B from OH SR-8.jpg|290x290px|Southern terminus of SR 8 (with new exit signage) |thumb]]
For its final mile, SR 8/SR 87/US 422 picks up a concurrency of SR 14/SR 43, after which the road becomes known as Ontario Street and turns toward [[Public Square, Cleveland|Public Square]], the northern terminus of SR 8. SR 8's northern terminus is shared with six other roads: [[Ohio State Route 3|SR 3]], SR 14, SR 43, SR 87, [[US 42]], and US 422.