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==Route description== The eastern terminus of OR 8 is an interchange with [[U.S. Route 26 in Oregon|U.S. Route 26]] (which is, at that point, the [[Sunset Highway (Oregon)|Sunset Highway]]) just west of the Portland city limits and the [[Washington County, Oregon|Washington]]-[[Multnomah County, Oregon|Multnomah]] county line. Initially, it is also known as [[Canyon Road]], since it comes out of the gulch in which the Sunset Highway runs. The official designation, beginning from the eastern terminus, is the [[Tualatin Valley Highway]] No. 29 (see [[Oregon highways and routes]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/TRAFFIC/TEOS_Publications/PDF/Descriptions_of_US_and_Oregon_Routes.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-10-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051102084300/http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/TRAFFIC/TEOS_Publications/PDF/Descriptions_of_US_and_Oregon_Routes.pdf |archive-date=2005-11-02 }}</ref> [[File:Tualatin Valley Highway 2.JPG|thumb|left|The highway in Beaverton near Murray Boulevard looking east]] Continuing west, OR 8 enters the suburb of [[Beaverton, Oregon|Beaverton]], and after its interchange with [[Oregon Route 217]], a freeway, its posted name changes to the Tualatin Valley (TV) Highway at Hocken Avenue. It comes within one block of [[Oregon Route 10]], running parallel but never intersecting, although commuters often use surface streets to change between the highways. TV Highway continues west as an [[Limited-access road|expressway]] out of Beaverton, through the communities of unincorporated urban Washington County, including [[Aloha, Oregon|Aloha]], where it runs right next to chipmaker [[Intel|Intel's]] facilities. The highway continues into the Hillsboro neighborhoods of [[Reedville, Oregon|Reedville]] and [[Witch Hazel, Oregon|Witch Hazel]], where it intersects with [[Cornelius Pass Road]] at Reedville. It then continues into the city proper of [[Hillsboro, Oregon|Hillsboro]], running north–south as 10th Avenue before turning east–west with traffic split into a [[one-way pair]]. Westbound traffic runs as [[Willamette Stone|Baseline]] Street and eastbound traffic runs on Oak Street. In downtown Hillsboro it receives the northern terminus of [[Oregon Route 219]], which is 1st Avenue. [[File:Signs for Oregon Highway 8 and TV Hwy in SE Hillsboro.jpg|thumb|upright|Highway 8 signs near downtown Hillsboro]] After passing through downtown Hillsboro, OR 8 moves westward through the adjoined towns of [[Cornelius, Oregon|Cornelius]] and [[Forest Grove, Oregon|Forest Grove]], passing next to [[Pacific University]]. At Cornelius the road is again split into a one-way pair, with westbound traffic running on Adair Street, and eastbound on Baseline. In Forest Grove, it intersects with [[Oregon Route 47]], where it becomes part of the [[Nehalem Highway]] No. 102. TV Highway continues as OR 47 south to McMinnville. In downtown Forest Grove the road splits again, with eastbound traffic running on 19th Street, and westbound on Pacific Avenue. West of Forest Grove, OR 8 is known as '''Gales Creek Road''', which is not actually a state highway; after passing through some farmland west of Forest Grove, including the community of [[Gales Creek, Oregon|Gales Creek]], OR 8 reaches its western terminus in an intersection with [[Oregon Route 6]] south of the community of [[Glenwood, Washington County, Oregon|Glenwood]].
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