Editing U.S. Route 8 (section)

=== Forest Lake to St. Croix Falls ===
US&nbsp;8 begins at an interchange with [[Interstate 35 in Minnesota|I-35]] in [[Forest Lake, Minnesota|Forest Lake]]. This interchange is incomplete: traffic can only access US&nbsp;8 directly from northbound I-35, and westbound traffic on US&nbsp;8 merges onto southbound I-35. The first {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=on|spell=in}} segment of roadway to Forest Lake is a [[Controlled-access highway|freeway]], with an interchange at [[U.S. Route 61 in Minnesota|US&nbsp;61]]. East of this junction, the highway follows Lake Boulevard North around Forest Lake and continues northeasterly through the community to cross the [[Washington County, Minnesota|Washington]]–[[Chisago County, Minnesota|Chisago]] county line. The highway continues to the northeast along farmland and the shore of [[Green Lake (Chisago City, Minnesota)|Green Lake]] to [[Chisago City, Minnesota|Chisago City]], where it meets up with County State-Aid Highway 22 (CSAH&nbsp;22). US&nbsp;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, Minnesota|Lindström]] between North and South Lindström lakes. East of those lakes, US&nbsp;8 crosses into the town of [[Center City, Minnesota|Center City]].<ref name=MnDOT13-14>{{cite MnDOT map |year= 2013 |sections= K15–L15 }}</ref><ref name="googleMN">{{cite map |author = ((Google)) |author-link = Google |date = May 11, 2020 |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=forest+lake,+mn&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=64.409204,65.654297&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Forest+Lake,+Washington,+Minnesota&ll=45.318116,-92.840309&spn=0.228136,0.387268&z=12 |title=Overview Map of US&nbsp;8 in Minnesota |website = [[Google Maps]] |publisher = Google |access-date=May 11, 2010 }}</ref>

In Center City, US&nbsp;8 runs 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 for several miles and runs through [[Shafer, Minnesota|Shafer]]. US&nbsp;8 merges with [[Minnesota State Highway 95]] (MN&nbsp;95) at a roundabout about {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} southwest of [[Taylors Falls, Minnesota|Taylors Falls]]. The two highways [[Concurrency (road)|concurrently]] turn northeast along the [[St. Croix River (Wisconsin-Minnesota)|St. Croix River]], entering town. At this point, MN&nbsp;95 continues north along the river while US&nbsp;8 turns east to cross the St. Croix River, exiting the state of Minnesota into [[Wisconsin]].<ref name="MnDOT13-14"/><ref name="googleMN"/>

[[File:Taylors Falls.JPG|thumb|left|Bridge carrying US&nbsp;8 across the St. Croix River|alt=Photograph of]]
[[Legislative route (Minnesota)|Legally]], the Minnesota section of US&nbsp;8 is defined as Constitutional Route&nbsp;46 and Legislative Route&nbsp;98 in the Minnesota Statutes §§[[s:Minnesota Statutes/Section 161.114#Subdivision 2|161.114(2)]] and [[s:Minnesota Statutes/Section 161.115#Subdivision 29|161.115(29)]]; the roadway is not marked with those numbers.<ref name="const">{{cite web |url = https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.114 |work = [[Minnesota Statutes]] |title = §&nbsp;161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways |location = St. Paul |publisher = Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes |author = Minnesota State Legislature |year = 2009 |access-date = May 11, 2010 |author-link = Minnesota State Legislature }}</ref><ref name="statute">{{cite web |url = https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.115 |work = Minnesota Statutes |title = §&nbsp;161.115, Additional Trunk Highways |location = St. Paul |publisher = Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes |author = Minnesota State Legislature |year = 2009 |access-date = May 11, 2010 }}</ref> The section of US&nbsp;8 in Chisago County was officially designated the Moberg Trail in 1990.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sawyers |first1=June |title=Swedish Diaspora |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-05-12-9605120214-story.html |access-date=April 8, 2023 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=May 12, 1996}}</ref>