Highway 8 is a highway

Highway

A highway is any public road. In American English, the term is common and almost always designates major roads. In British English, the term designates any road open to the public. Any interconnected set of highways can be variously referred to as a "highway system", a "highway network", or a...

 in the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 province of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

. It runs from North Dakota Highway 28 at the US border near Elmore until it transitions into Highway 982

Saskatchewan Highway 982

Highway 982 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Highway 8 to Highway 9. Highway 982 is about 57 km long....

 just outside the Porcupine Provincial Forest. Highway 8 is about 410 km (255 mi.) long.

Highway 8 is paved from Elmore (km 0) until Langenburg (km 216), and then from MacNutt (km 248) until km 397 (2 km north of Swan Plain

Swan Plain, Saskatchewan

Swan Plain is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 15 in the Canada 2006 Census....

).

History

• Paving of Highway 8 from Highway 10 to 22.6 km northward was announced on June 19, 1998 to begin in July of that year.
• In mid-2001, a surfacing project was begun on 17.7 km of Highway 8, from Highway 357
  Saskatchewan Highway 357
  Highway 357 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Highway 8 to Highway 5 and Highway 369 near Togo. Highway 357 is about 20 km long....
  
   until Kamsack.
• A surfacing of 9.5 km of Highway 8 near Moosomin began on July 26, 2001.

• As of August 6, 2004, improvement construction had begun on 11.2 km of Highway 8, from Storthoaks
  Storthoaks, Saskatchewan
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   until 11 km south of Redvers.

Major Attractions

• The Moosomin and District Regional Park is at km 121.
• The Carlton Trail Regional Park
  Carlton Trail Regional Park
  Carlton Trail Regional Park is located in south eastern Saskatchewan 18 km south of Langenburg and 7 km north of Spy Hill on Highway # 8.The park is a family recreation and activity center and features a nine-hole golf course, a stocked fishing lake, a public beach, camping facilities...
  
   is at km 198.
• The Langenburg Provincial Recreation Site is at km 216.