Indiana State Road 8 (west)
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| State Road 8 |
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| Length: | 42 mi[1] (68 km) | ||||||||||||
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| West end: |   SR 2/US 231 in Hebron |
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| Major junctions: |
 SR 49 in Kouts US 421 in LaCrosse SR 39 US 35 in Knox SR 23 near Knox |
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| East end: |  SR 17 near Plymouth |
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| Counties: | Lake, Porter, LaPorte, Starke, Marshall | ||||||||||||
| Major cities: | Hebron, Kouts, LaCrosse, Knox | ||||||||||||
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The western State Road 8 connects State Road 2 and U.S. Route 231 in Hebron with State Road 17 near Plymouth. It is 42 miles long.
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[edit] Major Intersections
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| County | Location | Mile | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| Lake | Lake County | Exchange Street | Illinois state line. Western terminus of SR 8 in the early 1940s. | |
| St. John |  US 41/ US 231 (Wicker Boulevard) |
Current northern terminus of US 231. Western terminus of SR 8 until the 1970s. | ||
| Crown Point |  SR 55 (Main Street) |
Northern/western terminus of concurrency. | ||
| SR 55 (Indiana Avenue) |
Southern/eastern terminus of concurrency. | |||
 SR 53 (Broadway) |
Southern terminus of SR 53. | |||
 I-65 |
Interchange. | |||
| Porter | Hebron | 0.00 | SR 2/ US 231 (Main Street) |
Current western terminus of SR 8. |
| Kouts | SR 49 (Main Street) |
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| LaPorte | LaCrosse | US 421 (Washington Street) |
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| Starke | Starke County | SR 39 |
Kankakee Fish and Wildlife Area | |
| Knox | US 35 (Heaton Street) |
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| US 35 (Heaton Street) |
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| Starke County | SR 23 |
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| Marshall | Marshall County | SR 17 |
[edit] History
In the early 1940s, SR 8's western terminus was at the Illinois state line, becoming Exchange Street. Later, in the 1970s, it was truncated to US 41, concurrent with US 231. Now, it terminates at US 231 and SR 2, eliminating the concurrency.
