Highway 8 | ||||
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Nicola Highway | ||||
Route information | ||||
Length: | 69 km (43 mi) | |||
Existed: | 1953 – present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end: | BC 1 in Spences Bridge | |||
BC 97C near Lower Nicola | ||||
East end: | BC 5 / BC 5A / BC 97C in Merritt | |||
Highway system | ||||
British Columbia provincial highways
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British Columbia provincial highways
Highway 8, known as the Nicola Highway, is an alternate route to Highway 97C between Highway 1 and the Coquihalla Highway (Highway 5) in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District. Highway 8 was first numbered in 1953, and very little about the highway has changed since that year. Highway 8 follows the Nicola River for 69 km (43 mi) between Spences Bridge, on Highway 1, to Merritt on Highway 5.
For west to east. The entire route is in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District.