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Louisiana Highway 8 (LA 8) is a state highway in Louisiana. It spans 156 miles (251 km) beginning at the Louisiana/Texas state line west of Leesville and ending at an intersection with U.S. Route 425 and LA 15 in Sicily Island.
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Maintained by Louisiana DOTD | ||||
Length | 155.9 mi[1] (250.9 km) | |||
Existed | 1955 renumbering–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Louisiana | |||
Parishes | Vernon, Rapides, Grant, La Salle, Catahoula | |||
Highway system | ||||
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From the west State Highway 63 becomes LA 8 after crossing the Sabine River near Burr Ferry.[2] At the Burr's Ferry Bridge in Vernon Parish, LA 8 heads east, and merges with U.S. Highway 171 north in Leesville. In Leesville, U.S. 171/LA 8 continues north as a four lane, divided road through town. LA 8 breaks off from U.S. 171 at the northern city limits and joins and runs concurrent with LA 28 east, and continues northeastward as a four lane divided Highway. LA 28/LA 8 intersects with LA 468 (The old Slagle road) south just before LA 8 splits and heads northeast as a two lane road, Intersecting with LA 469, passing through Slagle, intersecting LA 121, the LA 465, and passing north of Simpson, before exiting Vernon Parish and entering northwestern Rapides Parish.
In Rapides Parish, LA 8 continues northeastward, passing north of Lake Rodemacher, and merges with I-49 for approximately a mile. LA 8 then splits from I-49 after approximately a mile and passes through Boyce and heads due north, crossing the Red River into Grant Parish. At Colfax, LA 8 turns eastward and intersects U.S. Highway 71, US 167, and US 165 in Pollock. LA 8 then turns northeastward and enters La Salle Parish.
In Jena, LA 8 merges with US 84 and turns to the southeast. After approximately 6 miles (9.7 km), LA 8 splits with US 84 and continues eastward into Catahoula Parish. In Catahoula Parish, LA 8 passes through Harrisonburg and Sicily Island, where it ends at an intersection with US 425 and LA 15.
In the original Louisiana Highway system in use between 1921 and 1955, LA 8 was part of several shorter routes, including: State Route 21 from the Texas state line to Slagle; Route 107 to Boyce; Route 144 to Colfax; Route 19 to Harrisonburg; and Route 18 to Sicily Island.[3] All were designated by various acts of the state legislature between 1921 and 1926. The routes were joined together under the single designation of LA 8 when the Louisiana Department of Highways renumbered the state highway system in 1955, creating one of several east–west cross-state routes.[4]
The segment of LA 8 between the Texas state line and Leesville is part of the High Priority Corridor 99 (Central Louisiana Corridor). Along this corridor, LA 8 will be upgraded to interstate standards at the Sabine River Bridge before either paralleling or being upgraded to I-14. A timeline for this has not been determined.[5][6][7]
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Vernon | | 0.0 | 0.0 | ![]() ![]() | Burr's Ferry Bridge over the Sabine River; Texas state line | |
Burr Ferry | 1.4 | 2.3 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of LA 111 concurrency | ||
2.0 | 3.2 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of LA 111 concurrency | |||
Caney | 9.3 | 15.0 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of LA 464 | ||
Leesville | 18.4 | 29.6 | ![]() ![]() | One-way pair; western end of LA 8 westbound / US 171 southbound concurrency | ||
18.4 | 29.6 | ![]() | One-way pair; western end of LA 8 eastbound / US 171 northbound concurrency | |||
19.2 | 30.9 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of LA 1213; no direct access from westbound LA 8 | |||
19.7 | 31.7 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Roundabout; eastern end of US 171 concurrency; western end of LA 28 concurrency | |||
20.0 | 32.2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of LA 1213, southern terminus of LA 117; no access from LA 1213 north to LA 8 west and LA 117 south to LA 8 east | |||
| 23.9 | 38.5 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of LA 184 | ||
| 24.9 | 40.1 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of LA 468 | ||
| 25.2 | 40.6 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of LA 28 concurrency | ||
| 26.3 | 42.3 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of LA 469 | ||
Slagle | 29.8 | 48.0 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of LA 121 | ||
Simpson | 37.1 | 59.7 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of LA 465 concurrency | ||
38.1 | 61.3 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of LA 465 concurrency | |||
Rapides | Flatwoods | 51.9 | 83.5 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of LA 119 | |
Zimmerman | 61.6 | 99.1 | 103 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of I-49 concurrency | |
| 65.1 | 104.8 | 99 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of I-49 concurrency; western end of LA 1200 concurrency | |
| 65.4 | 105.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of LA 1200 concurrency | ||
Grant | | 73.1 | 117.6 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of LA 492 | |
Colfax | 76.6 | 123.3 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of LA 158 | ||
| 78.6 | 126.5 | ![]() ![]() | |||
| 78.9 | 127.0 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 71 concurrency | ||
| 79.7 | 128.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 71 concurrency; eastern terminus of LA 3169 | ||
| 83.5 | 134.4 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of LA 123 | ||
Bentley | 91.0 | 146.5 | ![]() | |||
Pollock | 96.3 | 155.0 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 165 concurrency | ||
96.9 | 155.9 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 165 concurrency | |||
| 97.5 | 156.9 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of LA 366 | ||
La Salle | | 113.5 | 182.7 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of LA 774 | |
| 115.4 | 185.7 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of LA 772 | ||
| 116.1 | 186.8 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of LA 773 | ||
Midway | 117.5 | 189.1 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of LA 3104 | ||
Jena | 118.8 | 191.2 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of LA 127 concurrency | ||
119.0 | 191.5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of LA 127 concurrency; western end of US 84 / LA 772 concurrencies | |||
119.9 | 193.0 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of LA 459 | |||
120.0 | 193.1 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of LA 772 concurrency | |||
Whitehall | 126.2 | 203.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 84 concurrency; eastern terminus of LA 460 | ||
Catahoula | | 135.4 | 217.9 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of LA 126 concurrency | |
| 136.0 | 218.9 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of LA 126 concurrency | ||
Harrisonburg | 143.8 | 231.4 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of LA 124 concurrency | ||
144.2 | 232.1 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of LA 124 concurrency | |||
| 144.9 | 233.2 | ![]() | |||
Leland | 152.1 | 244.8 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of LA 913 | ||
| 153.9 | 247.7 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of LA 914 | ||
| 154.8 | 249.1 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of LA 916 | ||
Sicily Island | 155.5 | 250.3 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of LA 1017 | ||
155.9 | 250.9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | One-way pair | |||
155.9 | 250.9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | One-way pair | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Louisiana Highway 8 Spur (LA 8 Spur) is a 0.18-mile (0.29 km) highway in Flatwoods, Louisiana. It runs from west to east. LA 8 Spur follows the original routing from I-49 to LA 1, connecting the two highways. It is unsigned for its entire route. It was created in 2002, to give numbering to the short section between LA 1 and I-49.
The entire highway is in Flatwoods, Rapides Parish.
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