Ontario Highway 8 facts for kids

Ontario Highway 8 is a provincial highway in Ontario, Canada. It runs from west to east and is 138.5 kilometers (86.1 miles) long. The highway starts in Goderich at the junction with Highway 21. It shares the road with Highway 7 between the cities of Stratford, Kitchener and Waterloo. It ends near Hamilton, where it merges with Highway 5.

Images for kids

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  Highways 7 and 8 travel concurrently through downtown Stratford

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  The Freeport Diversion segment of Highway 8 crossing the Grand River.

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  Highway 8 passes farmland near Rockton

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  The Queenston Road, circa 1918, before being improved as a provincial highway

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  The Huron Road in 1858; note the stumps in the recently cleared farm field

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  Recently-paved Highway 8 between Sebringville and Stratford in 1922

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  Highway 8 south of Cambridge in 1921

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  Construction in 2011 to widen the Highway 8 expressway to eight lanes, shown at the King Street East partial interchange, with the Grand River crossing in the background

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  Interchange between Conestoga Parkway and Freeport Diversion after its 2004 reconstruction, facing south and showing both legs of Highway 8

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  Interchange between Conestoga Parkway and Freeport Diversion in 1970, shortly after opening

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  Interchange between Highway 8 (Freeport Diversion) and King Street East facing southeast towards Highway 401 in the distance

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  Facing east overlooking the two interchanges between Highway 8 and Highway 401. The nearer King Street interchange serves traffic to and from the west on Highway 401, while the farther Freeport Diversion interchange serves traffic to and from the east exclusively.