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Highway 8 | ||||
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| Nicola Highway | ||||
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| Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure | ||||
| Length | 69 km[1] (43 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1953–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  Highway 1 (TCH) in Spences Bridge | |||
 Highway 97C near Lower Nicola | ||||
| East end |   Highway 5 (YH) / Highway 5A / Highway 97C in Merritt | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Canada | |||
| Province | British Columbia | |||
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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 changed between that year and 2021, when large segments of the highway were washed out by floods.[2]
Highway 8 follows the Nicola River for 69 km (43 mi) between Spences Bridge, on Highway 1, to Merritt on Highway 5.
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lengthwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Sections of Highway 8 completely washed away by Nicola River". Williams Lake Tribune. November 17, 2021. Retrieved November 20, 2021.