History
Route 8 was one of the original numbered highways in New Brunswick in the 1920s. The route changed little until bypasses were built on Fredericton's north side in 1982, between Renous and Newcastle in 1988, and between Bathurst and Allardville in 1990. The highway was extended south along the former Trans-Canada bypass of Fredericton in 2001. In November 2006, a two-lane bypass of a section of the former town of Newcastle opened between the Anderson Bridge (over the Northwest Miramichi River) and a junction with Route 430; providing easier access to the existing Route 117 bypass on the south side of the Miramichi River.
On 12 January 2008, seven high school basketball players and a teacher were killed in an accident when their van collided with a tractor-trailer near the Route 11 exit into Bathurst. The tragedy drew statements of condolence from Prime Minister Stephen Harper and provincial premier Shawn Graham.
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