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Western Terminus: | Wisconsin state line, 2.3 miles south of downtown Norway. |
Eastern Terminus: | US-2 in downtown Norway (cnr Brown St & 7th Ave). |
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Notes: | In addition to being one of the state's shorter state-maintained highways, US-8 is also Michigan's shortest mainline US Highway. |
![]() The proposed highway alignment via Faithorn to Hermansville lasted at least until c.1960. In 1960, planners in the State Highway Dept's Office of Planning, Programming Division prepared maps showing long-term state trunkline routing upgrades, relocations and freeway conversions. The US-8 corridor via Faithorn to Hermansville was conspicuously missing. Thus, it can be assumed that around this time, Michigan transportation officials had finally given up on this routing for US-8. Presently, MDOT has no plans to construct a new highway along the long-proposed corridor and US-8 will stay put at Norway. It should be noted, however, that at present the Wisconsin Department of Transportation still officially lists the proposed US-8 realignment easterly from Pembine to the Michigan state line as a "mapped corridor." Of course if MDOT refuses to construct the road, WisDOT will take no action on their side of the river. |
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History: | 1926 – The newly-designated US-8 is earmarked to enter Michigan from Wisconsin via present-day US-141 and will end at US-2 just east of Iron Mountain. As noted above, a proposed alignment would bring US-8 into Michigan at Faithorn and proceed easterly to US-2 at Hermansville. |
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1928-29 – By early 1929, US-8 has been realigned to its present corridor into Norway from the south, with US-141 being added along the short highway segment from Niagara, Wisconsin to US-2 east of Iron Mountain. | |
1966 – A new highway bridge over the Menominee River and Piers Gorge leading into Wisconsin is completed and the highway is realigned slightly. Also, it is assumed the plans to route US-8 into Michigan via Faithorn and Hermansville have been officially abandoned. | |
Controlled-Access: | No portion of US-8 is freeway or expressway. |
NHS: | No portion of US-8 in Michigan is on the National Highway System (NHS). |
Memorial Highway: | At present, no portion of US-8 has been designated as part of a Memorial Highway. |
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