Highway 8
N.C. 8 travels through central portions of the state between New London and the Virginia state line near Lawsonville. Measuring 93 miles, the state route overlays portions of U.S. 52 / Interstate 285 and the I-74 corridor north from Lexington to Winston-Salem. N.C. 8 forms a multi-state route with Virginia 8, which extends nearly 56 miles north to Floyd and Christiansburg.
North
NC 8 parallels a CSX Railroad line from High Rock Lake northward to Southmont, Cotton Grove and Lexington. The state route formally enters the city limits at the CSX Railroad underpass, 0.75 miles south of I-85.
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An Interstate 85 trailblazer stands along NC 8 at Oakdale Road as the arterial becomes more commercialized through south Lexington.
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A folded diamond interchange joins NC 8 (Cotton Grove Road) with Interstate 85 adjacent to a CSX Railroad line.
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Interstate 85 leaves Lexington for Thomasville, High Point and Greensboro over the course of the next 30 miles.
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South
Reassurance marker for NC 8 posted Interstate 85 on the south side of Lexington.
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Page Updated Thursday January 31, 2013.