Route Description
The southern terminus of Route 8 is at an interchange with Interstate 95 in Bridgeport. The first 3.75 miles (6.04 km) in Bridgeport is co-signed with the freeway portion of Route 25. Approaching the split between Routes 8 and 25, the road expands to 6, 8, and even 10 lanes. Route 8 continues into Trumbull where there is an interchange with the Merritt Parkway.
From Trumbull, it passes through the towns/cities of Stratford and Shelton. It then crosses the Housatonic River and continues through Derby, Ansonia, Seymour, Beacon Falls, Naugatuck, and Waterbury, following along the Naugatuck River (a tributary of the Housatonic River). There is an interchange with Interstate 84 in Waterbury, known locally as the "Mixmaster". Route 8 then continues north through Watertown, Thomaston, Litchfield, Harwinton, Torrington, and Winchester. U.S. Route 6 runs briefly on Route 8 in Thomaston (0.99 miles).
The freeway portion of Route 8 ends at U.S. Route 44 in Winchester. After a short (0.33 mile) overlap with US 44, Route 8 splits off and continues as a surface road into the rest of Winchester town and the mainly rural town of Colebrook. Route 8 continues as a rural minor arterial road into Massachusetts.
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