Baustralian Highway 8
Baustralian Highway 8 | ||||
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Randouler Highway | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by the Routes Office | ||||
Length | 6.2 km (3.9 mi) | |||
Existed | 2019–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
North end | Highway 2 east | |||
South end | Sheehan Lane | |||
Location | ||||
Highway system | ||||
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Baustralian Highway 8 or the Randouler Highway, formerly Highway 500 and the King's Highway, starts at Highway 2 in Wabasso into Westminster, and along into Gloucester. The route is generally north-south running, however tends to be very curvy. On 10 June 2020, with the advice of the Secretary of State for Routes, King John I announced the redesignation of the Wabasso-Westminster portion of the highway from King's Highway to Randouler Highway, in memory of Nicholas Randouler.
Original route
The original route started at Highway 2 in the north-west corner of Mild Pond, along the Mild Pond woods, up and over Tower Hill, and hooks left before the Towerhill Farms barn. It hooks right, south to Peterborough County Road 4. The route terminated here. Highway 26 was later commissioned on the other side of County Road 4.
Highways 26 and 29
Highway 26 and Highway 29 are former Baustralian highways in Westmister. They formerly ran south along the same line as Highway 8 up to Highway 27. The northern section, numbered 26, stops at a creek, while the southern section, 29, starts on the other side of the creek up to Highway 27. The roads were made continuous, and was amalgamated with Highway 8.
Highway 27
Highway 27 was a highway that started at Highway 8, looped along the borders of Westminster, and out to Douro Second Line. Highway 8 terminated along this route, but was extended to include the section to Douro Second Line. Highway 53 assumed the remainder of the route upon its own expansion.
Expansion and concurrency with Highway 34
Highway 8 became concurrent with Highway 34 for the whole length after Highway 8 was extended to Gloucester in late April 2022. Highway 34 remained for a period of time, before being assumed entirely by Highway 8. Highway 34 signs will remain, with an OLD tab placed above, before that too is removed.
Junctions
Municipality | Location | km | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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Wabasso | Saint Georges | 0 | 0.0 | Highway 2 east | Northern terminus of WCR concurrency. |
0.15 | 0.093 | Highway 17 east | |||
0.3 | 0.19 | Highway 95 west | |||
Greenwich | 0.33 | 0.21 | Highway 3 south | ||
0.35 | 0.22 | Highway 2 | |||
0.47 | 0.29 | Highway 18 south | |||
0.6 | 0.37 | Highway 3 north | |||
0.67 | 0.42 | Highway 100 / County Road 4 | Former terminus of Highway 8 / Highway 26. | ||
Westminster | 1 | 0.62 | Highway 53 / Highway 28 south / SWR | ||
1.1 | 0.68 | Former terminus of Highway 26 / Highway 29 | |||
1.2 | 0.75 | Highway 53 west | |||
1.7 | 1.1 | Highway 28 north | |||
1.85 | 1.15 | Douro Second Line | Highway 8 proceeds south. Former terminus of Highway 8 | ||
3.11 | 1.93 | County Road 8 / WCR south | Southern terminus of WCR concurrency. Randouler Highway ends. | ||
Gloucester | Douro | 4.76 | 2.96 | Highway 36 south | |
5.1 | 3.2 | Former western terminus of Highway 34 concurrency. | |||
5.4 | 3.4 | Highway 36 | |||
5.6 | 3.5 | Highway 35 north | |||
6 | 3.7 | Former eastern terminus of Highway 34 concurrency. | |||
6.2 | 3.9 | Sheehan Lane in Douro-Dummer, Canada | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |