| Country: | URY |
| Type: | route |
| Route: | 8 |
| Alternate Name: | Brigadier General Juan Antonio Lavalleja |
| Map: | Ruta8TrazadoURU.svg |
| Length Km: | 442 |
| Direction A: | South |
| Terminus A: | Montevideo |
| Direction B: | North |
| Terminus B: | Aceguá |
| Previous Type: | route |
| Previous Route: | 1 |
| Next Type: | route |
| Next Route: | 26 |
Route 8 is a national route of Uruguay. In 1975, it was assigned the name Brigadier General Juan Antonio Lavalleja, a national hero of Uruguay.[1] It connects Montevideo with Aceguá in the northeast.[2] [3]
The distance notation along Route 5 uses the same Kilometre Zero reference as Routes 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and IB, which is the Pillar of Peace of Plaza de Cagancha in the Centro of Montevideo.[4] The length of the road, from its beginning at Km. 13 to its end at Km. 455 is in length.
Starting from Tres Cruces in Montevideo, Avenida 8 de Octubre runs in a northeast direction and turns into Camino Maldonado in Flor de Maroñas, at the junction with (and south end of) Route 7. Camino Maldonado continues in a northeast direction and turns into Route 8 in Punta de Rieles, 13 kilometres from Kilometre Zero.
These are the populated places Route 8 passes through, as well as its main junctions with other National Roads.