page_title: Texas Park Road 8
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: Texas Park Road 8 / Route description
caption_attribution_description: English: Park Road 8 in Big Spring State Park. The Civilian Conservation Corps built the road between 1934 and 1935. The limestone blocks were quarried on site. Some of the blocks weigh two tons.
context_page_description: Park Road 8 is a Park Road loop in Howard County in West Texas. The highway is approximately 2.405 miles long, and loops through Big Spring State Park off of Farm to Market Road 700. The road is one of the eight original Park Roads incorporated into the state highway system in 1937.
context_section_description: Park Road 8 begins at a T with FM 700 at the border of Big Spring State Park. The highway is a one-way, paved road. The road winds westward as it increases about 150 foot in elevation. It curves northward providing scenic overlooks of the City of Big Spring. The roadway descends eastward and intersects with itself at the entrance to the park. A .4 miles (0.64 km) length designated Park Road 8 North connects the ascending section with the descending section.
caption: The CCC built retaining wall uses limestone blocks weighing up to two tons.
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