on Pacific Avenue. West of Forest Grove, OR 8 is known as Gales Creek Road, which is not actually a state highway; after passing through some farmland west of Forest Grove, including the community of Gales Creek, OR 8 reaches its western terminus in an intersection with Oregon Route 6 south of the community of Glenwood. History The section between Beaverton and Hillsboro was built around 1918. Constructed of cement, it partly replaced a county road built of dirt that ran on the southern side of the railroad tracks. The earlier road came from Portland via Bertha Blvd. on Farmington Road and veered north on what is now Kinnaman Road until 209th Avenue in Reedville, where it then ran parallel to the rail tracks. At Witch Hazel it then followed the modern Witch Hazel and River roads into Hillsboro proper. In March 1919, Hillsboro elected to have the highway moved from Main Street two blocks south to Baseline Street (eastbound traffic was later moved to Oak Street). Washington County planners in March 1953 decided to have the highway widened to four lanes. Major intersections Note: mileposts do not reflect actual mileage due to realignments. See also Transportation in Portland, Oregon References 008 Transportation in Hillsboro, Oregon Transportation in Beaverton, Oregon Transportation in Multnomah County, Oregon 1957 establishments in Oregon Forest Grove, Oregon Cornelius, Oregon