MD 8 is the main north–south highway of Kent Island in western Queen Anne's County.

After the Chesapeake Bay Bridge opened in 1952, the MD 33 designation was extended north to Stevensville.

The state highway heads west as two-lane undivided Romancoke Road.

The state highway passes a mix of farmland, forest, and residential subdivisions on its way north.

Just north of Bay Bridge Airport, the state highway expands to a four-lane divided highway and intersects MD 835A (Thompson Creek Service Road), which provides access to a park and ride lot serving MTA Maryland commuter buses that is located to the east of the road.

MD 18 heads north as Business Parkway toward Love Point and east as Main Street toward the Stevensville Historic District and Chester.

[4] The highway from Matapeake to Romancoke was built in 1938 to serve the newly inaugurated Romancoke–Claiborne ferry across Eastern Bay.