[2] SR 8 begins in Hamilton County as the unsigned companion route to US 41/US 76 at the Georgia state line in East Ridge, where they continue concurrent with Georgia State Route 3.

They then come to an intersection and become concurrent with US 11/US 64/SR 2 (E 23rd Street) and head north on Dodds Avenue.

They pass through neighborhoods before US 41/US 76/SR 8 split from US 11/US 64/SR 2 (Dodds Avenue) and continue east along E Main Street.

They then go through Lone Oak before meandering down a mountainside and entering a valley in Center Point, where they intersect SR 283.

It then runs through some farmland and crosses the Collins River before junctioning with SR 127 and entering McMinnville.