As it travels through mainly rural areas, the route intersects a small dirt road before entering the southern portion of Calliham.

The road passes a large RV park and intersects Deer Trail before continuing past several houses.

It proceeds to its northern terminus, an intersection with Quail Run Road at the edge of Choke Canyon State Park.

In 1923, due to the rapid expansion, J. W. Stephenson laid out the plan for the townsite for the community, which contained all roads and sites.

The road crossed the Frio River on a concrete bridge, and had a single cattle guard located on its course.

[9] By 1951, the road's first block from its southern terminus was improved to a graded, bituminous surface, made up of crushed rock and asphalt.

[1] In 1988, Calliham was shifted southward from the Choke Canyon Reservoir, causing RE 8 to be shortened by about 0.3 miles (0.48 km).