A26 road

The A26 road is one of the three cross-country two-digit numbered roads in the southeast of England, the others being the A25 road and A27 road. It carries traffic from Maidstone in Kent in a generally south-westerly direction to Tunbridge Wells and then on to Newhaven in East Sussex. It begins its journey up the Medway valley to Tonbridge; from there it crosses the Weald through Tunbridge Wells to Uckfield, and thence follows the River Ouse to its mouth at Newhaven, bypassing Lewes by means of a road tunnel. The road is almost entirely single carriageway resulting in congestion. The original A26 at Lewes headed to Brighton following the modern day A27.

The road runs for a total distance of some 50 miles (80 kilometres) and provides access to the North Kent area and its industrial base with the ferry port of Newhaven. In consequence it has a large Heavy Goods Vehicle usage.

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Coordinates: 51°03′20″N 0°09′17″E / 51.05542°N 0.15484°E / 51.05542; 0.15484

List of roads in the Isle of Man

List of roads on the Isle of Man.

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A26 road (Northern Ireland)

The A26 is a road in Northern Ireland. It travels in a North-South direction from Coleraine, County Londonderry to Banbridge, County Down.

The road is a primary route between Coleraine and its junction with the M1, and a secondary route between Lurgan and Banbridge. Selected stretches of the road are dual-carriageway, in particular between Ballymena and the route's junction with the M2 and M22.

Route

The A26 commences at the Lodge Road Roundabout on the outskirts of Coleraine, one of the junctions on the Coleraine ring road. A 1 km stretch of dual-carriageway, passing the Causeway Hospital, yields to single-carriageway after the Wattstown Roundabout towards Ballymoney. A further stretch of dual-carriageway is provided on the county border of Londonderry and Antrim near Macfin, including the first of many crossings of the Belfast-Derry railway line.

On reaching Ballymoney, the A26 route skirts past the town, and meets the B62 Ballybogy Road towards Portrush at a roundabout. Further junctions along the Ballymoney by-pass meet with the B66 to Dervock, the B147 to Stranocum, and the B16 to Armoy. The A26 continues, as the Frosses Road, in a south-east direction towards Ballymena, meeting the A44 from Ballycastle at a Y-junction.