Florida's 26th congressional district

Florida's 26th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress, which was created in South Florida during 2012, effective January 2013, as a result of the 2010 Census. The first candidates ran in the 2012 House elections, and the winner was seated for the 113th Congress on January 3, 2013.

The 26th district is located in far South Florida, and contains all of Monroe County as well as a portion of south-west Miami-Dade County.

Key West and the Everglades National Park are well-known places in the district.

Carlos Curbelo currently represents the district.

List of representatives

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 26th congressional district

As of May 2015, there is one former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 26th congressional district who is currently living at this time.

References

Coordinates: 25°41′05″N 80°59′56″W / 25.68472°N 80.99889°W / 25.68472; -80.99889

Florida State Road 26

State Road 26 (SR 26) is an east–west route across North Central Florida.

Route description

The western terminus of SR 26 is at US 19/98/27 Alternate(unsigned SR 55) in Fanning Springs, near the Gilchrist/Levy county line. The route proceeds east through Trenton where it is names West Wade Street and East Wade Street, then into Alachua County and Newberry as West Newberry Road, until it reaches Interstate 75 just west of Gainesville.

There, it becomes University Avenue, as the road approaches State Road 26A before it cuts through the University of Florida and Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, followed by a merge with SR 24 at U.S. Route 441 (13th Street) and SR 20 at SR 329 (Main Street), separating again near the eastern city limits. Skirting the western and northern shores of Newnan's Lake, it then crosses US 301 in Orange Heights, although a realignment of SR 26 south of the existing intersection is being built by the Florida Depoartment of Transportation that includes an interchange. The next town along the route is Melrose, where the road enters Putnam County and crosses SR 21, before it ends at SR 100 in Putnam Hall.