List of highways numbered 26

Route 26, or Highway 26, can refer to:

International

Asian Highway 26

European route E26

Austria

Linzer Autobahn

Canada

Ontario Highway 26

Czech Republic

I/26 Highway; Czech: Silnice I/26

India

National Highway 26 (India)

Iran

Road 26

Japan

Japan National Route 26

New Zealand

New Zealand State Highway 26

United Kingdom

British A26 (Maidstone-Newhaven)

British M26 (Chevening-Wrotham Heath)

United States

Interstate 26

U.S. Route 26

New England Route 26 (former)

Alabama State Route 26

Arkansas Highway 26

California State Route 26

Colorado State Highway 26

Delaware Route 26

Florida State Road 26

Georgia State Route 26

Illinois Route 26

Indiana State Road 26

Iowa Highway 26

K-26 (Kansas highway)

Kentucky Route 26

Louisiana Highway 26

Maine State Route 26

Maryland Route 26

Massachusetts Route 26 (former)

M-26 (Michigan highway)

Minnesota State Highway 26

Mississippi Highway 26

New England Interstate Route 26

New England Route 26 was a multi-state state highway in the New England region of the United States. It ran from Portland, Maine, north and northwest via Errol, New Hampshire, to Lemington, Vermont. The number was assigned in 1922 as part of the New England Interstate Routes (also known as the Dixville Notch Way), and, other than being extended from U.S. Route 3 into Vermont, the route has changed little since then. The system was disbanded in the 1930s, and Route 26 was replaced by individual state highways, each retaining the original highway number.

Route description

Maine

Maine State Route 26 begins in Portland, Maine. State route logs show its southern terminus at State Route 77 in the western end of the city center at the intersection of Cumberland Avenue and State Street (southbound SR 77). From there it heads northeast along Cumberland Avenue, then turns north onto Washington Avenue. In the field, Route 26's southern end is signed at the intersection of Congress Street, Washington Avenue, and Mountfort Street in the eastern end of the city center one block south of the Cumberland Avenue intersection with Washington Avenue. From here, it follows Washington Avenue northward and joins with Interstate 295 and U.S. Route 1 over Tukey's Bridge, splitting off from that Interstate immediately on the other side of the bridge to continue northwest on Washington Avenue. Route 100 joins at Allen Avenue, and the combined Routes 26 and 100 immediately angle northward onto Auburn Street and continue together as far as the town of Gray.

New Jersey Route 26

Route 26 is a state highway in New Jersey, United States, running 2.54 miles (4.09 km) along Livingston Avenue from U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in North Brunswick Township northeast to Nassau Street at the to the border of New Brunswick. Prior to the 1953 renumbering, the route continued southwest along US 1 to Trenton. Livingston Avenue inside New Brunswick, southwest of Suydam Street, is the 1.08-mile (1.74 km) County Route 691 (CR 691). The 0.39 miles (0.63 km) from Suydam Street to its end at George Street is part of State Route 171, also maintained by Middlesex County.

Route 26 originates as the alignment of the Trenton and New Brunswick Turnpike, chartered in 1803 from Warren and Green Streets in Trenton to New Brunswick. The turnpike lasted for 99 years, fighting with railroads, canals and stagecoaches to stay in business. The road was designated State Highway Route 26 in the 1927 state highway renumbering, running from the state line in Trenton to State Highway Route S-28 in New Brunswick along the turnpike and Livingston Avenue. The route remained intact, becoming part of an engineering feat meant for the safety of drivers. In 1952, the route became part of the Trenton Freeway until the Route 26 designation was truncated back to North Brunswick Township in the 1953 state highway renumbering. The route was further truncated back from Route 18 in the 1970s in New Brunswick to its current northern terminus at Nassau Street.