Delaware Route 26

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DE Route 26

Length:

23.15 mi^[1] (37.26 km)

West end:

MD 353 south of Gumboro

Major
junctions:

DE/MD 54 south of Gumboro

DE 30 south of Gumboro

DE 54 in Gumboro

DE 30 in Shaft Ox Corner

US 113 in Dagsboro

DE 20 in Dagsboro

DE 17 west of Millville

East end:

DE 1 in Bethany Beach

Routes in Delaware
< DE 24		DE 28 >

Delaware Route 26 is a state highway in Sussex County, Delaware. The route's western termiuns is at an intersection with Maryland Route 353 and Delaware/Maryland Route 54 at the Maryland border south of Gumboro and its eastern terminus is at Delaware Route 1 in Bethany Beach.

[edit] Route description

Delaware Route 26's western termiuns is at an intersection with Maryland Route 353 and Delaware/Maryland Route 54 on the Maryland border. At this intersection, Maryland Route 353 continues south to Pittsville, Maryland, Route 54 continues west along the Delaware/Maryland border to Delmar, and Delaware Routes 26 & 54 head north on the Millsboro Highway. Delaware Route 30 joins with Routes 26 & 54 between Gumboro and the Maryland border, and Delaware Route 54 turns east at Gumboro, heading for Selbyville. Delaware Route 26 splits from Route 30 at Shaft Ox Corner and heads east towards Dagsboro on Nine Foot Road.

It intersects U.S. Route 113 just west of Dagsboro and it becomes Clayton Street past this intersection and continues into Dagsboro. In Dagsboro, it intersects Delaware Route 20 (Main Street), and DE 26 makes a right turn to form a concurrency. The two routes then make a left turn onto Vines Creek Road and then split, with DE 20 heading to the southeast on Armory Road.

DE 26 continues east on Vines Creek Road, passing through farmland. In Clarksville, the route makes a left turn to continue east on Atlantic Avenue. Just west of the town of Millville, it meets the northern terminus of Delaware Route 17. It then passes through the towns of Millville and Ocean View on Atlantic Avenue. It then crosses the Assawoman Canal into Bethany Beach, where it becomes the Garfield Parkway. Delaware Route 26 then heads east to its eastern terminus at Delaware Route 1 while the Garfield Parkway contiunes through the center of Bethany Beach toward the Atlantic Ocean.