Iowa Highway 26

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Iowa Highway 26
Length:	11 mi[1] (18 km)
Formed:	January 1, 1969
South end:	Iowa 9 at Lansing
North end:	MN-26 near New Albin
Counties:	Allamakee
Major cities:	Lansing, New Albin
Iowa State Highways < IA 25 IA 27 >

Iowa Highway 26 is a state highway that runs from south to north in northeast Iowa. It has a length of 11 miles.

[edit] Termini

The southern terminus is in Lansing at an intersection with Iowa Highway 9 at the Black Hawk Bridge. The northern terminus is at the Minnesota border at New Albin, where it continues into Minnesota as Minnesota State Highway 26

[edit] Route description

Aerial view looking north, January 14, 2001, with Mississippi River at floodstage; the Black Hawk Bridge is visible; Big Lake is immediately north. Highway 26 goes north from the Iowa shore.

Iowa Highway 26 begins in Lansing at an intersection with Iowa Highway 9. It continues north on a highway parallelling the Mississippi River. It runs through New Albin and ends when it meets the Minnesota border. The highway continues on in Minnesota as Minnesota State Highway 26.

[edit] History

There were two previous versions of Iowa Highway 26. The first was established in 1920, lasted until 1930, and went east from Rock Valley to what is now U.S. 75. The second lasted between 1930 and January 1, 1969, went between U.S. 18 at Inwood and Iowa Highway 9 near Larchwood, Iowa. This version of Iowa Highway 26 became Iowa Highway 182 on January 1, 1969 in a numbering swap, as the current Iowa Highway 26 had previously been Iowa Highway 182.^[1]

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Roads intersected	Notes
Allamakee	Lansing		IA 9 / WIS 82	Southern terminus
	New Albin		TH 26	Northern terminus

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