| State Route 26 | ||||
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| West end: | U.S. 27/U.S. 280/S.R. 1/S.R. 520 in Fort Benning | |||
| I-75/S.R. 401 west of Elko I-16/S.R. 404 west of Dudley I-516/U.S. 17/S.R. 21/S.R. 25/S.R. 421 in Savannah |
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| East end: | U.S. 80 at 19th Street in Tybee Island | |||
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Georgia State Routes
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State Route 26 is a west–east state route located in the central part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The route travels from U.S. 27/U.S. 280/S.R. 1/S.R. 520 in Fort Benning east to Tybee Island.
State Route 26 begins in Fort Benning at U.S. 27/U.S. 280/S.R. 1/S.R. 520. The route travels east, passing to the north of Cusseta, and passing through the towns of Buena Vista and Ellaville. State Route 26 serves as exit 127 for Interstate 75, before continuing east to Hawkinsville. In Hawkinsville, S.R. 26 becomes cosigned with U.S. Route 129 Alternate and State Route 112, and the three routes travel northeast to Cochran. In Cochran, S.R. 26 departs the two routes and continues northeast, serving as exit 39 for Interstate 16 before intersecting U.S. 80 west of Dudley. At the intersection, S.R. 26 continues east, cosigned with U.S. 80 and S.R. 19. In Dublin, S.R. 19 departs to the south, and after a brief cosignage with U.S. 319/S.R. 31, U.S. 80 and S.R. 26 continue east, passing through Swainsboro and Statesboro, continuing to Savannah. In Savannah, the two routes briefly cosign with Interstate 516, then continue east, crossing the coastal marshes to Tybee Island, where both S.R. 26 and U.S. 80 meet their eastern terminus.
SR 26 is largely a rural highway, and as such, sees an Average Annual Daily Traffic of 5,000 vehicles or less, except around cities such as Dublin, Statesboro, and Savannah.[1]