Florida State Road 26

State Road 26 is an east–west route across northern 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 Florida 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^[1]. 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.

Major intersections

Florida State Road 26A

State Road 26A is a former section of State Road 26 in Gainesville, Florida. It is locally known as West Newberry Road and Southwest Second Avenue, and runs along the northwest corner of the University of Florida.

State Road 26A contains a large sidewalk for bicycles east of FL 121. The southeast corner of this intersection is also the location of the University of Florida Golf Course.

References

External links

• Routes 20 - 29 at Florida's Great Renumbering
• Florida Route Log (SR 26) and (26A)