Florida State Road 26
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FDOT | ||||
| Length: | 62.172 mi[1] (100.056 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1945 – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: |
     US 19 / US 27 Alt. / US 98 in Fanning Springs | |||
 US 129 in Trenton US 27 / US 41 in Newberry   US 441 / SR 20 / SR 24 in Gainesville US 301 at Orange Heights SR 21 in Melrose | ||||
| East end: |
 SR 100 in Putnam Hall | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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State Road 26 (SR 26) is an east–west route across North Central 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 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.[2] 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
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Gilchrist | Fanning Springs | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 19 north / US 27 Alt. north / US 98 north (SR 55) – Cross City | |
| 0.303 | 0.488 | To US 19 south / US 27 Alt. south / US 98 south / (CR 55A south) – Chiefland, St. Petersburg | |||
| Wilcox | 1.394 | 2.243 |  CR 232 north – Otter Springs, Hart Springs | ||
| 2.453 | 3.948 |  CR 341 north – Hart Springs | |||
| Lottieville | 2.963 | 4.768 |  CR 334A north | ||
| 3.960 | 6.373 |  CR 313 north | |||
| 4.472 | 7.197 |  CR 341 south – Airport | |||
| 5.470 | 8.803 |  CR 307 north | |||
| Trenton | 7.789 | 12.535 | US 129 (Main Street / SR 49) – Bell, Chiefland | ||
| 8.499 | 13.678 |  CR 319 south (Southeast 11th Street) | |||
| 13.377 | 21.528 |  CR 337 south | |||
| 16.698 | 26.873 | CR 337 north | |||
| Alachua | Newberry | 19.807 | 31.876 | CR 337 south (Southwest 266th Street) | |
| 20.802 | 33.478 | US 27 / US 41 (Main Street / SR 45) – High Springs, Archer | |||
| 21.453 | 34.525 |  CR 235 north | |||
| 21.738 | 34.984 |  CR 26A west (Newberry Lane) | |||
| Jonesville | 25.993 | 41.832 |  CR 241 south (Southwest 170th Street) – Airport | ||
| 27.644 | 44.489 | CR 241 north (Northwest 143rd Street) | |||
| Gainesville | 32.38 | 52.11 |  I-75 (SR 93) – Lake City, Tampa, truck route to SR 24 east / SR 26 east | I-75 exit 387 | |
| 33.519 | 53.944 | Northwest 8th Avenue (CR 338 east) | |||
| 34.144 | 54.949 | Northwest 43rd Street (CR 2053 north) | |||
| 34.842 | 56.073 |  SR 26A east (Southwest 2nd Avenue) | no left turn westbound | ||
| 35.277 | 56.773 |  SR 121 (West 34th Street) | |||
| 36.496 | 58.735 | SR 26A west (Southwest 2nd Avenue) | |||
| 37.272 | 59.983 | US 441 / SR 24 west (West 13th Street / SR 25) | west end of SR 24 overlap | ||
| 38.134 | 61.371 |  SR 20 west / SR 329 (Main Street) | west end of SR 20 overlap | ||
| 38.939 | 62.666 |   SR 24 east (Waldo Road) / SR 24A west / SR 331 south (Southeast 11th Street) – Airport, truck route to US 441 north / SR 24 west / SR 26 west / SR 121 north | east end of SR 24 overlap | ||
| 39.183 | 63.059 | SR 20 east (Hawthorne Road) | east end of SR 20 overlap | ||
| 41.271 | 66.419 |  CR 225 south (Southeast 43rd Street) | |||
| 41.945 | 67.504 |  CR 329B south (East University Avenue) | |||
| Gainesville | 45.312 | 72.923 |  SR 222 west (Northeast 39th Boulevard) – Gainesville | ||
| 48.194 | 77.561 |  CR 234 west – Windsor | |||
| 50.128 | 80.673 | CR 234 east (Northeast 70th Place) | |||
| 50.97 | 82.03 | To US 301 (SR 200) – Orange Heights | interchange | ||
| 52.901 | 85.136 |  CR 1469 – Earleton | |||
| 55.442 | 89.225 |  CR 219A south | |||
| Putnam | Melrose | 56.838 | 91.472 | SR 21 – Keystone Heights | |
| 57.439 | 92.439 |  CR 219 north | |||
| Putnam Hall | 62.172 | 100.056 | SR 100 – Keystone Heights, Palatka | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
Related routes
County Road 26A
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| Location: | Newberry |
County Road 26A (CR 26A), also known as Newberry Lane, is a former segment of SR 26 that spans from US 27/41 on the southeast corner of a railroad grade crossing to SR 26.
- Major intersections
The entire route is in Newberry, Alachua County.
| mi[3] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| 0.0 | 0.0 | US 27 / US 41 (SR 45) | Western terminus | ||
| 0.5 | 0.8 | CR 235 (Northwest 242nd Street) | |||
| 0.8 | 1.3 |  SR 26 (West Newberry Road) | Eastern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
State Road 26A
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| Location: | Gainesville |
State Road 26A (SR 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 SR 121. The southeast corner of this intersection is also the location of the University of Florida Golf Course.
- Major intersections
The entire route is in Gainesville, Alachua County.
| mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| 0.000 | 0.000 | SR 26 west (University Avenue) | Western terminus | ||
| 0.458 | 0.737 | SR 121 (Southwest 34th Street) to I-75 | |||
| 1.734 | 2.791 | SR 26 (University Avenue) | Eastern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- 1 2 3 FDOT straight line diagrams, accessed February 2014
- ↑ Projects in Alachua Dounty (FDOT District #2)
- ↑ Google Maps distance