Florida State Road 26

State Road 26
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
Florida State Highway System Interstate US SR Former Pre-1945 Toll Scenic ← SR 25A US 27 →

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 named 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.

SR 26 in Gainesville on University Avenue, approaching US 441/SR 24

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
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       Concurrency terminus

Related routes

County Road 26A

County Road 26A
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
0.0	0.0	US 27 / US 41 (SR 45)	Western terminus
0.5	0.80	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

State Road 26A
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
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. FDOT straight line diagrams, accessed February 2014
2. Projects in Alachua Dounty (FDOT District #2)
3. Google Maps distance

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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