Tennessee State Route 26
State Route 26 (SR 26) is an east–west highway in Middle Tennessee. The road begins in Lebanon and ends in Sparta. The current length is 59.25 mi (95.4 km).[1]
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by TDOT | ||||
Length | 59.25 mi (95.35 km) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
East end | ||||
West end | ||||
Location | ||||
Counties | Wilson, DeKalb, White | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Route Description
Wilson County
The highway runs an unsigned concurrency with U.S. Route 70 for its entire existence. It begins at an intersection with U.S. Route 70 Business and US 70 in Lebanon as US 70 and State Route 24 move east from Mt. Juliet. SR 26 moves around north Lebanon with US 70 as SR 24 continues with Business 70 through downtown Lebanon. At this point, SR 26/US 70 is known as West Baddour Pkwy and later as East High St. SR 26 then continues south on the east side of town as Sparta Pike, intersecting SR 24 once more, this time it is concurrent with US 70N, before leaving Lebanon. The concurrency moves southeast, passing under Interstate 40 on its way to Watertown.
DeKalb County
SR 26/US 70 continues through Watertown and moves into DeKalb County, becoming Nashville Highway as it moves through the towns of Alexandria, Liberty, and Dowelltown. During this time SR 26/US 70 runs two concurrencies with SR 53 (from Liberty to Alexandria) and SR 96 (from Liberty to just west of Smithville) with the routes briefly overlapping in Liberty so that all four routes run together.
After leaving Dowelltown, the highways go up a hill and end the concurrency with SR 96 at the top. SR 26/US 70 moves through Smithville as West Broad St, later East Broad St, and moves east, becoming Sparta Highway as it does so. It then crosses Center Hill Lake and moves into White County.
Major Intersections
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Wilson | Lebanon | 0.0 | 0.0 | Western end of US 70 concurrency; western terminus of US 70 Bus and SR 26 | |
Northern terminus of SR 266 | |||||
Western end of SR 141 concurrency | |||||
Eastern terminus of US 70 Bus; Western terminus of US 70N | |||||
Eastern end of SR 141 concurrency | |||||
I-40 Exit 239A-B eastbound and 239 westbound | |||||
| Eastern terminus of SR 265; provides access to Cedars of Lebanon State Park | ||||
Watertown | Northern terminus of SR 267 | ||||
DeKalb | Alexandria | Western end of SR 53 concurrency | |||
| Western end of SR 96 concurrency | ||||
Liberty | Eastern end of SR 53 concurrency | ||||
| Eastern end of SR 96 concurrency | ||||
Smithville | Partial loop around Smithville | ||||
Northern terminus of SR 146 | |||||
White | | Provides access to Rock Island State Park | |||
Sparta | Eastern terminus of US 70S; interchange | ||||
59.25 | 95.35 | Eastern terminus; US 70 continues east along SR 1 towards Crossville | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- List of state routes in Tennessee
United States portal U.S. Roads portal
References
- Microsoft MapPoint 2006, Retrieved on 2007-8-13
- http://www.mapquest.com/?le=t&saddr=&flv=1&vs=directions