Length 29.85 km | Counties: Tarrant | |
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Existed: April 4, 1980 (1939) – present Northeast end: SH 121 / FM 2499 in Grapevine | ||
State Highway 26 (SH 26) is a Texas state highway located completely within Tarrant County. SH 26 was designated on September 29, 1939. SH 26 terminates at Texas State Highway 183 and Texas State Highway 121. SH 26 was redisgnated from its original location in East Texas to its current location in Tarrant County on April 4, 1980. SH 26 was the last of the original 26 state highways proposed in 1917.
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Map of TX-26, Texas, USA
History
SH 26 was the last of the 26 original Texas highways proposed in 1917. The original route was to be a short route from Tyler through Henderson to Nacogdoches. By 1926, the stretch from Tyler to Henderson was reassigned to SH 64. SH 26 was instead routed northward to Longview over part of SH 43. By 1939, it had been extended north to the Oklahoma border via a proposed section of Texas SH 149 and SH 11. In 1962, SH 26 was cancelled when U.S. Highway 259 was routed over its entire length.
In 1980, it was redesignated along the Fort Worth Spur and the old route of SH 121 from Haltom City to I-820, then northeastward through Colleyville and Grapevine. This is its current route.
SH 26A was a spur designated in 1926 from Longview to Carthage. By 1931, this was renumbered as SH 149. SH 26B was a spur designated in 1926 from SH 26 in Timpson to SH 26 west of Timpson. By 1931, this became an extension of SH 22.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Tarrant County.