State Highway 26 (SH 26) is a
Texas state highway located completely within
Tarrant County
Tarrant County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2020, it had a population of 2,110,640. It is Texas' third-most populous county and the 15th-most populous in the United States. Its county seat is Fort Worth. Tarrant County, one of 2 ...
. SH 26 was designated on July 2, 1917. SH 26 terminates at
Texas State Highway 183
State Highway 183 (SH 183) is a state highway in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex in Texas. Its most heavily used section is designated Airport Freeway where it serves the southern entrance of Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport.
Histo ...
and
Texas State Highway 121
State Highway 121 (SH 121) is a state highway angling from southwest to northeast through north central Texas. It runs from downtown Fort Worth, Texas at the junction of Interstate 35W to Bonham, Texas, just north of a junction with U.S. Hig ...
. SH 26 was redesignated from its original location in
East Texas
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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.
Route description
History
SH 26 designated on July 2, 1917 as a short route from
Tyler Tyler may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Tyler (name), an English name; with lists of people with the surname or given name
* Tyler, the Creator (born 1991), American rap artist and producer
* John Tyler, 10th president of the United ...
through
Henderson Henderson may refer to:
People
*Henderson (surname), description of the surname, and a list of people with the surname
*Clan Henderson, a Scottish clan
Places Argentina
*Henderson, Buenos Aires
Australia
*Henderson, Western Australia
Canada
* H ...
to
Nacogdoches
Nacogdoches ( ) is a small city in East Texas and the county seat of Nacogdoches County, Texas, United States. The 2020 U.S. census recorded the city's population at 32,147. Nacogdoches is a sister city of the smaller, similarly named Natchitoch ...
. On January 19, 1920, the section of SH 26 from Tyler to Henderson was cancelled, and SH 26 was instead rerouted to end in Overton. On November 27, 1922, the section of SH 26 from Henderson to Overton was cancelled. On August 21, 1923, SH 26 was extended northward to
Longview over part of
SH 43. On February 21, 1935, SH 26 Loop was designated in
Kilgore Kilgore may refer to:
Fictional characters
* Kilgore Trout, a recurring character in the novels of Kurt Vonnegut
* Lt. Colonel Bill Kilgore, a character in the Francis Ford Coppola movie ''Apocalypse Now''
* Teddybear Kilgore (AKA Kilgour), a cha ...
. On September 26, 1939, it had been extended north to the Oklahoma border via a proposed section of
SH 149 and
SH 11. SH 26 Loop was renumbered as
Loop 66. On December 12, 1962, SH 26 was cancelled when
U.S. Highway 259 was routed over its entire length.
On April 4, 1980, it was redesignated along the Spur 452 and the old route of SH 121 from Haltom City to I-820, then northeastward through Colleyville and Grapevine. On May 16, 1988, the section from SH 114 to BS 114-L (was Loop 382 until 1990) was cancelled. This is its current route.
SH 26A was a spur designated on October 26, 1925 from
Longview to
Tatum. It extended south to
Carthage
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by 1926 over part of
SH 8, which was rerouted farther east. On March 19, 1930, this was renumbered as
SH 149.
SH 26B was a spur designated On April 27, 1925, from SH 35 in
Timpson to SH 26 west of Timpson. On July 13, 1925, SH 26B was shortened to end in Garrison.
On July 27, 1925, it was extended back to Timpson. On March 19, 1930, this became an extension of
SH 22
Route 22, or Highway 22, can refer to:
International
* European route E22
Argentina
* National Route 22
Australia
* Great Western Highway, Parramatta Road
Austria
* Donauufer Autobahn
Canada
* Alberta Highway 22
** Alberta Highway 22X
* B ...
.
Major intersections
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References
026
Transportation in Tarrant County, Texas
North Richland Hills, Texas