Interstate 26

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Interstate 26 Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Length:	347 mi (558 km)
West end:	US 11W/US 23 in Kingsport, TN
Major junctions:	I-81 in Colonial Heights, TN I-40 in Asheville, NC I-85 in Spartanburg, SC I-20 near Columbia, SC I-77 near Columbia, SC I-95 near Rosinville,SC
East end:	US 17 in Charleston, SC

Interstate 26 (abbreviated I-26) is an east-west main route of the Interstate Highway System in the Southeastern United States. It runs from the junction of U.S. Route 11W and U.S. Route 23 in Kingsport, Tennessee, generally south and southeast to U.S. Route 17 in Charleston, South Carolina. The portion from Mars Hill, North Carolina, east (compass south) to Interstate 240 in Asheville, North Carolina, is signed as Future I-26 because it does not yet meet Interstate standards; a short realignment is also planned in Asheville.

Prior to August 5, 2003, the western terminus was at Interstate 40 and Interstate 240 southwest of Asheville. At that time, the final section of freeway in North Carolina, from Mars Hill north to the Tennessee state line, replaced the old two-lane U.S. Route 23. I-26 was extended into Tennessee on the US 23 freeway, taking over approximately half of the former Interstate 181 from U.S. Route 321/State Route 67 in Johnson City, Tennessee, to Interstate 81 south of Kingsport, Tennessee. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials denied an extension of I-26 along the remainder of I-181 to Kingsport, since it would give a main interstate route a stub end (not connecting to another interstate). The extension was finally achieved by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, signed into law August 10, 2005. Thus I-26 now ends about two miles (3 km) south of the Virginia state line, and the freeway continues to the state line as US 23.

North of Kingsport, US 23 continues north to Portsmouth, Ohio, as Corridor B of the Appalachian Development Highway System, and beyond to Columbus, as Corridor C. In conjunction with the Columbus-Toledo corridor formed by US 23, State Route 15 and Interstate 75, I-26 forms part of a mostly high-speed four-lane highway from the Great Lakes to the Southeast. There are no plans for further I-26 extensions into Virginia, Kentucky and farther north.

[edit] Length

^* partly designated as future

[edit] Major cities

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.

• Kingsport, Tennessee
• Johnson City, Tennessee
• Asheville, North Carolina
• Spartanburg, South Carolina
• Columbia, South Carolina
• Charleston, South Carolina

[edit] Intersections with other interstates

• Interstate 81 in Colonial Heights, Tennessee
• Interstate 240 in Asheville, North Carolina
• Interstate 40 in Asheville, North Carolina
• Interstate 85 in Spartanburg, South Carolina
• Interstate 20 near Columbia, South Carolina
• Interstate 77 near Columbia, South Carolina
• Interstate 95 near Rosinville, South Carolina

[edit] Auxiliary routes

	edit Auxiliary routes of Interstate 26
I-126	South Carolina
I-526	South Carolina

• Interstate 126 is a spur into Columbia, South Carolina from the northwest.
• Interstate 326 was a temporary unsigned designation for part of what is now Interstate 77 south of Columbia.
• Interstate 526 is a partial beltway of Charleston, South Carolina, running from U.S. Route 17 west of the city north to I-26 and back east and south to US 17 east of Charleston.

[edit] Notes

I-26 is a diagonal interstate, running northwest-southeast; most other routes in the area are odd numbers running northeast-southwest. The extension past Asheville is mainly north-south. When the extension was made in 2003, the exit numbers in North Carolina were increased by 31 to reflect the new mileage. The part that it shares with I-240 has not had the numbers changed yet, although most signs now indicate I-26 instead of I-240.

I-26 is signed with an extra FUTURE sign above (and in the same style as) the EAST and WEST signs from Asheville north to Mars Hill, because the older U.S. Route 23 freeway does not meet interstate standards. Shoulders remain substandard or nonexistent along short sections of the route, and a realignment is planned in Asheville to bypass some tight interchanges.

Exit numbers in Tennessee are numbered backwards, increasing from east to west, because the road was formerly U.S. Route 23 and Interstate 181, two north-south roads. This exit numbering will flip-flop to the correct way in 2006; the I-181 issue had previously prevented this.

[edit] Exit list

Number		Mile	Destinations		Notes
	Old
[edit] Tennessee
	57		State Route 36 south - Lynn Garden Drive	Johnson City	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	55	0	U.S. Route 11W - West Stone Drive		I-26 begins eastbound and ends westbound along U.S. Route 23
	52	3	Meadowview Parkway
	51	4	State Route 93		split into 51A and 51B eastbound
	49	6	State Route 347 - Rock Springs Road
	46	9	Interstate 81 - Knoxville/Bristol, Virginia		split into 46A and 46B
	45	10	Eastern Star Road
	42	13	State Route 75 - Suncrest Drive/Gray
	38	17	State Route 354 - Boones Creek Road/Jonesborough
	36	19	State Route 381 - State of Franklin Road/Bristol
	35	20	U.S. Route 11E/U.S. Route 19W north - Roan Street		split into 35A and 35B westbound; US 19W joins eastbound and leaves westbound
	33	22	State Route 400 - Unaka Avenue/Watauga Avenue
	32	23	State Route 91 - Market Street/Main Street Johnson City
	31	24	U.S. Route 321/State Route 67 - Elizabethton
	28	27	State Route 359 north - Okolona Road
	23	32	State Route 173 - Unicoi Road
	19	36	Main Street - Erwin	Erwin
	18	37	State Route 81/State Route 107 - Erwin/Jonesborough
	15	40	Jackson-Love Highway - Erwin
	12	43	U.S. Route 19W/State Route 352 - Temple Hill Road		US 19W joins westbound and leaves eastbound
	9	46	Clear Branch Road
	5	50	Flag Pond Road
[edit] North Carolina
3			TO US 23 (Alternate) - Wolf Laurel
9			U.S. 19 north - Burnsville/Spruce Pine		US 19 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
11			NC 213 - Mars Hill/Marshall
13			Forks of Ivy
15			NC 197 - Jupiter/Barnardsville
17			Flat Creek
18			US 19 Business - Monticello Road	Weaverville
19			U.S. 25 north/U.S. 70 west - Marshall		US 25 and US 70 join eastbound and leave westbound; split into 19A and 18B westbound
21			New Stock Road
23			U.S. 25 - North Asheville/Merrimon Avenue/New Bridge		US 25 joins westbound and leaves eastbound
24			Elk Mountain Road - Woodfin
25			NC 251 - University of North Carolina-Asheville	Asheville
			Hill Street		westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	4A		ALT Interstate 240 east/US 70 east/US 74-A east to Interstate 40		US 70 joins westbound and leaves eastbound; US 74-A joins eastbound and leaves westbound
	3B		Westgate/Holiday Inn Drive
	3A		US 19 south/US 23 south		US 19, US 23 and US 74-A join westbound and leave eastbound; US 19 Business and US 23 Business join eastbound and leave westbound
	2		US 19 Business/US 23 Business - West Asheville		US 19 Business and US 23 Business join westbound and leave eastbound
	1C		Amboy Road		westbound exit and eastbound entrance
	1B		NC 191 TO Interstate 40 east - Brevard Road
31B	1A		Interstate 40 west/US 74 west - Canton/Knoxville, Tennessee		US 74 joins eastbound and leaves westbound; was exit 1A on I-240 and exit 1B on I-26
31A	1A		Interstate 40 east - Hickory		westbound exit and eastbound entrance
33	2		NC 191 to Blue Ridge Parkway
37	6		NC 146 - Skyland
40	9		NC 280 - Asheville Regional Airport/Arden
44	13		US 25 - Fletcher/Mountain Home
49	18		US 64 - Hendersonville/Bat Cave	Hendersonville	split into 49A and 49B
53	22		Hendersonville - Upward Road
54	23		NC 225 to US 176/US 25 - Greenville, South Carolina
59	28		Saluda
67	36		US 74 east/NC 108 - Columbus/Tryon/Rutherfordton		US 74 joins westbound and leaves eastbound
[edit] South Carolina
1			S.C. Highway 14 - Landrum
5			S.C. Highway 11 - Campobello/Chesnee
10			S.C. Highway 292 - Inman
15			U.S. Route 176 - Inman/Spartanburg	Spartanburg
16			John Dodd Road
17			New Cut Road
18			Interstate 85 - Greenville/Charlotte, North Carolina		split into 18A and 18B
19			Interstate 85 Business - Spartanburg		split into 19A and 19B
21			U.S. Route 29 - Greer/Spartanburg		split into 21A and 21B
22			S.C. Highway 296 - Reidville Road/Spartanburg
28			U.S. Route 221 - Moore/Woodruff/Spartanburg
35			Walnut Grove Road - Woodruff
38			S.C. Highway 146 - Cross Anchor/Woodruff
41			S.C. Highway 92 - Enoree
44			S.C. Highway 49 - Laurens/Cross Anchor/Union
51			Interstate 385 - Laurens/Greenville		westbound exit and eastbound entrance
52			S.C. Highway 56 - Cross Anchor/Clinton
54			S.C. Highway 72 - Clinton/Whitmire
60			S.C. Highway 66 - Joanna/Whitmire
66			Road 32 - Jalapa
72			S.C. Highway 121 - Whitmire/Union	Newberry
74			S.C. Highway 34 - Winnsboro
76			S.C. Highway 219 - Pomaria
82			S.C. Highway 773 - Prosperity/Pomaria
85			S.C. Highway 202 - Little Mountain
91			Columbia Avenue - Chapin
97			U.S. Route 176 - Ballentine/White Rock/Irmo
101			U.S. Route 76/U.S. Route 176 - Broad River Road/Ballentine/White Rock	Columbia	split into 101A and 101B; US 76 joins eastbound and leaves westbound
102			S.C. Highway 60 - Lake Murray Boulevard/Irmo		split into 102A and 102B
103			Harbison Boulevard
104			Piney Grove Road
106			St. Andrews Road		split into 106A and 106B westbound
107			Interstate 20 - Augusta, Georgia/Florence		split into 107A and 107B
108			Bush River Road
			Interstate 126 - Downtown Columbia		US 76 joins westbound and leaves eastbound; joined with exit 108 westbound
110			U.S. Route 378 - Lexington/West Columbia
111			U.S. Route 1 - Lexington/West Columbia		split into 111A and 111B
113			S.C. Highway 302 - Columbia Airport/Cayce
115			U.S. Route 21/U.S. Route 176/U.S. Route 321 - Gaston/Cayce/Columbia
116			Interstate 77 - Charlotte, North Carolina
119			U.S. Route 21/U.S. Route 176 - St. Matthews
125			Road 31 - Gaston
129			U.S. Route 21
136			S.C. Highway 6 - North/St. Matthews/Swansea
139			Road 22 - St. Matthews
145			U.S. Route 601 - St. Matthews	Orangeburg	split into 145A and 145B
149			S.C. Highway 33 - Cameron
154			U.S. Route 301 - Santee		split into 154A and 154B
159			S.C. Highway 36 - Road 36/Bowman
165			S.C. Highway 210 - Bowman/Vance
169			Interstate 95 - Savannah, Georgia/Florence		split into 169A and 169B
172			U.S. Route 15 - St. George/Holly Hill/Santee		split into 172A and 172B
177			S.C. Highway 453 - Harleyville/Holly Hill
187			S.C. Highway 27 - Ridgeville/St. George
194			Road 16 - Jedburg/Pinopolis
199			U.S. Route 17 Alternate - Summerville/Moncks Corner	Charleston	split into 199A and 199B
203			College Park Road - Goose Creek/Ladson
205			U.S. Route 78 TO U.S. Route 52/Goose Creek		split into 205A and 205B
208			U.S. Route 52 west/U.S. Route 78 west - Moncks Corner/Kingstree		westbound exit and eastbound entrance
209			Ashley Phosphate Road
211			Aviation Avenue to Remount Road - Air Force Base		split into 211A and 211B
212A			Remount Road		westbound exit and eastbound entrance
212B-C			Interstate 526 - Savannah, Georgia/Mount Pleasant
213			Montague Avenue/Mall Drive		split into 213A and 213B eastbound
215			S.C. Highway 642 - Dorchester Road
216			S.C. Highway 7 TO U.S. Route 17 south - Cosgrove Avenue/Naval Base		split into 216A and 216B
217			North Meeting Street		eastbound exit and westbound entrance
218			Spruill Avenue		westbound exit and eastbound entrance
219A			Rutledge Avenue - The Citadel		eastbound exit and westbound entrance
219B			Morrison Drive/East Bay Street		eastbound exit and westbound entrance
220	221B		U.S. Route 17 north - Mount Pleasant; Georgetown		eastbound exit and westbound entrance
220			Romney Street		westbound exit and eastbound entrance
221B			Meeting Street - Visitor Center		eastbound exit and westbound entrance
221A	221A		U.S. Route 17 south - Savannah, Georgia		eastbound exit and westbound entrance
			King Street - Downtown		eastbound exit and westbound entrance

[edit] References

• FHWA Route Log and Finder List

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