A26 road (Northern Ireland)
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| Route information | |
| Length: | 42.5 mi (68.4 km) |
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| North end: | Coleraine |
| South end: | At The Outlet GSJ on the A1 near Banbridge |
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Primary destinations: |
Ballymoney Ballymena Antrim Moira Craigavon Banbridge |
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The A26 is a road in Northern Ireland. It travels in a North-South direction from Coleraine, County Londonderry to Banbridge, County Down.
The road is a primary route between Coleraine and its junction with the M1, and a secondary route between Lurgan and Banbridge. Selected stretches of the road are dual-carriageway, in particular between Ballymena and the route's junction with the M2 and M22.
The A26 commences at the Lodge Road Roundabout on the outskirts of Coleraine, one of the junctions on the Coleraine ring road. A 1 km stretch of dual-carriageway, passing the Causeway Hospital, yields to single-carriageway after the Wattstown Roundabout towards Ballymoney. A further stretch of dual-carriageway is provided on the county border of Londonderry and Antrim near Macfin, including the first of many crossings of the Belfast-Derry railway line.
On reaching Ballymoney, the A26 route skirts past the town, and meets the B62 Ballybogy Road towards Portrush at a roundabout. Further junctions along the Ballymoney by-pass meet with the B66 to Dervock, the B147 to Stranocum, and the B16 to Armoy. The A26 continues, as the Frosses Road, in a south-east direction towards Ballymena, meeting the A44 from Ballycastle at a Y-junction.
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