Louisiana Highway 26
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Route of LA 26 highlighted in red
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| Maintained by Louisiana DOTD | ||||
| Length: | 75.861 mi (122.086 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1955 renumbering – present | |||
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| Northwest end: |
  US 171 / US 190 southeast of DeRidder
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| Southeast end: |
 LA 14 in Lake Arthur
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| Parishes: | Beauregard, Allen, Jefferson Davis | |||
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Louisiana Highway 26 (LA 26) is a state highway located in southwestern Louisiana. It runs 75.86 miles (122.08 km) in a northwest to southeast direction from a junction with the concurrent U.S. Highways 171 and 190 southeast of DeRidder to LA 14 in Lake Arthur.
The route initially follows an east–west path, connecting DeRidder with Oberlin. Just east of Oberlin, however, LA 26 turns due south for the remainder of its journey, and its directional banners change accordingly. During this portion of the route, LA 26 serves as the main north–south highway through Jennings, where it intersects both Interstate 10 (I-10) and the parallel US 90. Other notable junctions include US 165 in Oberlin and a second junction with US 190 in Elton. LA 26 traverses very sparsely populated territory outside the few towns it encounters.
LA 26 was designated in the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering, replacing the entirety of former State Route 52. It also took over the western leg of State Route 25, a long U-shaped route that was further split among the modern LA 14 and LA 31. Portions of the route had also carried US 190 briefly from 1935 to 1939.
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