New York State Route 26 | ||||
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Map of central New York with NY 26 highlighted in red
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by NYSDOT, Madison County and the city of Rome | ||||
Length: | 203.80 mi (327.98 km) | |||
Existed: | 1930 – present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end: | PA 267 at the Pennsylvania state line in Vestal | |||
NY 17 / Southern Tier Expressway in Vestal I-81 in Whitney Point US 20 in Madison NY 49 / NY 69 / NY 365 in Rome NY 12 in Lowville US 11 in Philadelphia |
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North end: | NY 12 in Alexandria Bay | |||
Location | ||||
Counties: | Broome, Cortland, Chenango, Madison, Lewis, Oneida, Jefferson | |||
Highway system | ||||
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New York State Route 26 (NY 26) is a north–south state highway that runs for 203.80 miles (327.98 km) through Central New York in the United States. Its southern terminus is located at the Pennsylvania state line south of the town of Vestal in Broome County, where it becomes Pennsylvania Route 267 (PA 267). Its northern terminus is located at a junction with NY 12 in the village of Alexandria Bay in Jefferson County. NY 26 serves three cities along its routing; one directly (Rome) and two via other roadways (Binghamton via NY 17 and Watertown via NY 3).
NY 26, as a single route, was established in the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York; however, portions of the route had been signed state routes since the 1920s. Since 1930, the route has been realigned several times in the North Country, resulting in a modern routing significantly different from its initial alignment. For a brief period during the 1970s, NY 26 ended in Carthage. The truncation directly led to the elimination of one of NY 26's two spur routes, and the second was absorbed by other routes shortly afterward.