New York State Route 26 | ||||
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 NY 26 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NYSDOT, Madison County and the city of Rome | ||||
| Length | 203.80 mi[1] (327.98 km) | |||
| Existed | 1930[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  PA 267 at the Pennsylvania state line in Vestal | |||
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| North end |  NY 12 in Alexandria Bay | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | New York | |||
| Counties | Broome, Cortland, Chenango, Madison, Oneida, Lewis, Jefferson | |||
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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 Interstate 86 (I-86) and NY 17, and Watertown via NY 3). NY 26 also intersects several other primary routes including I-81 in Barker, an overlap with U.S. Route 20 (US 20) in Madison, NY 12 in Lowville, and an overlap with US 11 in the Jefferson County town of Philadelphia.
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.