 Iowa Highway 26 | ||||
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 Iowa 26 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Iowa DOT | ||||
| Length | 11.370 mi[1] (18.298 km) | |||
| Existed | 1969[2]–present | |||
| Tourist routes |  Great River RoadDriftless Area Scenic Byway | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   Iowa 9 / WIS 82 at Lansing | |||
| North end |  MN 26 at New Albin | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Iowa | |||
| Counties | Allamakee | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Iowa Highway 26 (Iowa 26) is a 11-mile-long (18 km) state highway that runs from south to north in Allamakee County, Iowa. It begins in Lansing at an intersection with Iowa Highway 9 at the Black Hawk Bridge and ends at the Minnesota border at New Albin. It continues into Minnesota as Minnesota State Highway 26 (TH 26). Iowa 26 was created in 1969 in a numbering swap with Iowa Highway 182. The designation was changed to match TH 26. The highway is the northernmost leg of the Great River Road in Iowa. Most of the highway is designated the Driftless Area Scenic Byway.
- ^ 2009 Volume of Traffic on the Primary Road System of Iowa (PDF) (Report). Iowa Department of Transportation. January 1, 2009. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
- ^ Iowa State Highway Commission (1970). State of Iowa Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Ames: Iowa State Highway Commission. Retrieved January 6, 2011.