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Alberta Highway 26

Highway in Alberta, Canada

Field	Value
province	AB
type	Hwy
route	26
map	Alberta Highway 26 Map.png
length_km	82.0
length_ref
direction_a	West
direction_b	East
terminus_a	in Camrose
junction	near Camrose
near Viking
terminus_b	near Kinsella
rural_municipalities	Camrose County, Beaver County
cities	Camrose
previous_type	Hwy
previous_route	25
next_type	Hwy
next_route	27

near Viking

Highway 26 is an east–west highway in central Alberta, Canada that connects Highway 13 in Camrose to Highway 14 near Kinsella. The route follows 12th Correction Line for its entire length, and does not pass through any communities east of Camrose.

The Highway 26 designation first belonged to a stretch of road near Drumheller. The present-day alignment near Camrose was not commissioned until the 1970s, and in 2009 was extended from Highway 36 to reach the current eastern terminus at Highway 14.

Route description

Highway 26 begins in the eastern outskirts of Camrose where it splits due east from Highway 13, which bends southeast toward Ohaton. first meeting the northern terminus of Highway 56, which prior to 2021 was Highway 834 south. Highways 26 and 834 were concurrent for 5.2 km before Highway 834 branches off north to Round Hill. Highway 26 continues east, intersecting Highways 854, 855 and 857. Highway 26 meets Highway 36 approximately 12 km southwest of Viking and the two highways run concurrently for 3 km before Highway 36 turns north into Viking. After leaving Highway 36, the highway continues east to its end at Highway 14, approximately 4 km west of Kinsella.

History

The original alignment of Highway 26 was in Kneehill County west of Drumheller. It began at Highway 9 and ran north for 20 km, travelling north along present-day Highway 836 to Carbon, then turned west along present-day Highway 575 to its intersection with Highway 21. In 1962, Highway 21A was renumbered and absorbed as part of Highway 26, resulting in it continuing west along present-day Highway 575 to Acme, then south along present-day Highway 806 to Highway 9 in Beiseker, a total distance of 52 km.

The section of present-day Highway 26 between Camrose and Highway 36 was commissioned in the late 1970s and was incrementally paved throughout the 1980s. In 2009, Highway 615 between Highway 36 and Highway 14 was renumbered to become part of Highway 26.

Major intersections

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References

"Highway 26 in Alberta".
(March 2016). "2016 Provincial Highway 1-216 Progress Chart". Alberta Transportation.
(2016). "Alberta's Township System".
(October 2021). "Renumbering the Portion of Highway 834 Between Highways 13 and 26 To Highway 56". [[Camrose County]].
Department of Public Works. (1939). "Alberta Official Road Map". Government of Alberta.
"Former Highway 26 in Southern Alberta".
(1962). "Alberta Official Road Map". Government of the Province of Alberta.
(1963). "Alberta Official Road Map". Government of the Province of Alberta.
(1970). "Alberta Official Road Map". Government of the Province of Alberta.
(1971). "Alberta Official Road Map". Government of the Province of Alberta.
(1978–1979). "Alberta Official Road Map". Government of Alberta.
Travel Alberta. (1988). "Alberta Official Road Map". Government of Alberta.
Travel Alberta. (1990). "Alberta Official Road Map". Government of Alberta.
(June 2, 2009). "Media Release". Beaver County.

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