Indiana State Road 26

State Road 26
SR 26 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by INDOT
Length	150.100 mi[1] (241.563 km)
Existed	October 1, 1926[2]–present
Western segment
Length	29.857 mi[1] (48.050 km)
West end	SR 352 / IL 9 near Ambia
Major intersections	US 41 west of Pine Village
East end	US 52 / US 231 near West Lafayette
Eastern segment
Length	120.243 mi[1] (193.512 km)
West end	I-65 at Lafayette
Major intersections	US 421 near Rossville US 31 near Kokomo I-69 at Fowlerton US 27 near Portland
East end	SR 119 east of Portland
Location
Country	United States
State	Indiana
Highway system
Indiana State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← SR 25 → US 27

State Road 26 (IN 26 or SR 26) is an east–west discontinuous state road in the central part of the US state of Indiana. The western end of the western segment is at the Illinois border, where it continues as Illinois Route 9. The highway passes through rural areas of Warren and Tippecanoe counties, before ending near West Lafayette. The eastern segment begins at an interchange with Interstate 65 (I-65) and heads east passing through the cities of Kokomo, Hartford City, and Portland, before ending at the Ohio border, where it continues east as Ohio State Route 119. The road covers a distance of about 150.1 miles (241.6 km), passing through mostly rural areas.

The originally designated road along modern SR 26 was SR 29, running between Lafayette and US 31, with SR 26 being routed between Bloomington and Madison. In the mid-1920s the state of Indiana renumbered its state road system and the SR 26 designated was moved to its contemporary alignment. During the early 1930s the route was extended, with several segments of SR 26 added to the state system. The last major addition happen in the late 1930s between SR 9 and Hartford City. The entire roadway was paved in the 1960s. In December 2013, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) relinquished the road through West Lafayette and Lafayette to the two cities.