Texas State Highway 26
State Highway 26 (SH 26) is a Texas state highway located completely within the confines of Tarrant County. SH 26 was designated on September 29, 1939. SH 26 terminates at Texas State Highway 183 and Texas State Highway 121. SH 26 was redisgnated from its original location in East Texas to its current location in Tarrant County on April 4, 1980. SH 26 was the last of the original 26 state highways proposed in 1917.
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