Interstate 26 (original) (raw)

Interstate 26 is an interstate highway in the southeastern United States. It goes from Colonial Heights, Tennessee at Interstate 81 to Charleston, South Carolina at the Savannah Highway. The section from Asheville to Colonial Heights was opened in September 2003, and includes half of Interstate 181 from Colonial Heights to Johnson City, Tennessee.

Number of Miles

• Total - 338 miles (544km)
• Tennessee - 46 miles (74km)
• North Carolina - 71 miles (114km)
• South Carolina - 221 miles (356km)

Major Cities Along the Route

• Johnson City, Tennessee
• Asheville, North Carolina
• Spartanburg, South Carolina
• Columbia, South Carolina
• Charleston, South Carolina

Intersections with other Interstates

• Interstate 81 and Interstate 181 in Colonial Heights, Tennessee
• Interstate 240 in Asheville, North Carolina (concurrent for several miles)
• Interstate 40 in Asheville, North Carolina
• Interstate 85 in Spartanburg, South Carolina
• Interstate 385 in Clinton, South Carolina
• Interstate 20 in Columbia, South Carolina
• Interstate 77 in Columbia, South Carolina
• Interstate 95 near Harleyville, South Carolina

Spur Routes

• I-126 - Columbia, South Carolina
• I-526 - Charleston, South Carolina

Notes

This is a

diagonal Interstate that goes northwest-to-southeast, even though it is signed west-to-east.

Exit numbers in Tennessee are numbered backwards, going from east to west. This exit numbering will eventually flip-flop to the correct way once the dispute of Interstate 26 possible extention into Kingsport, Tennessee is resloved.