OKRoads.com -- Delaware State Highway Terminus Gallery & Guides -- DE 26

Highway Review:
DE 26 connects DE 54 near Gumboro through Dagsboro to Bethany Beach. The highway's 23 miles are signed east-west, but the highway runs north-south for its first five miles.

Highway Information:
Distance: 22.9 miles
Counties traveled through: Sussex
Highway intersections: DE 54 (Mile 0.0), DE 30 (Mile 0.8), DE 54 (Mile 2.4), DE 30 (Mile 5.7), U.S. 113 (Mile 11.3), DE 20 (Mile 12.1), DE 20 (Mile 12.6), DE 17 (Mile 18.8), DE 1 (Mile 22.9)
Highway duplexes: DE 54 (Miles 0.0-2.4, 2.4 miles), DE 30 (Miles 0.8-5.7, 4.9 miles), DE 20 (Miles 12.1-12.6, 0.5 mile)

	"END DE 26" sign as the highway prepares to enter Maryland. The highway is duplexed with DE 54 to this point. DE 54 does not end here, but turns right at the intersection ahead (where the caution lights are). The house in the distance is in Maryland. (Photo taken 3/17/03)
	Another view of the "END" sign, as seen four and a half months later. (Photo taken 8/3/03)

	DE 54/26/30 West assurance shields southwest of the DE 54 intersection. The three highways are triplexed for about one and a half miles before DE 30 departs to the northwest. (Photo taken 3/17/03)
	DE 26/30/54 West at DE 30 West south of Gumboro. (Photo taken 3/17/03)
	DE 26/DE 30/DE 54 East assurance shields, just north of the DE 30 West intersection. (Photo taken 8/3/03)
	DE 26/54 West assurance shields southwest of DE 30. DE 26 ends less than a mile ahead. (Photo taken 3/17/03)
	DE 26/DE 30/DE 54 East at DE 54 East in Gumboro. (Photo taken 8/3/03)
	DE 26/DE 30 East at DE 26 East. DE 30 intersects DE 24 less than a mile beyond this intersection, so DelDot places a DE 24 shield with the DE 30 one. (Photo taken 8/3/03)
	DE 26 East at U.S. 113 in Dagsboro. (Photo taken 8/3/03)
	DE 26 East at DE 20 West in Dagsboro. (Photo taken 8/3/03)
	DE 20/DE 26 East assurance shields in Dagsboro. (Photo taken 8/3/03)
	DE 20/DE 26 East as they prepare to turn left in Dagsboro. (Photo taken 8/3/03)
	DE 20/DE 26 East at DE 20 East in Dagsboro. This ends the short duplex of the state highways. (Photo taken 8/3/03)
	DE 26 East at DE 17 South. DE 17 connects to DE 54 in Selbyville on its other end. (Photo taken 8/3/03)

	DE 26 East at DE 1 in Bethany Beach. There is no "END" sign at this terminus. (Photo taken 8/3/03)
	First DE 26 West assurance shield just west of DE 1. The next highway intersection is at the northern terminus of DE 17 in four miles. (Photo taken 8/3/03)
	DE 1 South at DE 26 West. DE 26 is the only highway DE 1 intersects between Fenwick Island and Rehoboth Beach. Other than that, DE 1 runs along a narrow strip of land through the Delaware Seashore and Fenwick Island state parks. (Photo taken 8/3/03)

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