Editing Interstate 26 (section)

{{Short description|Interstate Highway mostly in the Carolinas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use American English|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox road
| country = USA
| type = I
| route = 26
| map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=290|type=line|from=Interstate 26.map}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = I-26 highlighted in red
| length_mi = 328.09
| length_ref = <ref name="fhwa">{{Cite web |last=Starks |first=Edward |date=January 27, 2022 |title=Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table01.cfm |access-date=August 9, 2023 |work=FHWA Route Log and Finder List |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]]}}</ref>
| direction_a = West
| terminus_a = {{Jct|state=TN|US|11W|US|23}} in [[Kingsport, Tennessee|Kingsport, TN]]
| junction = {{plainlist|<!-- Major junctions only; Only 5-8 most major intersections and cities belong here; please read [[WP:USRD/STDS]] for more info -->
* {{Jct|state=TN|I|81}} in [[Kingsport, Tennessee|Kingsport, TN]]
* {{Jct|state=NC|I|40|I|240}} in [[Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville, NC]]
* {{Jct|state=SC|I|85}} near [[Spartanburg, South Carolina|Spartanburg, SC]]
* {{Jct|state=SC|I|385}} near [[Laurens, South Carolina|Laurens, SC]]
* {{Jct|state=SC|I|20}} near [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia, SC]]
* {{Jct|state=SC|I|77}} near [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia, SC]]
* {{Jct|state=SC|I|95}} near [[Bowman, South Carolina|Bowman, SC]]
}}
| direction_b = East
| terminus_b = {{Jct|state=SC|US|17}} in [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston, SC]]
| states = [[Tennessee]], [[North Carolina]], [[South Carolina]]
}}
'''Interstate&nbsp;26''' ('''I-26''') is a main route of the [[Interstate Highway System]] in the [[Southeastern United States]]. Nominally east–west, as indicated by its even number, I-26 runs from the junction of [[U.S. Route 11W|US Route&nbsp;11W]] (US&nbsp;11W) and [[U.S. Route 23|US&nbsp;23]] in [[Kingsport, Tennessee]], generally southeastward to [[U.S. Route 17|US&nbsp;17]] in [[Charleston, South Carolina]].<ref name="Google">{{Google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=6310337734879748054,36.588650,-82.574130%3B14384335689451893313,32.799754,-79.945133&saddr=Exit+57+%4036.588650,+-82.574130&daddr=32.799721,-79.945064&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=16&sll=32.799703,-79.942682&sspn=0.008153,0.014462&ie=UTF8&ll=34.759666,-80.057373&spn=4.079227,7.382813&z=7 |title= Overview Map of I-26 |access-date=February 15, 2008}}</ref> The portion from [[Mars Hill, North Carolina]], east (compass south) to [[Interstate 240 (North Carolina)|I-240]] in [[Asheville, North Carolina]], has signs indicating FUTURE I-26, because the highway does not yet meet all of the [[Interstate Highway standards]].

Northward from Kingsport, US&nbsp;23 continues to [[Portsmouth, Ohio]], as [[Corridor B (Appalachian Development Highway System)|Corridor B]] of the [[Appalachian Development Highway System]], and beyond to [[Columbus, Ohio]], as [[Corridor C (Appalachian Development Highway System)|Corridor C]]. In conjunction with the Columbus–[[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]] corridor in Ohio formed by [[Interstate 75|I-75]], US&nbsp;23, and [[Ohio State Route 15|State Route&nbsp;15]] (SR&nbsp;15), I-26 forms part of a mostly high-speed four-or-more-lane highway from the [[Great Lakes]] to the Atlantic Coast at [[Charleston, South Carolina]].