Louisiana Highway 26

Louisiana Highway 26
Route of LA 26 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Louisiana DOTD
Length	75.861 mi[1] (122.086 km)
Existed	1955 renumbering–present
Tourist routes	Louisiana Scenic Byways: Flyway Byway Myths & Legends Byway
Major junctions
Northwest end	US 171 / US 190 southeast of DeRidder
Major intersections	US 165 in Oberlin US 190 east of Elton I-10 in Jennings US 90 in Jennings
Southeast end	LA 14 in Lake Arthur
Location
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parishes	Beauregard, Allen, Jefferson Davis
Highway system
Louisiana State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← LA 25 → LA 27

Louisiana Highway 26 (LA 26) is a state highway located in southwestern Louisiana. It runs 75.86 miles (122.08 km) in a northwest to southeast direction from a junction with the concurrent U.S. Highways 171 and 190 southeast of DeRidder to LA 14 in Lake Arthur.

The route initially follows an east–west path, connecting DeRidder with Oberlin. Just east of Oberlin, however, LA 26 turns due south for the remainder of its journey, and its directional banners change accordingly. During this portion of the route, LA 26 serves as the main north–south highway through Jennings, where it intersects both Interstate 10 (I-10) and the parallel US 90. Other notable junctions include US 165 in Oberlin and a second junction with US 190 in Elton. LA 26 traverses very sparsely populated territory outside the few towns it encounters.

LA 26 was designated in the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering, replacing the entirety of former State Route 52. It also took over the western leg of State Route 25, a long U-shaped route that was further split among the modern LA 14 and LA 31. Portions of the route had also carried US 190 briefly from 1935 to 1939.