California State Route 26

The route begins at an interchange with SR 99 in eastern Stockton. SR 26 then exits Stockton after crossing a canal and heads eastward. After crossing Jack Tone Road, the direction of the highway turns slightly more northeasterly. The road then briefly enters the city of Linden, before intersecting Escalon-Bellota Road. Following another intersection with Jenny Lind Road, the route enters the city of Rancho Calaveras. It turns slightly more northeastward as it passes through the area. The highway passes by the New Hogan Lake before entering Valley Springs. Here, the route makes an abrupt right turn onto SR 12. The route run concurrent and turn back northeastward as they exit Valley Springs. Shortly after exiting the city limit, SR 26 veers away from SR 12 and heads north. East of Paloma, the roadway meets Paloma Road and again turns northeastward. At Mokelumne Hill, the route intersects SR 49, taking a slightly more winded path. SR 26 enters and exits the city of West Point before making an extremely long hairpin turn. Heading westward, the route enters Amador County to its terminus at SR 88.[2]

SR 26 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System,[3] and in the Stockton city limits is part of the National Highway System,[4] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.[5] The segment between the community of Mokelumne Hill and West Point is named the Stephen P. Teale Highway, after the state senator. The bridge crossing the Middle Fork of the Mokelumne River, near West Point, is named the Tom Taylor Bridge, after a Calaveras County Supervisor.[6]

CA 26 was formerly known as California State Route 8 in 1934–1964. It bears no relation to the pre-1964 highway in Southern California that today is Interstate 10.

Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964, based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers to an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary (for a full list of prefixes, see California postmile § Official postmile definitions).[1] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.

County	Location	Postmile [1][7][8]	Destinations	Notes
San Joaquin SJ 1.11-20.51	​	1.11	Fremont Street	Continuation beyond SR 99
	​	1.11	SR 99 – Sacramento, Fresno	Interchange; west end of SR 26; SR 99 exit 254B
	​	6.85	CR J5 (Jack Tone Road) – Lockeford, Collegeville
	Bellota	15.06	CR J6 (Escalon-Bellota Road) – Farmington, Escalon, Modesto
Calaveras CAL 0.00-38.33	​	R4.38	CR J14 (Jenny Lind Road)
	Valley Springs	10.44 9.93[N 1]	SR 12 west / Laurel Street – Lodi, Campo Seco, Pardee Dam, Lake Amador	West end of SR 12 overlap
	​	13.87[N 1] 14.46	SR 12 east / Toyon Circle – San Andreas	East end of SR 12 overlap
	Mokelumne Hill	18.07	SR 49 – San Andreas, Jackson
Amador AMA 0.00-4.64	​	4.64	SR 88 – Pine Grove, Volcano, Silver Lake	East end of SR 26
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

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