title: Route 26 (Uruguay)
text: # Route 26 (Uruguay)
  
  Route 26 is a national route of Uruguay. It is one of the main Uruguayan routes covering the country from west to east, connecting Río Branco to other cities like Melo and Tacuarembó. Its "Kilometer Zero" (starting point), is at the route 3 junction.
  
  This route covers a distance of 486 km (302 mi). It bears the name of the politician and civil war hero Leandro Gómez.
  
  ## Destinations
  
  These are the populated places Route 26 passes through.
  
  * Paysandú Department
     * km 0: Near Paysandú, on the Route 3 junction
  * Tacuarembó Department
     * km 203: Tacuarembó city, the capital of the Tacuarembó Department, on the Route 5 junction
     * km 252: Ansina near the Route 44 junction
     * km 312: Las Toscas 7 km away from the Route 6 junction
  * Cerro Largo Department
     * km 398: Melo
     * km 485: Río Branco. It later merges with José Hilario Uriarte road, then Avenida Centenario, and later the
  
  Barão de Mauá International Bridge.
  
  