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{{Short description|Federal motorway in Germany}}
{{Expand German|topic=transp|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
| country     = DEU
| type        = A
| route       = 26
| map         = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|type=line|stroke-width=3}}
| map_custom  = yes
| length_km   = 50
| established = 2002
| decommissioned = 
| direction_a = 
| terminus_a  = 
| direction_b = 
| terminus_b  = 
| states      = [[Lower Saxony]], [[Hamburg]]
| previous_type = A
| previous_route = 25
| next_type     = A
| next_route    = 27
}}
{{BAB intro|26}} is an [[autobahn]] in northwestern [[Germany]]. Construction of a first, {{convert|12|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} section started 2002 and was opened on 23 October 2008.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.abendblatt.de/region/harburg/article942601/A-26-Abschnitt-wird-eingeweiht.html |title=A 26-Abschnitt wird eingeweiht |date=2008-10-04 |access-date=2009-08-23 |language=de |publisher=[[Hamburger Abendblatt]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402172643/http://www.abendblatt.de/region/harburg/article942601/A-26-Abschnitt-wird-eingeweiht.html |archive-date=2011-04-02 }}</ref>

== Opened section ==

The first section between [[Stade]] and [[Horneburg]] started construction in 2002. It was opened gradually between 5 August and 23 October 2008.

Part of the second section connecting Horneburg with [[Jork]] was finished mid 2014 but open only to west bound motor bikes and passenger cars since 28 November 2014 and east bound since 17 July 2015.{{update needed |date=September 2022}}

The remaining stretch of the second section crosses the river [[Este (river)|Este]]. It has been opened with the third section. 

Second section supposed to connect [[Jork]] with [[Buxtehude]] however in [[Buxtehude]] only the exits from highway without driveways has been built.

The third section connects [[Jork]] with [[Neu Wulmstorf]]/[[Rübke]]. First construction started 5 September 2013. It has been opened since February 2023. However access to motorway is allowed only from/to the south. 

The third section supposed to connect [[Buxtehude]] with [[Neu Wulmstorf]]/[[Rübke]] however in [[Buxtehude]] only the exits from highway without driveways has been built.

== Construction ==

Section four connecting A26 to [[Bundesautobahn 7|A7]] on [[Hamburg]] territory at a new interlink 'Hamburg-Süderelbe' started 2019 and {{update after |2024 |text=is planned to finish by 2026.}}

== Planning phase ==

A fifth section is planned to connect Stade with [[Drochtersen]] and the planned extension of the [[Bundesautobahn 20|A20]] across the river [[Elbe]].{{when |date=September 2022}}

The so-called 'Hafenpassage' is planned as an east–west connection south of the Elbe between A7, [[Bundesautobahn 253|A253]] and [[Bundesautobahn 1|A1]].{{when |date=September 2022}} It will involve a new bridge to replace the aging [[Köhlbrand Bridge]].

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==Exit list==
{{RJL|date=December 2021}}
{{BAB-exitlist}}
{{BAB-Plan-AS||[[Drochtersen]]}}
{{BAB-Plan-Kreuz|1|Kehdingen|A|20|}}
{{BAB-Plan-Parkplatz-WC|Kehdinger Land}}
{{BAB-Plan-AS||[[Stade]]-Nord}}
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{{BAB-AS|2|[[Stade]]-Süd}}{{jct|country=DEU|B|73}}
{{BAB-AS|3|[[Stade]]-Ost}}
{{BAB-AS|4|[[Dollern]]}}
{{BAB-Fluss|[[Lühe (river)|Lühe]] <small>176 m</small>}}
{{BAB-AS|5|[[Horneburg]]}}
{{BAB-AS|6|[[Jork]]}}
{{BAB-Brücke|Este}}
{{BAB-Bau-AS|7|[[Buxtehude]]}}
{{BAB-AS|8|[[Neu Wulmstorf]]}}{{jct|country=DEU|B|3n}}
{{BAB-Bau-Dreieck|9|Hamburg-Süderelbe|A|7|}}{{Jct|country=DEU|E|45}}
|-
|colspan="3"|
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{{BAB-Plan-AS||[[Hamburg]]-Hafen-Süd}}
{{BAB-Plan-Brücke|Süderlbebrücke <small>400 m</small>}}
{{BAB-Plan-AS||[[Hamburg]]-Hohe Schaar}}
{{BAB-Plan-Kreuz||Harburg|B|4|}}{{jct|country=DEU|B|75}}
{{BAB-Plan-Tunnel|Kornweide <small>900 m</small>}}
{{BAB-Plan-Dreieck||Hamburg-Stillhorn|A|1|}}{{Jct|country=DEU|E|22}}
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons}}
{{Autobahnatlas|26}}

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[[Category:Autobahns in Germany|26]]
[[Category:Roads in Hamburg|A026]]
[[Category:Roads in Lower Saxony|A026]]
[[Category:Proposed roads in Germany]]


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