What is it with highways numbered 74?

[Scott5114]

I-74 has two segments... one running from Iowa through Indiana, and then one in NC.

OK-74 has two segments... one running from Tatums through Goldsby, and then one running from Oklahoma City to OK-11 in Grant County.

AR-74 has eight segments.

Anyone know of other messed-up Highway 74s?

[agentsteel53]

US-74 is generally north of US-72.

[corco]

Wyoming Highway 74 is the shortest state highway in Wyoming at .22 miles long

[xonhulu]

Nothing to note about OR 74.  Sorry!

[joseph1723]

Ontario Highway 74 was decommissioned in 1997, the only thing odd about it that I read about it was that it ended at a county road instead of another provincial highway.

[xcellntbuy]

Forty years ago, NY 74 from the Adirondack Northway east to Ticonderoga was actually signed as NY 73 and aptly passes through the town and lake named Paradox.

[Bryant5493]

Nothing extraordinary about Georgia State Route 74 that I can think of off hand.


Be well,

Bryant

[mightyace]

passes through the ... lake named Paradox.

Now, that would be a sight to see.  What did you need one of those amphibious cars?  

[jdb1234]

AL 74 is only signed from Exit 7 on Corridor X to US 43/278 in downtown Hamilton.

[mightyace]

I didn't see anything unusual about either TN SSR 74 or PA 74.

[Bickendan]

CA 74 is technically discontinuous because of I-215 and CA 79...

[Roadgeek Adam]

New Jersey Route 74 was never built but is still in state legislature.

Forty years ago, NY 74 from the Adirondack Northway east to Ticonderoga was actually signed as NY 73 and aptly passes through the town and lake named Paradox.

Well, current NY 74's been that. Also, NY 74's short portion to the ferry was once NY 347.

[kurumi]

CT 74 was truncated in 1948 in favor of a rerouted US 44; but then restored to its original eastern terminus in 1982 ("ah, never mind.")

I remember circa 1977 that PGA Blvd in North Palm Beach was marked "S-74" at the time (it's now SR 786).

For number geeks, 74 is two times 37, which figures in all sorts of numbering fun (try 7 x 11 x 13 x 27 x 37)

[WillWeaverRVA]

VA 74 begins and ends at bannered US routes (US 23 BUS and US 58 ALT), used to be part of US 58 ALT, and is signed as OLD US 58 ALT (with cutouts!) in a few parts of Norton.

[TheStranger]

CA 74 is technically discontinuous because of I-215 and CA 79...

Don't forget the unbuilt segment north of Route 111.  And the segment east of I-215 was originally, many decades ago, Route 740...

[shoptb1]

Route 74 in Ohio (I-74) is the shortest 2di in the state at 19 miles in length.  Also the only 2di in Ohio to be entirely contained within a single county (Hamilton).  Of course, it's strange that it STOPS in Hamilton county as well, but that's a story that we're all familiar with.

[codyg1985]

AL 74 is only signed from Exit 7 on Corridor X to US 43/278 in downtown Hamilton.

It's also signed along US 278 in Winston County as well, but disappears once into Cullman County (another ALDOT division).

[agentsteel53]

as far as I know, the only cutout US route marker left in North Carolina is a 74.

[froggie]

Part of MN 74 is the last remaining segment of gravel state highway in Minnesota.

As for US 74, not only is it generally north of US 72 as Jake noted, but its western terminus is unsigned...according to both TDOT and AASHTO, it ends at the I-24/I-75 interchange, but it's unsigned along its duplex with I-75.

[hm insulators]

Arizona 74 is a scenic road I sometimes drive between Wickenberg and I-17.

[roadfro]

Nothing crazy about Nevada 74...except that it was renumbered to SR 488 in Nevada's great renumbering in the late 1970s.

This route is the main road into the Lehman Caves Nat'l Monument and Great Basin Nat'l Park.

[mefailenglish]

Maryland 74 was decommissioned in 1956 per mdroads.com.   

[Alps]

CT 74 was truncated in 1948 in favor of a rerouted US 44; but then restored to its original eastern terminus in 1982 ("ah, never mind.")

I remember circa 1977 that PGA Blvd in North Palm Beach was marked "S-74" at the time (it's now SR 786).

For number geeks, 74 is two times 37, which figures in all sorts of numbering fun (try 7 x 11 x 13 x 27 x 37)

There are two locations where this is evident, on US 44 WB approaching CT 74.  The signs saying 74 to I-84 (1 mile and at the split) are patched over US 44 to I-84.  (The middle advance sign was replaced.)  It actually appears that the I-84 shields are patched as well - could be over an old I-84 shield, could be over an I-86 shield!  I gotta get there at night...

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

Route 74 in Ohio (I-74) is the shortest 2di in the state at 19 miles in length.  Also the only 2di in Ohio to be entirely contained within a single county (Hamilton).  Of course, it's strange that it STOPS in Hamilton county as well, but that's a story that we're all familiar with.

It's not strange that I-74 stops in Cincinnati (not just Hamilton Co).  That was it's original destination going back to 1956. This eastern extension has only been on the books for two decades now. 
Now if you are looking irony,  Oh 74 (pre interstate era) extended from Cincinnati on east some 40 miles (or so).  It later became Oh 32 and was 4 laned as part of the Apalachain Highway, which has now been considered for I-74's eastern extension.

[shoptb1]

It later became Oh 32 and was 4 laned as part of the Apalachain Highway, which has now been considered for I-74's eastern extension.

Really?  I thought the whole thing had pretty much been written off by ODOT.