Oklahoma State Highway 74

State Highway 74 marker
State Highway 74
Map
SH-74 highlighted in red, suffixed routes in blue
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Existed1927 (as SH-44)[1]
Became SH-74 in 1931[2]–present
Section 1
Length52.5 mi[3] (84.5 km)
South end SH-7 near Tatums
Major intersections
North end I-35 in Goldsby
Section 2
Length91.5 mi[4] (147.3 km)
South end I-44 / SH-3 / SH-66 in Bethany
Major intersections
North end SH-11 west of Deer Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOklahoma
Highway system
  • Oklahoma State Highway System
← SH-73→ US 75

State Highway 74, usually abbreviated as SH-74 or OK-74 (or simply Highway 74) is the numbering of two different highways maintained by the U.S. state of Oklahoma. These highways were once a single major north–south route, connecting Oklahoma City to more rural parts of the state. The original road stretched from SH-7 near Tatums to SH-11 west of Deer Creek.

Due to encroaching Interstate highways—especially Interstate 35 (I-35)—the middle section of the route through Norman, Moore, and Oklahoma City was decommissioned in 1979 for reasons of redundancy. However, some maps show SH-74 as running concurrently with I-35, I-240, and I-44, thus linking the two sections.

The north section of the route is 91+1⁄2 miles (147.3 km)[4] in length, while the southern section is 52+1⁄2 miles (84.5 km)[3] long. This leads to a total length of 144 miles (232 km).

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