Oklahoma State Highway 74
SH-74 highlighted in red, suffixed routes in blue | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ODOT | ||||
| Existed | 1927 (as SH-44) Became SH-74 in 1931–present | |||
| Section 1 | ||||
| Length | 52.5 mi (84.5 km) | |||
| South end | SH-7 near Tatums | |||
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| North end | I-35 in Goldsby | |||
| Section 2 | ||||
| Length | 91.5 mi (147.3 km) | |||
| South end | I-44 / SH-3 / SH-66 in Bethany | |||
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| North end | SH-11 west of Deer Creek | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Oklahoma | |||
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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) in length, while the southern section is 52+1⁄2 miles (84.5 km) long. This leads to a total length of 144 miles (232 km).