Route 74
From Indiana state line near Harrison to route 75, 4 miles north of downtown
Cincinnati. Part of Interstate 74, which runs from Bettendorf, Iowa to
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Counties:
Hamilton
Length:
19 miles
General Direction:
East/West
Dual Certifications:
Supercedes route 52 for entire route.
Supercedes route 275 from 2 miles west of Miamitown to 2 miles east of
Miamitown.
Intersections:
0: IN; 5: 275(Outer); 7: 128; 9: 275(Inner);
18: 27N; 19: 75,27S,52E,127
Freeway Sections:
Entire route.
History of route 74:
Certified in 1962.
Indiana state line to Dent complete and dually certified with route 52
in 1962.
Dent to 4 miles east of Dent complete in 1970.
Entire route complete by 1976.
Dent to 4 miles north of downtown Cincinnati dually certified with
route 52 in 1981.
Route 74 Before 1962:
From 9 miles east of downtown Cincinnati to route 73, 5 miles east of
Peebles.
Originally routed from 7 miles east of downtown Cincinnati to 2 miles
west of Harshasville along current route 50 from 7 miles east of downtown
Cincinnati to 9 miles east of downtown Cincinnati, route 32 from 9 miles
east of downtown Cincinnati to 6 miles east of Newtown, and unnumbered roads
paralleling route 32 from 6 miles east of Newtown to 2 miles west of
Harshasville.
7 miles east of downtown Cincinnati to 11 miles east of downtown
Cincinnati dually certified with route 125 (route 25 before 1926).
In 1926, rerouted from Winchester to route 73, 5 miles east of Peebles.
Winchester to 2 miles west of Harshasville decertified in 1926.
By 1946, extended to Cincinnati along routes 50, 52, and 125.
Truncated at 9 miles east of downtown Cincinnati by 1956.
In 1962, rerouted from Mount Carmel to Batavia as a two-lane highway
along current route 32.
Entire route certified as route 32 in 1962.
Last updated by John Simpson
on 12-07-97 at 19:32 EST.