State Route 74 (SR 74) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia. Known for most of its length as Kentucky Avenue, the state highway runs 2.42 miles (3.89 km) from U.S. Route 23 Business (US 23 Business) and US 58 Alternate Business in Norton east to US 58 Alternate near Norton. SR 74 is the old alignment of US 58 Alternate in Norton. The highway was designated in 1958 from its western terminus to Kentucky Avenue and extended east in 1988.
View east along SR 74 east of US 23 Bus./US 58 Alt. Bus. in Norton
SR 74 begins at US 23 Bus. and US 58 Alt. Bus. (Park Avenue) at the eastern end of downtown Norton. The state highway heads southeast on Coeburn Avenue, which has oblique, at-grade crossings with a pair of rail lines. Just east of the second crossing, SR 74 turns onto Kentucky Avenue. The state highway passes under the freeway carrying US 23 and US 58 Alternate. The highway has another at-grade rail intersection in the eastern portion of the city of Norton. Shortly after leaving the city limits, SR 74 curves north to pass under one of the rail lines and over the Guest River and reaches its eastern terminus at US 58 Alternate (Norton Coeburn Road) in the hamlet of Ramsey in Wise County. The roadway continues north as SR 681 (Bear Creek Road).[1][2]
Historyedit
SR 74 was initially part of SR 11, defined in 1918. It became part of SR 64 in 1933, SR 70 in 1940, and US 58 Alt. in the early 1950s. The first piece of SR 74 was designated in 1958 along Coeburn Road west of Kentucky Avenue,[3] though it did not exist until the new US 58 Alternate along 11th Street and Kentucky Avenue was completed in 1960.[4] The new US 58 Alternate (now partly US 23 Bus. and SR 283) in eastern Norton was completed in 1988, and SR 74 was extended east over the old road.[5]
virginia, state, route, former, state, route, state, route, virginia, 1933, 1942, proposed, interstate, highway, interstate, virginia, state, route, primary, state, highway, state, virginia, known, most, length, kentucky, avenue, state, highway, runs, miles, f. For the former State Route 74 see State Route 74 Virginia 1933 1942 For the proposed Interstate Highway see Interstate 74 in Virginia State Route 74 SR 74 is a primary state highway in the U S state of Virginia Known for most of its length as Kentucky Avenue the state highway runs 2 42 miles 3 89 km from U S Route 23 Business US 23 Business and US 58 Alternate Business in Norton east to US 58 Alternate near Norton SR 74 is the old alignment of US 58 Alternate in Norton The highway was designated in 1958 from its western terminus to Kentucky Avenue and extended east in 1988 State Route 74Route informationMaintained by VDOTLength2 42 mi 1 3 89 km Existed1958 presentMajor junctionsWest endUS 23 Bus in NortonEast endUS 58 Alt SR 681 near NortonLocationCountryUnited StatesStateVirginiaCountiesCity of Norton WiseHighway systemVirginia Routes Interstate US Primary Secondary Byways History HOT lanes SR 73 SR 75 Contents 1 Route description 2 History 3 Major intersections 4 References 5 External linksRoute description edit nbsp View east along SR 74 east of US 23 Bus US 58 Alt Bus in Norton SR 74 begins at US 23 Bus and US 58 Alt Bus Park Avenue at the eastern end of downtown Norton The state highway heads southeast on Coeburn Avenue which has oblique at grade crossings with a pair of rail lines Just east of the second crossing SR 74 turns onto Kentucky Avenue The state highway passes under the freeway carrying US 23 and US 58 Alternate The highway has another at grade rail intersection in the eastern portion of the city of Norton Shortly after leaving the city limits SR 74 curves north to pass under one of the rail lines and over the Guest River and reaches its eastern terminus at US 58 Alternate Norton Coeburn Road in the hamlet of Ramsey in Wise County The roadway continues north as SR 681 Bear Creek Road 1 2 History editSR 74 was initially part of SR 11 defined in 1918 It became part of SR 64 in 1933 SR 70 in 1940 and US 58 Alt in the early 1950s The first piece of SR 74 was designated in 1958 along Coeburn Road west of Kentucky Avenue 3 though it did not exist until the new US 58 Alternate along 11th Street and Kentucky Avenue was completed in 1960 4 The new US 58 Alternate now partly US 23 Bus and SR 283 in eastern Norton was completed in 1988 and SR 74 was extended east over the old road 5 Major intersections editCountyLocationmi 1 kmDestinationsNotes City of Norton0 000 00 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp US 23 Bus US 58 Alt Bus Business District Wise University of Virginia Wise AppalachiaWestern terminus nbsp nbsp nbsp To US 58 Alt Kentucky Avenueformer US 58 Alt west Wise 2 423 89 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp US 58 Alt Norton Coeburn Road SR 681 Bear Creek Road to US 23 Norton CoeburnEastern terminus 1 000 mi 1 609 km 1 000 km 0 621 miReferences edit a b c 2009 Traffic Data Virginia Department of Transportation 2009 Retrieved 2011 09 10 Wise County and City of Norton PDF Google 2011 09 10 Virginia State Route 74 Map Google Maps Google Retrieved 2011 09 10 Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia Held in Roanoke and Richmond May 14 16 1958 PDF 757 KiB pages 11 12 Minutes of the Meeting of the State Highway Commission of Virginia Richmond Virginia August 18 1960 PDF 1 18 MiB page 39 Minutes of Meeting of the Commonwealth Transportation Board Richmond Virginia June 16 1988 PDF 742 KiB page 3External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Virginia State Route 74 KML file edit help Template Attached KML Virginia State Route 74KML is from Wikidata Virginia Highways Project VA 74 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Virginia State Route 74 amp oldid 1203984880, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
