Minnesota State Highway 74

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Trunk Highway 74

Length: 30 mi (48 km) Established: 1933 Decommissioned: -- Direction: South-North From: Chatfield To: Weaver Cities on route: Chatfield St. Charles Elba Weaver

Minnesota State Highway 74 is a highway in southeastern Minnesota. It is notable as the only remaining road in the state highway system which is still partially unpaved. It runs from south to north.

The road begins in Chatfield at U.S. Highway 52 and State Highway 30. It runs north to Interstate 90, which it intersects with just south of St. Charles. In St. Charles it becomes Main Street, also called Whitewater Avenue, until it joins U.S. Highway 14. It runs west with Highway 14 for less than a mile, then goes north again, passing through Whitewater State Park and the small town of Elba. About 7 miles of the road near the northern end, in what is known as the Weaver bottoms, are unpaved gravel. It ends at U.S. Highway 61 in Weaver on the Mississippi River.

The highway formerly extended south of Chatfield as well, so the mile markers begin at 20.