Oregon Route 74

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Oregon Route 74
Length: 83.05 mi (133.66 km)
West end: I-84 and US 30 in Heppner Junction
Major
junctions:
OR 207 in Lexington
OR 207 in Heppner
East end: US 395 in Nye
Oregon highways (lists: Routes - Highways)
< OR 70 OR 78 >

Oregon Route 74 is an Oregon, U.S. state highway running from Interstate 84 in Gilliam County to U.S. Route 395 in Umatilla County. OR 74 is known as the Heppner Highway No. 52 (see Oregon highways and routes). It is 83.05 miles long and runs east-west.

Part of OR 74 is included in the Blue Mountain Scenic Byway.

[edit] Route description

OR 74 begins at an intersection with I-84 approximately 11 miles east of Arlington, at Heppner Junction. It heads southeast through Ione to Lexington. At Lexington, OR 74 overlaps OR 207 and continues southeast to Heppner. The concurrency ends at Heppner, and OR 207 continues east to Nye, ending at an intersection with US 395.

[edit] Major intersections

Note: mileposts do not reflect actual mileage due to realignments.
County Location Mile[1] Destinations Notes
Gilliam 0.00 I-84 / US 30Pendleton, Arlington Interchange
Morrow Lexington 36.45 OR 207 north – Boardman, Hermiston, Pendleton West end of OR 207 overlap
Heppner 45.89 OR 206 / OR 207 south – Condon, Spray East end of OR 207 overlap
Umatilla Nye 83.15 US 395Pilot Rock, Pendleton, Ukiah, John Day

[edit] References

  1. ^ Oregon Department of Transportation, Public Road Inventory (primarily the Digital Video Log), accessed April 2008