{{Short description|State highway in northern Oregon, US}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=OR |type=OR |route=74 | map={{maplink-road|from=Oregon Route 74.map}} | map_custom = yes | map_notes = Route 74 highlighted in red |length_mi=85.09 |length_ref=<ref name="inventory" /> |direction_a=West |terminus_a={{Jct|state=OR|I|84|US|30}} in Heppner Junction |junction={{Jct|state=OR|OR|207}} in Lexington<br>{{Jct|state=OR|OR|207}} in Heppner |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{Jct|state=OR|US|395}} in Nye |established= |previous_type=OR |previous_route=70 |next_type=OR |next_route=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 {{convert|83.05|mi|km}} long and runs east–west.
Part of OR 74 is included in the Blue Mountain Scenic Byway.
== Route description ==
OR 74 begins at an intersection with I-84 approximately {{convert|11|mi|km}} 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 74 continues east to Nye, ending at an intersection with US 395.
==Major intersections== {{jcttop|length_ref=<ref name="inventory">{{cite web|title=Heppner Highway No. 52|url=http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TDATA/rics/docs/Straightline_Charts/slchart_pdfs/Hwy052.pdf|publisher=Oregon Department of Transportation|access-date=February 18, 2016|format=PDF|date=May 2012}}</ref>}} {{ORint |county=Gilliam |location=none |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=OR|I|84|US|30|city1=Pendleton|city2=Arlington}} |notes=Interchange }} {{ORint |county=Morrow |cspan=2 |location=Lexington |type=concur |mile=36.42 |road={{jct|state=OR|OR|207|dir1=north|city1=Boardman|city2=Hermiston|city3=Pendleton}} |notes=Western end of OR 207 overlap }} {{ORint |location=Heppner |type=concur |mile=45.86 |road={{jct|state=OR|OR|206|OR|207|dir2=south|city1=Condon|city2=Spray}} |notes=Eastern end of OR 207 overlap }} {{ORint |county=Umatilla |location=Nye |mile=85.09 |road={{jct|state=OR|US|395|city1=Pilot Rock|city2=Pendleton|city3=Ukiah|city4=John Day}} }} {{Jctbtm|keys=concur}}
==References== {{Attached KML|display=inline,title}} {{reflist}} * Oregon Department of Transportation, Descriptions of US and Oregon Routes, https://web.archive.org/web/20051102084300/http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/TRAFFIC/TEOS_Publications/PDF/Descriptions_of_US_and_Oregon_Routes.pdf, page 11. * Oregon Department of Transportation, Heppner Highway #52, ftp://ftp.odot.state.or.us/tdb/trandata/maps/slchart_pdfs_1980_to_2002/Hwy052_2002.pdf * Eastern Oregon Visitor's Association, Blue Mountain Scenic Byway, http://www.eova.com/byways/blue_mountain/tour4.html
{{DEFAULTSORT:Oregon Route 074}} 074 Category:Transportation in Umatilla County, Oregon Category:Transportation in Gilliam County, Oregon Category:Transportation in Morrow County, Oregon Category:Heppner, Oregon