State Route 74 (SR-74)—also called Alpine Highway—is a
state highway
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in the U.S. state of
Utah
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. It is long, and connects the cities of
American Fork and
Alpine
Alpine may refer to any mountainous region. It may also refer to:
Places Europe
* Alps, a European mountain range
** Alpine states, which overlap with the European range
Australia
* Alpine, New South Wales, a Northern Village
* Alpine National P ...
in northern
Utah County
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.
Route description
The route's southern end is at the intersection of
US-89 (Main Street) and 100 East in
American Fork. From here it proceeds north as Alpine Highway. After about , the route turns to a more north-northwestern direction, passing two
golf course
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s as it enters the city of
Highland
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. Here it intersects
SR-92 (Timpanogos Highway), and continues another , enters the city of
Alpine
Alpine may refer to any mountainous region. It may also refer to:
Places Europe
* Alps, a European mountain range
** Alpine states, which overlap with the European range
Australia
* Alpine, New South Wales, a Northern Village
* Alpine National P ...
and terminates south of Canyon Crest Road.
History
The route was established as a state highway May 12, 1931.
It was originally planned as part of
SR-71
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,
but that route was shortened and the section from
Alpine
Alpine may refer to any mountainous region. It may also refer to:
Places Europe
* Alps, a European mountain range
** Alpine states, which overlap with the European range
Australia
* Alpine, New South Wales, a Northern Village
* Alpine National P ...
to
American Fork was redesignated as SR-74 in 1935.
For over 70 years, the route alignment remained essentially the same, with only minor legislative description changes. In 1953 the southern end was defined as the intersection with
SR-1 (historic US-91). In 1965,
SR-8 (the old designation for US-6) was extended north to
Lehi, and SR-74's description was amended to terminate at this intersection. In 1969, SR-8 was separated from US-6, leaving just the section from
Moark Junction north to Lehi, with SR-8 being deleted altogether in 1977 and that stretch being assigned to
route 89. SR-74's description was updated accordingly to reflect the numbering change. All through this, the route remained essentially unchanged, until 2003, when the northernmost was removed from the highway system and transferred to the city of Alpine.
Major intersections
References
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American Fork, Utah
Streets in Utah