Wisconsin Highway 74

Infobox road
state=WI
type=WI
route=74
length_mi=11.68
length_ref=cite web | last = Bessert | first = Chris | title =Wisconsin Highways: Highways 70-79 (Highway 74) | work =Wisconsin Highways | url =http://www.wisconsinhighways.org/listings/WiscHwys70-79.html#STH-074 | accessdate = 2007-03-20]
length_round=2
direction_a=West
direction_b=East
starting_terminus=
junction=
ending_terminus=
previous_type=WI
previous_route=73
next_type=WI
next_route=75

State Trunk Highway 74 (often called Highway 74, STH 74 or WIS 74) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. A semi-urban road running entirely in Waukesha County, it runs north from Pewaukee and turns east at Sussex toward Menomonee Falls.

Route Description

Highway 74 begins at the interchange of Redford Boulevard (County Highway F) and Capitol Drive (State Highway 190) in Pewaukee. The interchange is a "jug-handle" with exit ramps from Capitol Drive on the northeast and southeast corners. At one time, this was the northern terminus for WIS 164, before it was extended North and routed to the West.

WIS 74 follows a mostly northern route into Sussex, passing several rock quarries on its way into the town. In Sussex, WIS 74 turns east onto Main Street, crossing over a set of railroad tracks and passing the Quad Graphics printing plant. At the intersection with Town Line Road, WIS 74 turns north under a railroad trestle and heads towards the northwest into the town of Lannon. The route continues on Main Street in Menomonee Falls, where it crosses WIS 175 (Appleton Avenue).

WIS 74 ends at its intersection with US Highway 41/45 and Highway 100. Highway 100 runs east from the interchange to the County Line, then runs east on Brown Deer Road to its northeast terminus at State Highway 32.

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