 The first piece of SR 74 was designated in 1958 along Coeburn Road west of Kentucky Avenue, though it did not exist until the new US 58 Alternate along 11th Street and Kentucky Avenue was completed in 1960.The new US 58 Alternate (now partly US 23 Bus.and SR 283) in eastern Norton was completed in 1988, and SR 74 was extended east over the old road.