Several special routes of U.S. Route 74 exist. In order from west to east they are as follows.
US 74 Business at the Cleveland/Rutherford County line
North Carolina Highway 161
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North Carolina Highway 161 is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina that connects the city of Kings Mountain, North Carolina to Bessemer City, North Carolina and York, South Caro
Special routes of U.S. Route 74
…alternate route, along with US 29A, followed the old routing from Kings Mountain to Gastonia, via Bessemer City. A year later, it was renumbered as NC 161 and NC 274. U.S. Route 74 Alternate (US 74A) was established between 1945 and 1949, it was set up as an inner bypass of downtown Monroe, via Jefferson…
NC 161 in Kings Mountain