"Carefree Highway" redirects here. For the Gordon Lightfoot song, see Carefree Highway (song).
State Route 74
Carefree Highway
SR 74 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ADOT
Length
30.40 mi[1] (48.92 km)
Existed
1964–present
Major junctions
West end
US 60 near Morristown
East end
I-17 in Phoenix
Location
Country
United States
State
Arizona
Counties
Maricopa
Highway system
Arizona State Highway System
Interstate
US
State
Proposed
Former
← SR 74
→ SR 75
Arizona State Route 74 (SR 74), locally known as the Carefree Highway, is a state highway in central Arizona that stretches east to west from its junction with U.S. Route 60 (US 60) just south of Wickenburg to its junction with Interstate 17 (I-17) in North Phoenix. It serves Lake Pleasant Regional Park and serves as a northern bypass around the often congested stretches of US 60 through the northwest suburbs of the Phoenix metropolitan area. From end to end, it is 30.4 miles (48.9 km) long.
The Carefree Highway is the inspiration for the 1974 Gordon Lightfoot song of the same name.[2]
Arizona State Route 74, also known as Carefree Highway
^"2008 State Highway System Log" (PDF). Arizona Department of Transportation. December 31, 2008. Retrieved April 17, 2008.
^Naglin, Nancy. "After "Sundown" Gordon Lightfoot makes up for lost time". Crawdaddy (April 1975). Retrieved March 27, 2014.
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Global Information
US 60 near Morristown
I-17 in Phoenix
