History
The route has been signed as Route 74 since the establishment of state routes in 1934. Its original corridor between then CA 71 Corona Freeway (later I-15W) and present-day I-215 (then, I-15E and U.S.395) was numbered as U.S. 395, through downtown Perris. East of the CA 74/U.S. 395 junction, from Romoland-east, was CA 740 (Florida Avenue).
A portion of Route 74 in Orange and Riverside counties is named after the Spanish explorer Sgt. José Ortega, who led a small party of men around the newly discovered San Francisco Bay from Palo Alto to the Carquinez Straits.
A portion of Route 74 appears in the 1963 American comedy film It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World during the opening act where the film's major characters meet for the first time.
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