The route connects the Macon and Fairburn, via Thomaston, Woodbury, and Peachtree City.

It curves to the northwest and meets the western terminus of SR 74 Alternate just before leaving town.

A short distance later, they meet the northern terminus of SR 85 Alternate (Whitehouse Parkway).

Farther to the north-northwest, in Gay, is the eastern terminus of SR 109 Spur (Greenville Street).

In the unincorporated community of Alps, they intersect SR 362, which briefly joins the concurrency.

[1] The only portion of SR 74 that is part of the National Highway System, a system of routes determined to be the most important for the nation's economy, mobility, and defense, is from SR 54 in Peachtree City to its northern terminus.

is a 1.5-mile-long (2.4 km) alternate route that exists entirely within the central part of Upson County.

It begins at an intersection with the SR 74 mainline (West Gordon Street) in the far western part of Thomaston.

It meets its eastern terminus, an intersection with Green Street, one block north of SR 36/SR 74, in the main part of town.