California State Route 132

State Route 132 marker

State Route 132
Map of central California with SR 132 highlighted in red
Route information
Defined by Streets and Highways Code § 432
Maintained by Caltrans
Length 76 mi[1] (122 km)
Major junctions
West end I-580 near Tracy
 
East end SR 49 at Coulterville
Location
Counties San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Mariposa
Highway system
← SR 131SR 133 →

State Route 132 (SR 132) is a route in the Central Valley that leads to the Sierra Nevada foothills and the California Gold Country. It also connects the city of Modesto with the San Francisco Bay Area via I-580, although this route is discouraged due to it being a two-lane road between Modesto (Maze Boulevard in the city of Modesto) and Interstate 5 (Motorists are instead encouraged to take SR 120 in Manteca to I-5 and I-205 to I-580.) East of Modesto, the road climbs the foothills and finally ends at SR 49. Portions between I-5 and I-580 is a four-lane freeway, and there are plans to upgrade the portion between SR 99 and I-5 to an expressway. Route 132 is a two lane road important to recreational travelers en route to Modesto Reservoir, Turlock Reservoir, Don Pedro Reservoir and the Sierra Nevada foothills.[2]

Route description

The route begins in San Joaquin County at Interstate 580, heading eastward as a freeway. After an interchange with Interstate 5, the freeway segment ends and continues as a two-lane highway. After passing SR 33 at an interchange, it enters Stanislaus County, where it intersects CR J3. It then heads eastward through the city of Modesto, where it intersects SR 99 and SR 108. At the east side of the city, it has a very short concurrency with CR J7 as it exits Modesto and enters Empire. As it exits Empire, it intersects numerous county roads as it exits Stanislaus County and enters Tuolumne County. After several miles, it exits Tuolumne County and enters Mariposa County, California, reaching its east end at SR 49 in Coulterville.

SR 132 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System,[3] and west of the eastern Modesto city limits is part of the National Highway System,[4] a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.[5]

History

The route was established in 1934 from modern day SR 33 to SR 49; in 1959 it was extended west to I-5, and in 1963 to the present-day western terminus at I-580.[6]

A major accident occurred on March 5, 1983, when a collision involving a patrol car and another car with three Secret Service agents inside occurred, killing all three Secret Service agents. This was due to the unusual curve that the road takes on near the end of its course in Mariposa County, created in order to support the hills of the Sierra Nevada. The patrol car was hired for a visit that Queen Elizabeth II was planning to Yosemite National Park in March 1983.

The city-built "Kansas-Needham Overhead", connecting Kansas Avenue and Needham Street over the Union Pacific Railroad's Fresno Subdivision in Modesto, is aligned for a future connection to a SR 132 expressway west of Modesto.[7]

Major intersections

Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964, based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary (for a full list of prefixes, see the list of postmile definitions).[8] Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The numbers reset at county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.

CountyLocationPostmile
[8][1][9]		ExitDestinationsNotes
San Joaquin
SJ 0.00-7.11		​0.00 I-580 west – San FranciscoWestbound exit and eastbound entrance; west end of SR 132
​0.241Chrisman Road
​​2Bird Road[10]
​3.243 I-5 – Stockton, Los AngelesSigned as exits 3A (south) and 3B (north)
​​East end of freeway
VernalisR5.86 SR 33 – Tracy, PattersonInterchange
Stanislaus
STA 0.00-51.01		​​ CR J3 (Kasson Road / River Road)Signalized intersection
Modesto13.42Carpenter Road
14.73 SR 99 – Stockton, MercedInterchange; west end of SR 108 overlap
L14.98–
L15.06		 SR 108 east (K Street) – SonoraEast end of SR 108 overlap
L15.719th Street, D Street – Merced
17.14El Vista Avenue, Mitchell Road – Riverbank, CeresMitchell Road serves Modesto City-County Airport
19.13 CR J7 north (Claus Road) / Garner RoadWest end of CR J7 overlap
Empire20.10 CR J7 south (Santa Fe Avenue)East end of CR J7 overlap
​23.14 CR J14 (Albers Road, Geer Road) – Oakdale, Turlock
Waterford28.00 CR J9 (F Street, Hickman Road) – Oakdale, Hickman, Montpelier
La Grange45.81 CR J59 (La Grange Road) – Snelling, Merced, Don Pedro Dam, Sonora
Tuolumne
TUO 0.00-R7.64		​4.02Bonds Flat Road – Don Pedro Lake
​6.32Merced Falls Road
Mariposa
MPA R7.64-18.75		Coulterville18.75 SR 49 – Yosemite, Sonora, MariposaEast end of SR 132
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

  • California Roads portal

References

  1. 1 2 California Department of Transportation (July 2007). "Log of Bridges on State Highways". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation.
  2. ↑ Earth Metrics, Environmental Assessment for Modesto California Paradise Postal Station", U.S. Postal Service, January, 1990
  3. ↑ California State Legislature. "Section 250–257". Streets and Highways Code. Sacramento: California State Legislature. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  4. ↑ Federal Highway Administration (March 25, 2015). National Highway System: California (North) (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
    Federal Highway Administration (March 25, 2015). National Highway System: Modesto, CA (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  5. ↑ Natzke, Stefan; Neathery, Mike & Adderly, Kevin (June 20, 2012). "What is the National Highway System?". National Highway System. Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  6. ↑ Faigin, Daniel P. "California Highways: SR 132". Retrieved 2010-04-24.
  7. ↑ Modesto, Budget 2001-2002, Forecasting and Capital Improvement Program: Traffic Circulation, p. 1
  8. 1 2 California Department of Transportation. "State Truck Route List". Sacramento: California Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (XLS file) on June 30, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  9. ↑ California Department of Transportation, All Traffic Volumes on CSHS, 2005 and 2006
  10. ↑ State Route 132 Interchange Improvements at Bird Road

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