K-132 (Kansas highway)
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| K-132 |
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| Length: | 7 mi (11 km) | |||||
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| Formed: | 1953 | |||||
| Decomd.: | 1993 | |||||
| East end: | U.S. Route 69 in Kansas City | |||||
| West end: | Interstate 70 in Kansas City | |||||
| Major cities: | Kansas City | |||||
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K-132 was a highway commissioned in the 1960s to connect Kansas City, KS to its Turner and Argentine neighborhoods. Its western terminus was originally at K-32, but was extended to terminate at I-70 in the late 1970s when the U.S. Route 40 alignment shifted to duplex with I-70 after leaving the Turner Diagonal. Its eastern terminus at U.S. Route 69 (18th Street Expressway) in industrial Kansas City, KS.
It was decommissioned in 1993, since all of the highway lied within the city limits of Kansas City, KS. It was resigned as a realignment of K-32 east of Kaw Drive to U.S. 69, while the controlled access portion west of Kaw Drive to I-70 remains unsigned. The state still maintains the roadway by repainting/replacing old exit signs; it has not maintained nor resurfaced this old segment of K-132 since its decommissioning.
It is now simply known as "Turner Diagonal". The 0.25 mile portion of this expressway from I-70 west to U.S. 24 is signed as U.S. 40. U.S. 40 leaves its duplex with U.S. 24, heading east on the Turner Diagonal before duplexing with I-70.
