K-132 (Kansas highway)

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K-132
Maintained by KDOT
Length:	7 mi (11 km)
Existed:	1953 – 1993
West end:	I-70 in Kansas City
East end:	US-69 in Kansas City
Major cities:	Kansas City
List of Kansas numbered highways < K-131 I-135 >

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 overlap 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 turned back to the city of Kansas City in 1993, since all of the highway lay within the city limits. It was resigned as a realignment of K-32 east of Kaw Drive to US-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 1993.^{[citation needed]}

It is now simply known as "Turner Diagonal". The 0.25 mile portion of this expressway from I-70 west to US-24 is signed as US-40. US-40 leaves its concurrency with US-24, heading east on the Turner Diagonal before overlapping I-70.