California State Route 132

State Route 132
Route information
Defined by S&HC § 432
Maintained by Caltrans
Length: 76 mi[1] (122 km)
Major junctions
West end: I-580 near Tracy
  SR 99 in Modesto
East end: SR 49 at Coulterville
Highway system

State highways in California(list • pre-1964)
History • Unconstructed • Deleted • Freeway • Scenic

SR 131 SR 133

State Route 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]

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.[3]

Contents

Route description

This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System.[4] The route begins in San Joaquin County at Interrstate 580. It then heads eastward and soon stops as a freeway. After an interchange with Interstate 5 and SR 33, 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 California State Route 49 in Coulterville.

History

The route was established in 1934 from modern day I-580 to SR 49, as it does now. The segment west of SR 99 was originally signed as SR 33.[5]

Major intersections

Note: Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured in 1964, based on the alignment as it existed at that time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. The numbers reset at some county lines; the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.
County Location Postmile
[6][7][8]
Destinations Notes
San Joaquin
SJ 0.00-7.11
0.00 I-580 west – San Francisco Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
0.24 Chrisman Road
East end of freeway
Bird Road Proposed interchange[9]
3.24 I-5 – Stockton, Los Angeles Interchange
Vernalis R5.86 SR 33 – Tracy, Patterson Interchange
Stanislaus
STA 0.00-51.01
CR J3 (Kasson Road) / River Road
Modesto 13.42 Carpenter Road
14.73 SR 99 – Stockton, Merced Interchange; west end of SR 108 overlap
L14.98-
L15.06
SR 108 east (K Street) – Sonora East end of SR 108 overlap
L15.71 9th Street, D Street – Merced
17.14 El Vista Avenue, Mitchell Road – Riverbank, Ceres Mitchell Road serves Modesto City-County Airport
19.13 CR J7 north (Claus Road) / Garner Road West end of CR J7 overlap
Empire 20.10 CR J7 south (Santa Fe Avenue) East end of CR J7 overlap
23.14 CR J14 (Albers Road, Geer Road) – Oakdale, Turlock
Waterford 28.00 CR J9 (F Street, Hickman Road) – Oakdale, Hickman, Montpelier
La Grange 45.81 CR J59 (La Grange Road) – Snelling, Merced, Don Pedro Dam, Sonora
Tuolumne
TUO 0.00-R7.64
4.02 Bonds Flat Road – Don Pedro Lake
6.32 Merced Falls Road
Mariposa
MPA R7.64-18.75
Coulterville 18.75 SR 49 – Yosemite, Sonora, Mariposa
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus     Closed/Former     Incomplete access     Unopened

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