Puerto Rico Highway 132

Puerto Rico Highway 132 (PR-132) is a secondary^[3] highway that connects the town of Guayanilla to the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The road runs through the town of Peñuelas before reaching Ponce. In Ponce, PR-132 starts where Calle Villa ends.^[4]

Highway 132
Ruta 132
Route information
Maintained by Puerto Rico DTPW
Length	26.0 km[1] (16.2 mi)
Existed	1953[2]–present
Major junctions
West end	PR-2 / PR-136 in Jaguas
Major intersections	PR-378 in Macaná PR-3382 in Macaná–Barrero PR-3131 in Barrero PR-386 / PR-3132 in Coto PR-385 in Cuebas PR-391 in Tallaboa Alta PR-549 in Canas PR-502 in Canas PR-9 in Canas–Canas Urbano PR-500 in Canas Urbano
East end	PR-123 in Canas Urbano
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipalities	Guayanilla, Peñuelas, Ponce
Highway system
Roads in Puerto Rico List
← PR-131 → PR-133
← PR-3131 PR-3132 → PR-3301

Route description

Puerto Rico Highway 132 begins at its interchange with PR-2 and PR-136 in Jaguas, a barrio located near downtown Guayanilla. The route continues east through Macaná and Borrero barrios before entering Peñuelas. In Peñuelas, PR-132 crosses through Macaná, Santo Domingo and Coto barrios before downtown Peñuelas. After downtown area, the highway continues to Ponce thorugh Cuebas and Tallaboa Alta, and enters Ponce trhough Canas until its eastern end at PR-123 in Canas Urbano.^[5]

History

The highway resulted from the old road connecting Ponce to Peñuelas via Barrio Canas.^[4]

• 
  A segment of PR-132, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, heading from Peñuelas to Ponce
• 
  PR-132 west in Barrio Canas Urbano

Future

In August 2011, a bill was introduced in the Puerto Rico Senate to build a new highway that would take over some of the traffic currently on PR-132. The new road may start off at PR-500 and connect to PR-127. The proposed road would also take over some of the traffic currently on PR-2.^[6][7]

Major intersections

• 
  PR-2 west at exit 205 to PR-132 east and PR-136 south between Magas and Jaguas barrios, Guayanilla
• 
  PR-132 west at PR-549 intersection in Canas, Ponce

Municipality	Location	km[1]	mi	Destinations	Notes
Guayanilla	Jaguas	0.0	0.0	PR-2 (Expreso Roberto Sánchez Vilella) / PR-136 (Avenida Pedro Albizu Campos) – Guayanilla, Ponce, Mayagüez	Western terminus of PR-132; PR-2 exit 205; diamond interchange
	Macaná	3.4	2.1	PR-378 – Macaná
	Macaná–Barrero line	4.5	2.8	PR-3382 – Barrero
	Barrero	5.1	3.2	PR-3131 – Macaná
Río Macaná		5.1	3.2	Puente Alonso[8]
Peñuelas	Coto	10.3	6.4	PR-386 / PR-3132 south – Peñuelas, Jaguas
	Peñuelas barrio-pueblo	11.3	7.0	PR-3384 (Calle Pedro Velázquez Díaz) – Coto
	Coto	12.1	7.5	PR-3132 north – Coto	Unbuilt
	Cuebas	12.4	7.7	PR-385 south (Desvío Ángel Miguel Candelario Arce) – Cuebas
	Tallaboa Alta	14.9	9.3	PR-391 – Tallaboa Alta
Ponce	Canas	19.2– 19.3	11.9– 12.0	PR-549 – Canas
		21.5	13.4	PR-502 – Quebrada Limón
	Canas–Canas Urbano line	24.2– 24.3	15.0– 15.1	PR-9 (Ronda de Circunvalación Roman Baldorioty de Castro) – Ponce, Adjuntas	Under construction; diamond interchange
	Canas Urbano	25.4	15.8	PR-500 – Canas
		26.0	16.2	PR-123 – Ponce, Adjuntas	Eastern terminus of PR-132
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Unopened

Related route

Highway 3132
Location	Peñuelas
Length	2.3 km[9] (1.4 mi)

Puerto Rico Highway 3132 (PR-3132) is a north–south bypass located west of downtown Peñuelas that is currently under construction. When completed, this highway will extends from its intersection with PR-132 and PR-386 until its end at PR-132 near PR-385.^[10] The entire route is located in Coto, Peñuelas. 

km[9]	mi	Destinations	Notes
2.3	1.4	PR-132 – Peñuelas, Ponce	Future southern terminus of PR-3132
Temporary gap in PR-3132
1.3	0.81	PR-3384 (Calle Pedro Velázquez Díaz) – Peñuelas	Temporary southern terminus of PR-3132
0.0	0.0	PR-132 / PR-386 – Peñuelas, Guayanilla, Jaguas	Northern terminus of PR-3132
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Unopened

See also

• Puerto Rico portal
• U.S. Roads portal

• List of highways in Ponce, Puerto Rico
• List of streets in Ponce, Puerto Rico
• 1953 Puerto Rico highway renumbering