Puerto Rico Highway 132 (PR-132) is a secondary highway that connects the town of
Guayanilla
Guayanilla (, ) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located on the southern coast of the island, bordering the Caribbean Sea, south of Adjuntas, east of Yauco; and west of Peñuelas and about west of Ponce. Guayanilla is spread over 16 ...
to the city of
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce (, , , ) is both a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.
Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on 12 August 1 ...
. The road runs through the town of
Peñuelas before reaching Ponce. In Ponce, PR-132 starts where Calle Villa ends.
[Eli D. Oquendo-Rodriguez. ''Los Barrios de Ponce: Noticias y Microhistorias de Ocho Comunidades Ponceñas en el Tiempo, Siglos XVI al XIX.'' 2019. p. 68. ]
History
The highway resulted from the old road connecting Ponce to Peñuelas via
Barrio Canas
Canas is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limón, Real, San Patricio, and Marueño, and the coastal barrio of Capitanejo, Canas is one of the municipality's ni ...
.
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
Puerto Rico Highway 500 (PR-500) is a tertiary road in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The highway has both of its endpoints, as well as all of its length, entirely within the Ponce city limits. It runs east to west.
Route description
The road has its ...
and connect to
PR-127
Puerto Rico Highway 127 (PR-127) is a road that travels from Yauco, Puerto Rico to Peñuelas. This highway begins at its intersection with PR-121 and PR-128 in Susúa Baja and ends at its junction with PR-2
Puerto Rico Highway 2 (PR-2) is ...
. The proposed road would also take over some of the traffic currently on
PR-2
Puerto Rico Highway 2 (PR-2) is a road in Puerto Rico that connects the cities of San Juan and Ponce. At 156 miles (230 km) long, it is Puerto Rico's longest singled-signed highway.
The road runs counter-clockwise from San Juan to Ponce. ...
.
''Seilhamer propone Corredor del Sur.''
La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 4 August 2011. Accessed 12 May 2019.
Major intersections
See also
* List of highways in Ponce, Puerto Rico
This is a list of highways in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The list focuses on major, signed, roads in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico.List of highways numbered 132
The following highways are numbered 132:
Australia
* Wilmot Road (Tasmania)
* Bells Blvd (Victoria)
Canada
* New Brunswick Route 132
* Ontario Highway 132
* Prince Edward Island Route 132
* Quebec Route 132
Costa Rica
* National Route 1 ...
* List of streets in Ponce, Puerto Rico
This article provides a listing, with brief descriptions, of the most traveled or best known streets and thoroughfares in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Unless otherwise noted, traffic is two-way. If traffic is two-way for the entire length of the street ( ...
References
External links
* {{Commons category-inline
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