State Highway 132 (SH 132) is a state highway in
Texas
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,
United States
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, running between
Devine and
Lytle. It follows a former alignment of
U.S. Highway 81 (US 81), which was bypassed by the parallel
Interstate 35 (I‑35). SH 132 was established in 1991, when US 81 was truncated to
Fort Worth
Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According ...
.
Route description
SH 132 begins at I‑35 exit 121, southwest of Devine.
The highway runs through the town as Teel Drive, where it intersects
SH 173 and begins an overlap with
FM 463. The concurrency with FM 463 ends just northeast of Medina County Road 772. SH 132 enters the town of
Natalia where it has a short overlap with
FM 471; in Natalia, the highway is known as 2nd Street. After leaving the city limits of Natalia, SH 132 crosses into
Atascosa County.
The highway enters the town of
Lytle where it is known as Main Street. SH 132 has a brief overlap with
FM 2790 before entering
Bexar County
Bexar County ( or ; es, Béxar ) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in South Texas and its county seat is San Antonio.
As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,009,324. Bexar County is included in the San Antonio–New Bra ...
and ending at I‑35 exit 133.
History
SH 132 was originally proposed on April 25, 1928,
as a route from
Livingston
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to
Liberty
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. On September 22, 1932, this route became a portion of
SH 146 (which was extended from Dayton to Cleveland on August 3 of that year, but there was a lack of funding, but this road was restored as
SH 321 on October 30, 1939).
The current highway was designated on March 26, 1991, to replace
US 81, which was decommissioned south of
Fort Worth
Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According ...
.
Junction list
References
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U.S. Route 81
132
Transportation in Medina County, Texas
Transportation in Atascosa County, Texas
Transportation in Bexar County, Texas