California State Route 232

State Route 232 is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that runs along Vineyard Avenue in Ventura County, serving as a connector between US 101 in Oxnard and SR 118 near Saticoy.

Route description

It starts on Vineyard Avenue at the U.S. Route 101 interchange in the city of Oxnard and runs through the unincorporated community of El Rio. SR 232 is totally within the Oxnard Plain, paralleling the nearby Santa Clara River till it ends at Los Angeles Avenue.
SR 232 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System, and is part of the National Highway System, a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.

History

At the 1932 Summer Olympics near Los Angeles, it hosted part of the road cycling event when it was Vineyard Avenue. Route 154 was defined in 1933 from El Rio to Saticoy; the route was renumbered as SR 232 in the 1964 state highway renumbering. By 2014, the route was redefined to start at US 101, eliminating the section between US 101 and former SR 1 along Oxnard Boulevard in Oxnard that had been relinquished.

Major intersections