Puerto Rico Highway 132


Puerto Rico Highway 132 is a secondary 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.

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 through Cuebas and Tallaboa Alta, and enters Ponce through Canas until its eastern end at PR-123 in Canas Urbano.

History

The highway resulted from the old road connecting Ponce to Peñuelas via Barrio Canas.

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.

Major intersections

Related route

Puerto Rico Highway 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.