Over the course of the past year I drove the entirety of California State Route 132 and it's County Route continuation; J132. Part 1; the history of CA 132 CA 132 is a 76 mile east/west State Highway which stretches from I-580 in San Joaquin County eastward to CA 49/CR J132 in Mariposa County. According to CAhighways.org CA 132 was part of Legislative Route 110 which was adopted in 1933. CA 132 was announced in an August 1934 Department of Public Works Guide as a State Highway from Vernalis eastward to Mariposa (interestingly and somewhat oddly) by way of Coulterville. Of note; the same 1934 Department of Public Works Guide shows that CA 49 also terminated in Mariposa. In theory as originally defined CA 49 and CA 132 were meant to multiplex south of Coulterville on LRN 65 through the Merced River Canyon to Mariposa. In field signage CA 132 seems to have never multiplexed CA 49 south of Coulterville. The 1935 Goshua Highway Map of Califo...
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