Ontario Highway 132

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Dacre
East end Highway 60 in Renfrew
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
Highway system
← Highway 130→ Highway 136
Former provincial highways
←  Highway 131
Highway 133
 →

King's Highway 132, commonly referred to as Highway 132, is a

Dacre
and Renfrew.

The highway was built in the 1850s as part of the

Opeongo and Ottawa Colonization Road, providing access to Renfrew County for settlement in the Opeongo Hills
. However, it did not become a provincial highway until 1956. Aside from the change in number of the highways at either end of the route, the route has remained the same since then.

Route description

Highway 132 between Renfrew and Shamrock

Highway 132 is a short connector highway that travels between Dacre and Renfrew, connecting Highway 41 with

Shamrock.[3][4]

Beginning at a junction with Highway 41 just west of Dacre, Highway 132 progresses east as the mainline; drivers must turn to remain on Highway 41. After passing through forests for 2 kilometres (1.2 mi), the route enters the small community of Dacre, where it intersects former

Madawaska Highlands, otherwise passing through thick forests for the next 8.2 kilometres (5.1 mi) until it enters a clearing and the hamlet of Shamrock.[3][4]

The next 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) of Highway 132 is predominantly surrounded by impervious forests, although it encounters Renfrew County Road 34 (Whelan Road) midway through this section, turning northeast at that junction. The route descends gradually into the Ottawa Valley immediately before intersecting Renfrew County Road 5 (Stone Road). Here the forests give way to agricultural fields for the next 4 kilometres (2.5 mi), before the highway enters Renfrew at Riverview Drive and become urban. Within Renfew, it follows Lisgar Avenue, Lochiel Street North and Munroe Avenue West before ending downtown at an intersection with Highway 60 (Raglan Avenue).[3][4]

Like other provincial routes in Ontario, Highway 132 is maintained by the

average, 2,500 vehicles used the highway daily along the section between Renfrew County Road 5 (Stone Road) and Highway 60, while 1,600 vehicles did so each day along the remainder of the route, the highest and lowest counts along the highway, respectively.[1]

History

Highway 132 was assumed by the

Department of Highways on January 11, 1956.[2]
Prior to the designation of Highway 132, no other highways connected with Highway 17 between Pembroke, where it met Highway 62, and Arnprior, where it met Highway 29. When Highway 132 was assumed, Highway 60 did not extend beyond Highway 41 at Golden Lake, northwest of Eganville.[5]

Highway 60 was extended to Highway 17 near

Rosebank, north of Renfrew, circa 1961.[6][7]
With the construction of the Renfrew Bypass, which began in June 1974,[8] and was completed in 1977,[9] the section of Highway 17 between O'Brien Road east of Renfrew and Haley Road north of
Haley Station was renumbered as an extension of Highway 60; this became the new eastern terminus of Highway 132.[10]
Although some minor realignments have occurred over the years, the route has more or less remained unchanged since its designation.[3]

Major intersections

Highway 132 entering Renfrew

The following table lists the major junctions along Highway 132, as noted by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.[1] The entire route is located in Renfrew County.[3] 

Locationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
Douglas
Admaston Bromley
5.73.5 County Road 5 (Stone Road)
 County Road 34 (Whelan Road)
Dacre
27.717.2Scotch Bush RoadFormerly  Highway 513
Denbigh, Eganville
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b c Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (2016). "Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) counts". Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Appendix 3 - Schedule of Assumptions of Sections". Annual Report (Report). Department of Highways. March 31, 1956. p. 205.
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-1-55198-226-7
    .
  4. ^ a b c Google (June 20, 2015). "Route of Highway 132" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  5. ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1956. § O38–P40.
  6. ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1961. § O38–P40.
  7. ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by C.P. Robins. Ontario Department of Highways. 1962. § O38–P40.
  8. ^ "Motorists May Have Long Wait For Proposed Renfrew Bypass". The Mercury. Vol. 102, no. 45. Renfrew, Ontario. June 5, 1974. p. 1.
  9. ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by Cartography Section. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. 1977. § C28–D29.
  10. ^ Ontario Road Map (Map). Cartography by Cartography Section. Ministry of Transportation and Communications. 1978–79. § C28–D29.

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