Oregon Route 132 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Highway | ||||
Oregon Route 132 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ODOT | ||||
| Length | 1.6 mi (2.6 km) | |||
| Existed | October 27, 1964 [1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  
I-105 /
OR 126 in
Eugene | |||
| North end | 
OR 569 in Eugene | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Oregon | |||
| Counties | Lane | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Oregon Route 132 (OR 132), [2] also known as Delta Highway is a short limited-access freeway in Eugene, Oregon, United States, linking downtown Eugene with Beltline Highway.
Route description
OR 132 begins at an interchange with Interstate 105 (I-105) and OR 126 on the north bank of the Willamette River, opposite Downtown Eugene. It travels north and intersects Valley River Drive, which serves the Valley River Center and a nearby retail district that includes several car dealerships. The highway crosses under a cable-stayed pedestrian bridge and travels northeast through the Delta Ponds, a wetland area and city park surrounded by housing. [3] OR 132 intersects Goodpasture Island Road and continues north to an interchange with the Randy Papé Beltline Highway ( OR 569), which encircles the north and west of Eugene and provides connections to I-5. The freeway ends at the Randy Papé Beltline Highway, but the road continues as a two-lane surface street named North Delta Road. [4]
History
OR 132 opened on October 27, 1964 as Delta Highway and is named for the nearby McKenzie-Willamette delta. [1] [5] The lowest construction bid for the project, submitted by the R. A. Heintz Company, was withdrawn due to an accounting error, resulting in a dispute between the county government and the contractor, who was later awarded the bid in a second round. [6]
Under a 2017 bill passed by the state legislature, the Oregon Transportation Commission negotiated a jurisdictional transfer with Lane County for the Delta Highway that was finalized in 2019. On January 23, 2020, the commission approved the designation of OR 132 for the corridor. [2] The transfer was planned ahead of state-funded improvements to the highway's northern interchange at OR 569. [7]
Exit list
The entire route is in Eugene, Lane County. All exits are unnumbered.
| mi | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | 0.0 |    
I-105 /
OR 126 to
I-5 /
OR 99 –
Downtown Eugene,
Fairgrounds,
Springfield | Southern terminus | ||
| 0.4 | 0.64 | Willagillespie Road – Valley River Center | |||
| 1.3 | 2.1 | Goodpasture Island Road | |||
| 1.6 | 2.6 | 
OR 569 (Randy Papé Beltline) to
I-5 –
Eugene Airport | Northern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
References
- ^ a b Tims, Martin (October 28, 1964). "Lane County's New Delta Highway Opened in Ceremonies on Tuesday". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1B. OCLC 6493245. Retrieved September 5, 2016 – via Google News.
- ^ a b "State Highway Designation Resolution No. 115" (PDF). Oregon Transportation Commission. January 23, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ Shutt, Craig A. (2012). "OBEC Focuses on Key Niches" (PDF). ASPIRE Magazine. Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute. pp. 7–8. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ Google (September 17, 2021). "Delta Highway (OR 132)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ "Low Highway Bid Pleasant Budget News". Eugene Register-Guard. September 20, 1963. p. 1. Retrieved September 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Heintz Rebid Again Lands Highway Job". Eugene Register-Guard. December 12, 1963. p. 1. Retrieved September 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wihtol, Christian (May 17, 2015). "State details Delta-Beltline improvements". The Register-Guard. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
External links
Media related to
Delta Highway at Wikimedia Commons