K-132 was a highway commissioned in the 1960s to connect
Kansas City, KS to its
Turner and
Argentine neighborhoods. Its western terminus was originally at
K-32, but was extended to terminate at
I-70 in the late 1970s when the
U.S. Route 40 alignment shifted to overlap I-70 after leaving the Turner Diagonal. Its eastern terminus at
U.S. Route 69 (
18th Street Expressway) in industrial
Kansas City, KS. It was turned back to the city of
Kansas City in 1993, since all of the highway lay within the city limits. It was resigned as a realignment of
K-32 east of Kaw Drive to US-69, while the controlled access portion west of Kaw Drive to
I-70 remains unsigned. The state still maintains the roadway by repainting/replacing old exit signs; it has not maintained nor resurfaced this old segment of K-132 since 1993. It is now simply known as "Turner Diagonal". The portion of this expressway from
I-70 west to
US-24 was signed as
US-40 until 2009. US-40 used to leave its concurrency with US-24, head east on the Turner Diagonal before overlapping I-70. (map) from looking southward from middle of
Turner Diagonal bridge. (April 2007) ==Exit list==