:M-132 (Michigan highway)

Starting at the western village limits of Dexter at a railroad crossing, M-132 ran east-southeasterly along Main Street and across Mill Creek in the village. The highway passed through the downtown and turned more southeasterly. At the intersection with Baker Road, the street name changed to Ann Arbor Street, and then upon reaching the eastern village limits, the highway became Dexter–Ann Arbor Road. It ran southeast across rural Washtenaw County through undeveloped areas before entering the southwest side of the city of Ann Arbor where it followed Dexter Avenue and terminated at US Highway 12 (US 12, Huron Street/Jackson Avenue).{{cite MDOT map |year = 1958 |section = M12 |link = yes }}{{cite map |author = United States Geological Survey |author-link = United States Geological Survey |year = 1954 |title = Detroit |type = Topographic map |scale = 1:250,000 |location = Reston, Virginia |publisher = United States Geological Survey |at = T2S R5E }}{{cite map |author = Michigan Department of Transportation |date = April 2005 |map = Washtenaw County |map-url = https://mdotjboss.state.mi.us/BITMIX/getMapSheets.htm?county=81&cname=Washtenaw |title = MDOT Right-of-Way Map Files |scale = Scale not given |location = Lansing |publisher = Michigan Department of Transportation |sheets = 143, 143a, 144, 145 |access-date = January 24, 2024 }}

M-132 was commissioned in October 1928 between Dexter and Ann Arbor as part of a group of new state highways recommended by the Michigan State Highway Department (MSHD) Advisory Board{{#tag:ref|The five-member advisory board was created in 1919 to make recommendations to the state highway commissioner on highway planning and programs, including the drafting of an annual {{convert|500|mi|km|adj=on}} trunkline program.{{cite news |url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-press-state-highway-departmen/139480600/ |title = State Highway Department Advisory Board Complete |newspaper = The Herald-Press |location = St. Joseph, Michigan |date = May 11, 1934 |page = 2 |access-date = January 20, 2024 |via = Newspapers.com }} |group=lower-alpha}} to the State Administrative Board. The highway was being surfaced the following year,{{cite news |url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal-construction-work/139481061/ |title = Construction Work Makes Many Changes in Highway Listing |newspaper = The State Journal |location = Lansing, Michigan |date = June 29, 1929 |at = Automotive section. p. 2 |access-date = January 20, 2024 |via = Newspapers.com }} and at the time it was added to state maps, it was marked as fully paved.{{cite MDOT map |date = 1929-05-01 }}{{cite MDOT map |date = 1930-01-01 |c-link = yes }} Later in 1930, cities and counties along the route of a proposed "super-highway" to connect Chicago with Detroit approved a routing in consultation with the state highway commissioner; this upgraded US 12 would have connected to M-132 in Dexter and bypassed Ann Arbor to the north to avoid busy city centers.{{cite news |title = Cities Approve Detroit–Chicago Super-Trunk Line: Thoroughfare to Take Place of US 12; to Avoid Congested Business Centers |url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ludington-daily-news-cities-approve/139481167/ |newspaper = Ludington Daily News |date = August 27, 1930 |page = 1 |access-date = January 24, 2024 |via = Newspapers.com }}{{#tag:ref|This project had been proposed since 1928 by local chambers of commerce along the route of US 12 to alleviate what was called at the time "the most heavily congested road in the state".{{cite news |title = Twin City Men Move to Back 40-Foot Road: Would Widen US 12 from Chicago to Detroit; Big Project |url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-press-twin-city-men-move-to-b/139481353/ |newspaper = The Herald Press |location = St. Joseph, Michigan |date= November 8, 1928 |page = 1 |access-date = January 24, 2024 |via = Newspapers.com }} Later in the mid-1930s, this route was described as continuing farther northeast to connection to Port Huron to provide a connect to the Canadian border.{{cite map |author = Michigan State Highway Department |date = June 30, 1936 |map = Three New Diagonal Highways |map-url = https://www.michiganhighways.org/maps/diagonalhighways_map.html |title = Sixteenth Biennial Report of the State Highway Commissioner |scale = Scale not given |location = Lansing |publisher = Michigan State Highway Department |access-date = January 24, 2024 |via = Michigan Highways }}|group=lower-alpha}}

Two parcels of property in the village of Dexter were deeded to the MSHD in 1933 by Henry Ford adjacent to the highway's right-of-way.{{cite map |author = Michigan Department of Transportation |date = April 2005 |map = Washtenaw County |map-url = https://mdotjboss.state.mi.us/BITMIX/getMapDocument.htm?docGuid=09703dfe-cefc-4971-9823-577cd6c0d0f2&fileName=sheet143.pdf |title = MDOT Right-of-Way Map Files |scale = Scale not given |location = Lansing |publisher = Michigan Department of Transportation |sheet = 143 |access-date = January 20, 2024 }}{{cite book |first = John S. |last = Cummings |chapter-url = https://www.washtenaw.org/302/Search-and-Request-Records |chapter = Quit Claim Deed: Henry Ford & Wife to Michigan State Highway Department |title = Liber 309 |page = 73 |date = May 13, 1933 |location = Ann Arbor, Michigan |publisher = Washtenaw County Register of Deeds |access-date = February 6, 2024}} In 1957, M-132 was included as part of one of the approved routes for Michigan State Spartans football fans looking to travel from Lansing to Ann Arbor to watch the game between the University of Michigan and Michigan State.{{cite news |last = Frazier |first = Dick |date = October 11, 1957 |title = Big Game Will Pack M Stadium: Spartan Fans Are Advised to Leave Early for Ann Arbor |url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal-big-game-will-pack/139481489/ |url-access = subscription |newspaper = The State Journal |location = Lansing, Michigan |pages = 1–[https://www.newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal-big-game-will-pack/139481586/ 2] |access-date = January 24, 2024 |via = Newspapers.com }}

M-132 remained in the same basic configuration until it was removed from the state trunkline system in December 1959, after the freeway carrying Interstate 94 and US 12 was completed near Ann Arbor. The year before it was decommissioned, the state took bids to resurface the roadway.{{cite news |url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal-5-highway-jobs-add/139481881/ |title = 5 Highway Jobs Added to Letting |newspaper = The State Journal |location = Lansing, Michigan |date = May 15, 1959 |page = 27 |access-date = January 24, 2024 |via = Newspapers.com }} After removal from the state highway system, much of the former highway is now simply known as Dexter–Ann Arbor Road; the modern roadway is two lanes throughout with a center turn lane within the village of Dexter.{{google maps |url = https://www.google.com/maps/dir/42.3396254,-83.8920513/42.282135,-83.76616/@42.3108109,-83.9116949,26029m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m10!3m4!1m2!1d-83.8502809!2d42.3147115!3s0x883cb406f7569a45:0x3c5df6c56227a529!3m4!1m2!1d-83.7844906!2d42.2868282!3s0x883cb1952f2fd921:0xd9455c1ca3690117!1m0!3e0?hl=en&entry=ttu |title = Overview Map of Former M-132 |access-date = January 24, 2024 }}

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• [https://www.michiganhighways.org/listings/M-132.html Former M-132] at Michigan Highways

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