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The Roads and Rails of Mercer County, WV /

CR 32

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Highway	Names	Start	Terminus	Length (km)
CR 32	New Hope Rd.	US 19, Princeton	CR 19/33, Glenwood	6

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Overview

County Route 32 is a former highway connecting Princeton to the communities of Glenwood and New Hope. Together with CR 17, it has the distinction of being the shortest-lived secondary highway in Mercer County, existing for scarcely a decade before being redesignated as another road.

History

CR 32 was commissioned in 1933, and routed upon pre-existing infrastructure from the late nineteenth century.

In the early 1940s, WV 44 was redesignated WV 20 and lengthened westward to the Virginia border. CR 17 and 32 were completely usurped, with their entire course becoming part of WV 20's new extension.

The historic course of CR 32 remains part of WV 20 today, except where realignments have resulted in segments being switched to other numbers. These include CR 20/15 (Guard Drive) outside the Princeton city limits.

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Fractional spur roads

Despite CR 32's extremely short existence, the road lives on through its spurs:

Road	Names	Start	Terminus	Length (km)	Notes
32/1	Rock Barn Ave.	Dead end; originally WV 20 (former CR 32), Princeton	CR 32/2; originally through to WV 19, Princeton	insignificant	Original 1930s road. Originally looped from New Hope Rd. to Honaker Ave. via Marathon Ave., but connection severed by 1945. East end also severed by 1980s.
32/2 (old)	(unknown name)	WV 20 (former CR 32), Princeton	CR 19/17 west of Princeton	3	Original 1930s road. Unclear routing, but probably followed Sandstone Park and Undercliff Terrace. Decommissioned by 1945; north leg impassable.
32/2	W. Main St., Tracy St.	New Hope Rd., Princeton	CR 32/1 (Rock Barn Ave.), Princeton	insignificant	Missigned as 32/1.
32/3	W. Main St.	CR 32/2, Princeton	dead end

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