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.

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.

[1][5] The lowest construction bid for the project, submitted by the R. A. Heintz Company, was withdrawn due to an accounting error, resulting in a dispute between the county government and the contractor, who was later awarded the bid in a second round.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.

[2] The transfer was planned ahead of state-funded improvements to the highway's northern interchange at OR 569.