Roads in Cuba
The road network of Cuba consists of 60,858 kilometres (37,815 mi) of roads, of which 29,820 kilometres (18,530 mi) are paved and 31,038 kilometres (19,286 mi) are unpaved. The Caribbean country counts also 654 kilometres (406 mi) of motorways (autopistas).
Motorways
Overview
Cuba counts 8 toll-free expressways named Autopistas, 7 of them centralized in the city of Havana and connected to each other by the Havana Ring Road, with the exception of the motorway to Mariel. The carriageway is divided and the lanes in each direction go from 2 to 4. Maximum speed limit is 100 km/h. In the Isla de la Juventud, the dual carriageway from Nueva Gerona to La Fe is classified as motorway.[1]
The principal motorways A1 and A4, running from the west to the east of the island and partly unbuilt (most of A1 sections), are the only one numbered and shortened with "A".[1] As well as the Carretera Central covers the entire island, they are projected to perform the same function as motorways.
The route from Matanzas to Varadero of the Vía Blanca is the only toll road between Cuban motorways. The other autopistas have short routes and run from Havana to its suburban towns in Artemisa and Mayabeque provinces.
List of motorways
| Sign | Autopista[1] | Route | Length | Notes |
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A1 (Autopista Nacional) | Havana-Jagüey Grande-Santa Clara-Sancti Spíritus-Ciego de Ávila-Camagüey-Las Tunas-Holguín (or Bayamo)[note 1]-Santiago de Cuba-Guantánamo | 900 km ca. (438 operating) | Operating sections are:[2][1]
Other sections are under construction and planned.[3] |
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A4 (Autopista Este-Oeste) | Havana-Artemisa-Pinar del Río | 156 km | Classified as part of the "Autopista Nacional"[3] |
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Vía Blanca[4] | Havana-Matanzas-Varadero | 183 km | Toll road from Matanzas to Varadero |
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Autopista del Mediodía | Havana-San Antonio de los Baños | 17 km | Incorporates the San Pedro Highway Strip, designed to be usable as an aircraft runway |
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Autopista La Habana-Melena | Havana-Melena del Sur | 32 km | ... |
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Autopista La Habana-Mariel | Havana-Mariel | 33 km | ... |
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Havana Ring Road (Primer Anillo de La Habana) |
Havana (from Boyeros to the Harbor) | 36 km | Beltway serving Havana |
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Autopista de la Isla de la Juventud | Nueva Gerona-La Fe | 20 km | Located in the Isle of Youth |
State highways
Cuba has a complex network of single carriageway highways, most of them numbered, named Carreteras. The most important one is the Carretera Central (CC, Central Road, code N-1), a west-east highway spanning the length of the island of Cuba from the municipality of Sandino, in Pinar del Río Province, to the one of Baracoa, in Guantánamo Province, for a total length of 1,435 km.
Other important highways per length are as follows:
- CN - Circuito Norte (Northern Road): it runs from Mantua (Pinar del Río Province) to Puerto Padre (Las Tunas Province) through the northern coast of Cuba and Havana. The Vía Blanca, classified as motorway,[4] is part of it.[1]
- CS - Circuito Sur (Southern Road): it runs from Colón (Matanzas Province) to Sancti Spíritus, through Cienfuegos and Trinidad.[1]
See also
Notes
- ↑ A1 project through Granma and Holguín provinces is yet undefined
- ↑ passing through the provinces of Mayabeque, Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Villa Clara and Sancti Spíritus
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Source: Mapa de Carreteras de Cuba (Road map of Cuba). Ediciones GEO, Havana 2011 - ISBN 959-7049-21-X
- ↑ Satellite images of Cuba at Google Maps
- 1 2 (Spanish) Autopista Nacional on EcuRed
- 1 2 (Spanish) Vía Blanca on EcuRed
External links
Media related to Roads in Cuba at Wikimedia Commons