The Autopista A3, also known as ''Autopista Havana-Melena'',
Autopista Habana-Melena on cu.geoview.info
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n motorway
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linking Havana
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. to Melena del Sur
Melena del Sur is a town and a municipality located south of the Mayabeque Province, in Cuba. Bordered on the north and northwest by San José de las Lajas, on the east by the municipality of Güines, and west by Batabanó and by the south by th ...
.[Source: ''Mapa de Carreteras de Cuba'' (Road map of Cuba). Ediciones GEO, ]Havana
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. 2011 - It is a toll-free road and has a length of .
Route
The A3 is a dual carriageway
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with 4 lane
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s and has some at-grade intersections with rural roads. It starts in Havana
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. , from an interchange of the Havana Beltway (A2), and continues through Mayabeque Province
Mayabeque Province is one of two new provinces created from the former La Habana Province, whose creation was approved by the Cuban National Assembly on August 1, 2010, the other being Artemisa Province. The new provinces came in to existence on J ...
; crossing the western side of the municipality of San José de las Lajas
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, and ending on a provincial highway, 2 km west of Melena del Sur
Melena del Sur is a town and a municipality located south of the Mayabeque Province, in Cuba. Bordered on the north and northwest by San José de las Lajas, on the east by the municipality of Güines, and west by Batabanó and by the south by th ...
.
See also
*Roads in Cuba
The road network of Cuba consists of of roads, of which over are paved and are unpaved. The Caribbean country counts also of motorways (''autopistas'').
Motorways Overview
Cuba has eight toll-free expressways named ''Autopistas'', seven of ...
*Transport in Cuba
Transportation in Cuba is the system of railways, roads, airports, waterways, ports and harbours in Cuba:
Railways
* ''total:'' 8,285 km
* ''standard gauge:'' 8,125 km gauge (105 km electrified)
* ''narrow gauge:'' 160 km o ...
*Infrastructure of Cuba
Cuban infrastructure is significant and includes: massive Spanish fortifications built in principal ports (e.g. Morro Castle (Havana), El Morro castles in Havana (1589) and Santiago; Castillo San Salvador de la Punta; (finished by 1630); La Fuerza ...
References
External links
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Transport in Havana
Mayabeque Province