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The Autopista de la Isla de la Juventud, also known as ''Autopista Gerona-La Fe'', is a
The Autopista de la Isla de la Juventud, also known as ''Autopista Gerona-La Fe'', is a Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
n motorway
A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway and expressway. Other similar terms i ...
linking Nueva Gerona
Nueva Gerona is a Cuban city, capital of the Isla de la Juventud special municipality and province. As of 2012, its population was 59,049.
History
The city was founded in 1830 by Francisco Dionisio Vives, who was the Spanish governor of Cuba a ...
to Santa Fe (also named La Fe), the principal settlements of the Isla de la Juventud
Isla de la Juventud (; en, Isle of Youth) is the second-largest Cuban island (after Cuba's mainland) and the seventh-largest island in the West Indies (after mainland Cuba itself, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, and Andros Islan ...
(Isle of Youth).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, with a length of , is the shortest Cuban motorway.
Route
The motorway is adual carriageway
A dual carriageway ( BE) or divided highway ( AE) is a class of highway with carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation (BrE) or median (AmE). Roads with two or more carriageways which are ...
with 4 lane
In road transport, a lane is part of a roadway that is designated to be used by a single line of vehicles to control and guide drivers and reduce traffic conflicts. Most public roads (highways) have at least two lanes, one for traffic in each ...
s and has some at-grade intersections with rural roads. It starts south of Nueva Gerona
Nueva Gerona is a Cuban city, capital of the Isla de la Juventud special municipality and province. As of 2012, its population was 59,049.
History
The city was founded in 1830 by Francisco Dionisio Vives, who was the Spanish governor of Cuba a ...
, from the provincial road "Carretera a Siguanea", between town's center and José Martí ward. After a km, the motorway intersects the east beltway and, after another km, it is an exit connectingt the ''autopista'' with Rafael Cabrera Mustelier Airport
Rafael Cabrera Mustelier Airport or Rafael Cabrera Airport
( es, Aeropuerto "Rafael Cabrera Mustelier"
) is an airport serving Nueva Gerona, the capital city of the Isla de la Juventud special municipality in Cuba.
Facilities
The airport ...
, 2 km far. The other exits along the route are, in many cases, far from the villages, as the one serving La Demajagua (20 km west). The motorway ends northwest of Santa Fe, where it is divided into a pair of provincial road: one crosses the town in the middle, the other goes close to the western suburb.
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
{{Highways in Cuba Autopista Isla Juventud Isla de la Juventud Nueva Gerona