The Autopista Havana–Mariel, also known as ''Carretera Panamericana'',
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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 Mariel.[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 . Even though it is a motorway (''autopista''), it is part of the national highway Circuito Norte
The ''Circuito Norte'' (CN), meaning "Northern Circuit", is a west-east highway spanning the length of the island of Cuba, through the Atlantic Coast. With a length of 1,222 km, it is the second-longest Cuban highway, after the " Carretera ...
(CN).
Route
The highway is a dual carriageway
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with 4 lanes and has some at-grade intersections with rural roads. Differently from other Cuban motorways in Cuban mainland, the ''Panamericana'' is the only one not directly linked to the network.
The ''autopista'' starts in Santa Fe, a suburban ward of western 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. , and continues through Artemisa Province, by the Atlantic Coastline. It crosses the municipal territories of Bauta, Caimito, and ends north of Mariel, near La Boca, in front of Mariel Bay Mariel may refer to:
* Mariel (given name)
* Mariel, Cuba, a municipality and city
* Mariel boatlift, a 1980 exodus of Cubans to the United States
* ''Mariel of Redwall'', a book in the Redwall series by Brian Jacques
* Mari-El, an autonomous repub ...
.
The road that continues towards south, the "Circuito Norte
The ''Circuito Norte'' (CN), meaning "Northern Circuit", is a west-east highway spanning the length of the island of Cuba, through the Atlantic Coast. With a length of 1,222 km, it is the second-longest Cuban highway, after the " Carretera ...
", reaches Mariel after and, after , the A4 exit "Mariel- Nodarse", on the " ZEDM beltway" (Port of Mariel
Mariel is a municipality and town in the Artemisa Province of Cuba. It is located approximately west of the city of Havana.
Geography
The town is situated on the south-east side of the Mariel Bay. The villages of La Boca, Henequen, Mojica, Quie ...
- Guanajay). This beltway, together with the A4 main route Guanajay-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. , represents an alternative motorway road to the ''Panamericana'', between Mariel and the Cuban capital.
See also
*Infrastructure of Cuba
Cuban infrastructure is significant and includes: massive Spanish fortifications built in principal ports (e.g. El Morro castles in Havana (1589) and Santiago; Castillo San Salvador de la Punta; (finished by 1630); La Fuerza(finished 1577); San ...
*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 ...
References
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Autopista Havana Mariel
Transport in Havana
Artemisa Province