The road network of

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 Caribbe ...

consists of of roads, of which over are paved and are unpaved. The Caribbean country counts also of

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s (''autopistas'').

Motorways

Overview

Cuba has eight toll-free expressways named ''Autopistas'', seven of them centralized in the city of

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 connected to each other by the Havana Ring Road, with the exception of the motorway to Mariel. The carriageway is

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and the lanes in each direction go from two to four. Maximum speed limit is . In 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 Andro ...

, the

dual 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 ...

from Nueva Gerona to La Fe is classified as motorway. 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".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 - 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 Varadero (), also referred to as ''Playa Azul'' (Blue Beach), is a resort town in the province of Matanzas, Cuba, and one of the largest resort areas in the Caribbean. Varadero Beach was rated one of the world's best beaches in TripAdvisor's Tra ...

of the Vía Blanca is the only

toll road A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road (almost always a controlled-access highway in the present day) for which a fee (or '' toll'') is assessed for passage. It is a form of road pricing typically implemen ...

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

State highways

Cuba has a complex network of single carriageway highways, most of them numbered, named ''Carreteras'' or ''Circuitos''. Some of the most prominent are: * Carretera Central (CC, ''Central Road'', code N-1, 1,435 km), the most important one, is a west–east highway spanning the length of the island of Cuba from the municipality of Sandino, in

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, to the one of

Baracoa Baracoa, whose full original name is: ''Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Baracoa'' (“Our Lady of the Assumption of Baracoa”), is a municipality and city in Guantánamo Province near the eastern tip of Cuba. It was visited by Admiral Christo ...

, in

Guantánamo Province Guantánamo is the easternmost province of Cuba. Its capital is also called Guantánamo. Other towns include Baracoa. The province has the only land border of the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay. Overview Guantánamo's architecture and cultur ...

, for a total length of 1,435 km. * Circuito Norte (CN - ''Northern Road'', 1,222 km): it runs from

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(

) to

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) crossing the northern coast of Cuba, through Viñales municipal territory, Bahía Honda, Mariel,

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.

, Matanzas, Cárdenas, Sagua la Grande, Caibarién, Yaguajay, Morón,

Nuevitas Nuevitas is a municipality and port town in the Camagüey Province of Cuba. The large bay was sighted by Christopher Columbus in 1492. History Founded in 1775, the city was moved to its present site in 1828. Before the 1977 national municipal refo ...

, Puerto Padre,

Holguín Holguín () is a municipality and city in Cuba, and the capital of Province of Holguín. After Havana, Santiago de Cuba, and Camagüey, it is the fourth largest city in Cuba. History Before Columbus, the Taino people settled in huts made f ...

, Mayarí,

Sagua de Tánamo Sagua de Tánamo () is a municipality and town in the Holguín Province of Cuba. Overview The Sierra Cristal National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Sierra Cristal) is partly located in the Sagua de Tánamo municipality and partly in neighboring Ma ...

and

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. The Vía Blanca and the Panamericana, both classified as motorways, are part of it. * Circuito Sur (CS, ''Southern Road'', 491 km): it runs from Artemisa to Sancti Spíritus, through Güira de Melena, Batabanó,

Güines Güines is a municipality and town in the Mayabeque Province of Cuba. It is located southeast of Havana, next to the Mayabeque River. It is the most populated town, but not the capital, of its province. History The city was founded in 1737 by ...

, Jagüey Grande,

Aguada de Pasajeros Aguada de Pasajeros () is a municipality and town in the Cienfuegos Province of Cuba. Geography The municipality is divided into the town of Aguada and the villages of Carreño, Real Campiña, Covadonga and Perseverancia. Yaguaramas, now par ...

Cienfuegos Cienfuegos (), capital of Cienfuegos Province, is a city on the southern coast of Cuba. It is located about from Havana and has a population of 150,000. Since the late 1960s, Cienfuegos has become one of Cuba's main industrial centers, especia ...

and

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. * Circuito Sur de Oriente (CSO, ''Southern Road of the Orient'', 347 km): it runs from

Bayamo Bayamo is the capital city of the Granma Province of Cuba and one of the largest cities in the Oriente region. Overview The community of Bayamo lies on a plain by the Bayamo River. It is affected by the violent Bayamo wind. One of the mos ...

Santiago de Cuba Santiago de Cuba is the second-largest city in Cuba and the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province. It lies in the southeastern area of the island, some southeast of the Cuban capital of Havana. The municipality extends over , and contains ...

Motorways

Overview

List of motorways

State highways

See also

Notes

References

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