Transport in Cuba - Roads

Roads

The total length of Cuba's highways is 60,858 km, including

  • paved: 29,820 km (including 638 km of expressway)
  • unpaved: 31,038 km (1999 est.)

Expressways (autopistas) include

  • the Autopista Nacional (A1) from Havana to Santa Clara and Sancti Spiritus, with additional short sections near Santiago and Guantanamo
  • the Autopista Este-Oeste (A4) from Havana to Pinar del Río
  • the Autopista del Mediodia from Havana to San Antonio de los Baños
  • an autopista from Havana to Melena del Sur
  • an autopista from Havana to Mariel
  • the Havana ring road (Spanish: 1er anillo de La Habana), which starts at a tunnel under the entrance to Havana Harbor
  • the section of the Via Blanca from Matanzas to Varadero (toll road)

Older roads include the Carretera Central, and the Via Blanca from Havana to Matanzas.

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Famous quotes containing the word roads:

    “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
    I took the one less traveled by,
    And that has made all the difference.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “We joined long wagon trains moving south; we met hundreds of wagons going north; the roads east and west were crawling lines of families traveling under canvas, looking for work, for another foothold somewhere on the land.... The country was ruined, the whole world was ruined; nothing like this had ever happened before. There was no hope, but everyone felt the courage of despair.”
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