Vial Autopista–Artemisa
| Vial Autopista–Artemisa | |
|---|---|
| Motorway–Artemisa Road | |
| Vial al Autopista (Road to the Motorway) | |
.png) The Vial Autopista–Artemisa and the Exit "Artemisa" on the A4 seen in blue on an OpenStreetMap map of the region | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 7.53 km (4.68 mi) |
| Existed | 9 January 2022–present |
| Major junctions | |
| North end |  A4 |
| South end |  2–N–1 |
| Location | |
| Country | Cuba |
| Provinces | Artemisa Province |
| Municipalities | Guanajay, Artemisa |
| Major cities | Artemisa |
| Towns | Eduardo García Lavandero |
| Highway system | |
The Vial Autopista–Artemisa (Motorway–Artemisa Road), is a four-lane road connecting the A4 motorway to the city of Artemisa in Cuba. Locally, it is known as the Vial al Autopista (Road to the Motorway).
History
[edit]The road project started in 2012 and the construction phase began in 2015.[1] In order to make the road, the Empresa de Vialidad del Gobierno (Government Highway Company) invested 34,000,000 CUP for the project.[2] The road was set to make travel time from Havana to Artemisa less, originally going from the A4 to the Road of El Jobo (Highway 2-23) to the Carretera Central to finally arrive at the city of Artemisa, with the new road being safer due to wider lanes and a median and faster due to a higher speed limit, with the route going from 25 minutes to just 10 minutes.[3][4]
Later, the road was set to be inaugurated the on the 11 year anniversary of Artemisa Province,[5][6] on 9 January 2022, which was congratulated by Cuban prime minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz.[7][8]
Route
[edit]The road is 4 lanes in total with a median in the middle, with its only paved junctions being with the Autopista A4 and the Carretera Central, and the rest being dirt roads.[9] The road is on Exit "Artemisa" of the A4, which is currently an at-grade junction, but there is a proposal for an interchange.
Junction list
[edit]| Municipality | Location | km | mi | Destination[9] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artemisa | Artemisa | 0.00 | 0.00 |  2-N-1 (Carretera Central / Calle Cespedes / Calle Maceo) / Avenida 26 de Julio
|
Roundabout junction with La Pupila Insomne monument; Roundabout known as "Rotonda de La Pupila Insomne; Calle Cespedes is westbound; Calle Maceo is eastbound; Continues as Avenida 26 de Julio |
| 0.47 | 0.29 | Calle 19 | Southbound only | ||
| 1.00 | 0.62 | — | Unnamed farm road | ||
| 1.29 | 0.80 | Calle 20 | |||
| Lavandero | 1.92 | 1.19 | Calle 11 / Camino de Dolores | ||
| 2.63 | 1.63 | Calle 7 | |||
| 4.07 | 2.53 | Camino del Destino | |||
| 5.08 | 3.16 | Camino del Frontera de Artemisa–Guanajay | |||
| Guanajay | 7.53 | 4.68 | A4 (Autopista Nacional / Autopista Este-Oeste) – Havana, Pinar del Río
|
Exit "Artemisa" on the A4 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Nuevo vial reducirá tiempo entre Artemisa y La Habana". Granma.cu (in Spanish). 23 September 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ Benítez, Yudaisis Moreno (26 April 2021). "Vial de Artemisa a la Autopista Nacional: Pasito a pasito • Trabajadores". Trabajadores (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ "En construcción nueva carretera para unir Artemisa con Autopista Nacional". Cubadebate (in European Spanish). 22 April 2018. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ "Nueva vía acortará tiempo de viaje entre Artemisa y La Habana (+ Video)". Cubadebate (in Spanish). 23 September 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ Benítez, Yudaisis Moreno (7 January 2022). "A punto de concluir vial de Artemisa a la autopista Nacional (+Fotos) • Trabajadores". Trabajadores (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ "Los once años de Artemisa (Fotos) - Radio Reloj, emisora cubana de la hora y las noticias". www.radioreloj.cu (in European Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ Gongora, Odalis Acosta (10 January 2022). "Cumple Artemisa 11 años e inaugura un vial con la autopista nacional". www.radioprogreso.icrt.cu (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ "Cumple Artemisa 11 años e inaugura un vial con la autopista nacional". teveo.cu (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2025.
- ^ a b "OpenStreetMap". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 21 January 2025.