Vial Autopista–Artemisa

Vial Autopista–Artemisa
Motorway–Artemisa Road
Vial al Autopista (Road to the Motorway)
The Vial Autopista–Artemisa and the Exit "Artemisa" on the A4 seen in blue on an OpenStreetMap map of the region
Route information
Length7.53 km (4.68 mi)
Existed9 January 2022–present
Major junctions
North end A4
South end 2–N–1
Location
CountryCuba
ProvincesArtemisa Province
MunicipalitiesGuanajay, Artemisa
Major citiesArtemisa
TownsEduardo 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

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

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

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

  1. ^ "Nuevo vial reducirá tiempo entre Artemisa y La Habana". Granma.cu (in Spanish). 23 September 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  2. ^ Benítez, Yudaisis Moreno (26 April 2021). "Vial de Artemisa a la Autopista Nacional: Pasito a pasito • Trabajadores". Trabajadores (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Nueva vía acortará tiempo de viaje entre Artemisa y La Habana (+ Video)". Cubadebate (in Spanish). 23 September 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Cumple Artemisa 11 años e inaugura un vial con la autopista nacional". teveo.cu (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  9. ^ a b "OpenStreetMap". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 21 January 2025.