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 them centralized in the city of Havana and connected to each other by the Havana Ring Road, with the exception of the motorway to Mariel. The carriageway is divided and the lanes in each direction go from two to four. Maximum speed limit is . In the Isla de la Juventud, the dual carriageway from Nueva Gerona to La Fe is classified as a 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 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 of the Vía Blanca is the only toll road 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 Sign Autopista Route Length Notes A1 (Autopista Nacional) Havana-Jagüey Grande-Santa Clara-Sancti Spíritus-Ciego de Ávila-Camagüey-Las Tunas-Holguín-BayamoA1 project through Granma and Holguín provinces is yet undefined-Santiago de Cuba-Guantánamo () Operating sections are:Satellite images of Cuba at Google Maps Havana-Santa Clara-Sancti Spíritus-Taguasco (, main section)passing through the provinces of Mayabeque, Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Villa Clara and Sancti Spíritus Palma Soriano-Santiago, La Maya-Guantánamo, Other sections are under construction and planned.Autopista A1-1 (Autopista Santa Clara)A1-Santa Clara A2 (Havana Ring Road) (Primer Anillo de La Habana) Havana (from Marianao to the Harbor) Beltway serving Havana, a branch serves the José Martí Airport A3 (Autopista Havana-Melena) Havana-Melena del Sur ... A4 (Autopista Este-Oeste) Havana-Artemisa-Pinar del Río Classified as part of the "Autopista Nacional"A4-1 (Autopista ZEDM)A4-Port of Mariel

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 Pinar del Río Province, to the one of Baracoa, in Guantánamo Province, for a total length of 1,435 km. Circuito Norte (CN - Northern Road, code I–3, 1,222 km): it runs from Mantua (Pinar del Río Province) to Baracoa (Guantánamo Province) crossing the northern coast of Cuba, through Viñales municipal territory, Bahía Honda, Mariel, Havana, Varadero, Matanzas, Cárdenas, Sagua la Grande, Caibarién, Yaguajay, Morón, Nuevitas, Puerto Padre, Holguín, Mayarí, Sagua de Tánamo and Moa. The Vía Blanca and the Panamericana, both classified as motorways, are part of it. Circuito Sur (CS, Southern Road, code I–2, 491 km): it runs from Artemisa to Sancti Spíritus, through Güira de Melena, Batabanó, Güines, Jagüey Grande, Aguada de Pasajeros, Cienfuegos and Trinidad. Circuito Sur de Oriente (CSO, Southeastern Road, code 6–4 and 6–20, 347 km): it runs from Bayamo to Santiago de Cuba through Manzanillo, Niquero, Pilón and Chivirico. Other more minor state highways are numbered east to west per pre-1970s province, with the numbering system largely going unupdated and unused also after the 70s. The numbers are 1 for Pinar del Río Province, 2 for La Habana Province, 3 for Matanzas Province, 4 for Las Villas Province, 5 for Camagüey Province, and 6 for Oriente Province, with each province having secondary numbers for each road, also going from east to west 1–999. More major highways use the letter "I" as a prefix in front of the secondary number, such as the Circuito Norte (I–3), using 1–I–3, 2–I–3, 3–I–3, 4–I–3, 5–I–3, and 6–I–3. State highways in Cuba include:

Route sign codeCommon name (if any) 1–N–1Carretera Central / Carretera Panamericana 1–I–3Circuito Norte1–11–2Road to Manuel Lazo1–22 2–N–1Carretera Central 2–I–2Circuito Sur 2–I–3Circuito Norte / Autopista Havana–Mariel / Vía Blanca 2–101Carretera 101 / Autopista del Mediodia2–200Road to San Antonio de Los Baños2–300Road of Managua2–400Vía Monumental 3–N–1Carretera Central 3–I–2Circuito Sur 3–I–3Circuito Norte / Vía Blanca 3–I–16Jagüey Grande–Playa Girón Road 4–N–1Carretera Central 4–I–2Circuito Sur 4–I–3Circuito Norte 4–I–16Road of Covadonga 4–I–22Playa Girón–Yaguaramas Road4–4–2Road of Sagua4–66Autopista Sancti Spiritus4–112Villa Clara–Cienfuegos Road4–311Road of Malezas / Santa Clara–Encrucijada Road4–321Santa Clara–Caibarién Road / Road of Camajuaní4–531Sancti Spíritus–Yaguajay Road 5–N–1Carretera Central 5–I–3Circuito Norte 5–I–23Road of Brasil5–445Nuevitas–Camagüey Road 6–N–1Carretera Central 6–I–3Circuito Norte6–4Road to Niquero6–20Gramma Road6–152Bayamo–Las Tunas Road6–922Road of La TintaN–102–CN means "Nacional" (national), with C not having a clear meaning (possibly central but unconfirmed)Road to Maisí

Roadway signage Cuba has acceded to the 1968 United Nations' Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals concerning standardization for its roadway signage.

Roads in Cuba

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