| Country: | CUB |
| Alternate Name: | National Motorway |
| Type: | A |
| Route: | 1 |
| Map: | Autopistas de Cuba (network map).png |
| Map Notes: | Map of the Cuban motorway network |
| Image Notes: | View of the A1 in Havana |
| Length Km: | 900 |
| Established: | 1979 |
| Direction A: | West |
| Terminus A: | Havana |
| Direction B: | East |
| Terminus B: | Guantánamo |
| Cities: | Havana, San José de las Lajas, Güines, Jagüey Grande, Aguada de Pasajeros, Santa Clara, Placetas, Cabaiguán, Sancti Spíritus, Jatibonico, Ciego de Ávila, Florida, Camagüey, Guáimaro, Las Tunas, Holguín, Bayamo,[1] Contramaestre, Palma Soriano, San Luis, Santiago de Cuba, La Maya, Guantánamo |
The Autopista A1, also known as Autopista Nacional, is a Cuban motorway, partly built, that will link Havana to Guantánamo.[2] It is a toll-free road and its total length will be of about 900km (600miles). Along with the Autopista A4, linking Havana to Pinar del Río, it is classified as part of the whole Autopista Nacional route, spanning the length of the island; as the Carretera Central highway.
The motorway, connected to the A4 via the Havana Ringroad (A2), was opened in 1979 from Havana to Santa Clara. Additional sections (2 in the Oriental region) were opened during the 1980s, but further work was interrupted in 1990 as the economic crisis of the "Special Period" (Spanish; Castilian: Período especial) developed.
The A1, the longest motorway on the island, is a dual carriageway with 6 lanes (8 from Havana to San José de las Lajas), and has some at-grade intersections with rural roads. The operating sections are[3] [2] the Havana-Santa Clara-Sancti Spíritus-Taguasco (354 km, main section), Palma Soriano-Santiago de Cuba (53 km) and La Maya-Guantánamo (41 km, sharing the Carretera Central route for 9 km).
From the exit "Santa Clara-Manicaragua" to Taguasco, the A1 operates with a single carriageway, and from Taguasco to Jatibonico, it is under construction. Other sections under construction, both in Santiago de Cuba Province, are the one from Contramaestre to Palma Soriano, and the one from La Maya to the Palma-Santiago section, ending with the construction of a future interchange. The other section, passing through the provinces of Ciego de Ávila, Camagüey, Las Tunas, Holguín and Granma, has been planned.
| AUTOPISTA A1 (Autopista Nacional) | |||||
| Exit | ↓km↓ | Province | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Habana Centro | 0.0 | Havana | |||
| Habana San Miguel | 0.4 | Havana | |||
| Habana Coyula | 2.1 | Havana | |||
| Habana Carretera del Pitirre | 4.6 | Havana | |||
| Primer Anillo (Havana Ringroad) | 6.1 | Havana | |||
| Habana Santa María del Rosario | 8.3 | Havana | |||
| Habana Cotorro | 12.2 | Havana | |||
| Tapaste-Pedro Pi | 18.5 | Mayabeque | |||
| San José de las Lajas | 22.6 | Mayabeque | |||
| Jaruco-Zenea | 28.2 | Mayabeque | |||
| Catalina de Güines | 31.2 | Mayabeque | |||
| Güines | 42.8 | Mayabeque | |||
| San Nicolás de Bari | 51.2 | Mayabeque | |||
| Rest area "Paladar de Lisette" Rest area "Paladar de Daisy" | 54.1 | Mayabeque | |||
| Rest area "La Cocina Criolla" | 59.8 | Mayabeque | |||
| Vegas | 63.0 | Mayabeque | |||
| Nueva Paz | 71.0 | Mayabeque | |||
| Rest area "Kilómetro 79" | 79.0 | Mayabeque | |||
| Unión de Reyes | 91.0 | Matanzas | |||
| Bolondrón | 104.0 | Matanzas | |||
| Torriente-Pedro Betancourt | 127.0 | Matanzas | |||
| Varadero-Crimea | 135.0 | Matanzas | |||
| Rest area "Kilómetro 141" | 141.2 | Matanzas | |||
| Jagüey Grande | 141.2 | Matanzas | |||
| Calimete | 164.0 | Matanzas | |||
| Rest area "Policentro" | 171.8 | Cienfuegos | |||
| Aguada de Pasajeros | 172.0 | Cienfuegos | |||
| Las Cajas | 183.0 | Cienfuegos | |||
| Cinco de Septiembre-Turquino | 206.0 | Cienfuegos | |||
| Cartagena-Rodas | 213.0 | Cienfuegos | |||
| Piragua | 213.0 | Cienfuegos | |||
| Lajas | 232.0 | Cienfuegos | |||
| Ranchuelo | 249.0 | Villa Clara | |||
| Santa Clara | 261.0 | Villa Clara | |||
| Santa Clara-Manicaragua | 270.0 | Villa Clara | |||
| Báez-Guaracabulla | 296.0 | Villa Clara | 1 cgw. | ||
| Placetas-Fomento | 302.0 | Villa Clara | 1 cgw. | ||
| Cabaiguán-Placetas | 323.0 | Sancti Spíritus | 1 cgw. | ||
| Cabaiguán | 329.0 | Sancti Spíritus | 1 cgw. | ||
| Guayos | 332.0 | Sancti Spíritus | 1 cgw. | ||
| Sancti Spíritus–Yaguajay | 336.0 | Sancti Spíritus | |||
| Zaza del Medio | 343.0 | Sancti Spíritus | 1 cgw. | ||
| Siguaney | 349.0 | Sancti Spíritus | 1 cgw. | ||
| Taguasco | 354.0 | Sancti Spíritus | 1 cgw. | ||
| Jatibonico | 365.0 | Sancti Spíritus | |||
| Jatibonico–Camagüey–Holguín–Contramaestre section (planned: listed possible future exits) | |||||
| Majagua | Ciego de Ávila | ||||
| Jicotea | Ciego de Ávila | ||||
| Ciego de Ávila | 407 | Ciego de Ávila | |||
| Baraguá-Colorado | Ciego de Ávila | ||||
| Gaspar | Ciego de Ávila | ||||
| Céspedes | Camagüey | ||||
| Florida | Camagüey | ||||
| Camagüey Oeste | Camagüey | ||||
| Camagüey Este | 512 | Camagüey | |||
| Jimaguayú | Camagüey | ||||
| Siboney | Camagüey | ||||
| Sibanicú | Camagüey | ||||
| Cascorro | Camagüey | ||||
| Guáimaro | Camagüey | ||||
| Bartle-Jobabo | Las Tunas | ||||
| Las Tunas | 620 | Las Tunas | |||
| Calixto | Las Tunas | ||||
| Majibacoa | Las Tunas | ||||
| Buenaventura | Holguín | ||||
| Holguín-Maceo | 673 | Holguín | |||
| Cacocum | Holguín | ||||
| Cauto Cristo | Granma | ||||
| Bayamo-Babiney | 713 | Granma | |||
| Jiguaní | Granma | ||||
| Contramaestre–Palma–San Luis–Santiago section | |||||
| Contramaestre | 0.0 | Santiago | |||
| Laguna Blanca | 5.9 | Santiago | |||
| Oriente | 18.2 | Santiago | |||
| Candonga | 22.9 | Santiago | |||
| Palma Soriano-Dos Ríos | 29.2 | Santiago | 1 cgw. | ||
| Palma Soriano | 32.2 | Santiago | 1 cgw. | ||
| Rest area | 39.1 | Santiago | 1 cgw. | ||
| San Luis | 44.6 | Santiago | |||
| Dos Caminos | 52.7 | Santiago | |||
| to Guantánamo | 54.0 | Santiago | |||
| El Cristo | 59.6 | Santiago | |||
| Bonaito | 66.3 | Santiago | |||
| Santiago Cubitas | 68.2 | Santiago | |||
| Santiago Centro | 70.3 | Santiago | |||
| Santiago Universidad de Oriente | 71.5 | Santiago | |||
| Santiago-El Caney | 72.7 | Santiago | |||
| Santiago-Siboney | 75.0 | Santiago | |||
| Santiago 30 de Noviembre | 76.7 | Santiago | |||
| Santiago Chicharrones | 78.4 | Santiago | |||
| Santiago Aeropuerto | 82.3 | Santiago | |||
| San Luis–La Maya–Guantánamo section | |||||
| to Santiago / San Luis | 0.0 | Santiago | |||
| Santa Cruz | 4.9 | Santiago | |||
| Alto Songo | 8.4 | Santiago | |||
| La Maya (new) | 14.4 | Santiago | |||
| La Maya | 20.7 | Santiago | 1 cgw. | ||
| La Sabana | 25.0 | Santiago | 1 cgw. | ||
| Los Reynaldos | 28.6 | Santiago | 1 cgw. | ||
| La Perla | 34.8 | Santiago | 1 cgw. | ||
| Yerba de Guinea | 38.5 | Santiago | |||
| Costa Rica | 42.8 | Guantánamo | |||
| Niceto Pérez | 47.7 | Guantánamo | |||
| Guantánamo Oeste | 59.2 | Guantánamo | |||
| Guantánamo | 61.5 | Guantánamo | |||