| Country: | CUB |
| Circunvalación de Santa Clara | |
| Map: | Santa Clara Beltway (OpenStreetMap).png |
| Map Notes: | Santa Clara Beltway seen in blue, with where each major junction leads to |
| Image Notes: | Santa Clara Beltway seen in Virginia |
| Municipalities: | Santa Clara |
| Provinces: | Villa Clara |
| Translation: | Beltway of Santa Clara |
| Junctions: | A1–1 CC (west, to Esperanza) 4–221 4–311 4–321 CC (east, to Placetas) 4–474 |
| Beltway City: | Santa Clara, Cuba |
The Santa Clara Beltway is a ring road encircling the city of Santa Clara, Cuba. The road is 2 lanes on both sides, with a central divider in the middle. It is commonly known as simply the Circunvalación de Santa Clara (Santa Clara Beltway), although officially its split into the Circunvalación Norte and Circunvalación Sur (North Beltway and South Beltway).
After the Cuban Revolution, the beltway was created, along with other roads being made, including making the Avenida 26 de Julio into a 2 lane road on both sides, and later, making access to the Autopista Nacional, by the Autopista Santa Clara.[1]
In 2015, both the Circunvalación Norte and Circunvalación Sur were considered two of the 22 dangerous sections in Villa Clara Province, with the Circunvalación Norte having 14 accidents, two deaths, and 17 people injured, and the Circunvalación Sur having 9 accidents and 6 people injured.[2]
In 2019, the section of the road coming in between the roundabouts of Santa Clara–Sagua Road and the Carretera de Maleza was inspected, and was found to be in need of minor fixes, including fissures and low severity cracks, along with not enough road signs along the section of the road.[3]
In 2022, a cyclist died on the road due to a resident in a Peugeot speeding at an estimate NaNkm (-2,147,483,648miles) per hour.[4] Later the same year, a car fell roof first into the Belico River bridge due to a technical failure of the vehicle, with two people inside only one person fainted and the other seemed to be fine.[5]
During tourist seasons, it is known for the road, and the region in general, to be more unsafe, with an accident happening in summer 2024, at the roundabout with the Carretera Central, to Esperanza, in front of the 12 plantas building in Santa Clara.[6] [7]
| Municipality | Ward | km | mi | Destination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara | Condado Sur | A1–1 / Avenida 9 de Abril (Calle San Miguel) / To A1 – Havana | |||
| Avenida de los Desfiles | |||||
| Carretera Los Caneyes / Prolongacion Marta Abreu | |||||
| Calle Oquendo | |||||
| Virginia / Jose Marti | Avenida Abel Santamaria / Calle Oria | ||||
| CC – Antón Díaz, Esperanza, Varadero, Matanzas | |||||
| Carretera de la Planta Mecánica / Subplanta | |||||
| Aeropuerto | 4–221 / Avenida Eduardo Chibas – Cifuentes, Sagua La Grande | ||||
| Calle Guamajal – Guamajal | |||||
| 4–311 – Abel Santamaría Airport,Encrucijada, Calabazar de Sagua | |||||
| Capiro - Santa Catalina | 4–321 / Avenida Liberacion – Cayo Santa María | ||||
| Sandino | Linea | ||||
| CC – Placetas | |||||
| Escambray | Carretera del Guacalote | ||||
| Carretera del Acueducto / Prolongación de Colón – Boquerones, Rebacadero | |||||
| 4–474 – Mataguá, Manicaragua, Fomento, Trinidad |