Road infrastructure

The road network in Cuba for automotive transport has an area of ​​52,202 km, of which 17,212 km are paved roads aa for a density of 157 m of paved roads per km2. The network includes 654 km of highways and 400 km of other multilane expressways. It has 3815 bridges, predominantly reinforced concrete (95%).

The Central Highway (N-1) with a total length of 1435 km, built in 1931, covers all the provinces, through their provincial capitals with the exception of Cienfuegos. It is a two-way lanes and a width of 6.30 m in rural areas.

The National Highway (A-1 from Havana eastward, A-4 of the capital westward). Has a total of 597 km and joins passable Havana with the cities of Santa Clara and Sancti Spiritus east and Pinar del Río west. Also crosses the territory of the provinces of Mayabeque, Matanzas and Cienfuegos (east)) and Artemis (westward). Another stretch built connects to Palma Soriano Santiago de Cuba and partially to this city with Guantánamo. The initial project covered the whole island, but was stopped in the 90s.

La Vía Blanca, 4 lanes express highway, 138 km joins Havana to Matanzas and Varadero beach resort, meandering along the northern coast. It was completed in 1960. It is considered the first Cuban highway and is one of the busiest highways.