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| Road to Cayo Santamaría | |
|---|---|
 The Courseway of Cayo Santa María | |
| Route information | |
| Existed | 2000–present |
| Major junctions | |
| East end | Abel Santamaría Airport |
| West end | Cayo Santa María |
| Location | |
| Country | Cuba |
| Provinces | Villa Clara |
| Municipalities | Santa Clara, Camajuaní, Remedios, Caibarién |
| Towns | Cayo Santa María |
| Villages | Bartolomé (planned), José María Pérez (planned) |
| Highway system | |
The Road to Cayo Santa María is a road that was planned to go from the Abel Santamaría Airport to Cayo Santa María in order to get tourist from the airport to the hotels faster and safer. The road currently has two parts and is under construction. The first section is commonly known as the Road to the Santa Clara Airport, which goes from the airport to the Road to Camajuaní. The second section starts from the Circuito Norte, and goes east on the part known as the Cayo Santa María Courseway and continues until the middle of the Cayo Santa María.
Plan
In 1989, Fidel Castro states plans on making roads to connect to the provinces keys and make it a tourist area, with construction of the Causeway starting later that year. The Causeway finished paving all 48km in 2000, becoming the longest Courseway in the world and has been awarded the Puente de Alcántara prize for the "Best Ibero-American Civil Works", for its size, structure, and engineering in an area of great economic potential and its integration into the natural landscape. [1]
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The road from the airport was first planned to be 53 km and go directly from the airport to the Causeway, with it going south of the Road to Camajuaní and the Circuito Norte, near the towns of Bartolomé and Rojas, on the Remedios–Zulueta Road (4–641).[2] The plan was suppose to be revived in 2011, with 15km already built beforehand, they just needed the final touches for it to get approved for the economy of next year,[3] although the road is currently only under construction in the eastern intersection with the Circuito Norte, and nothing appears to be done in the west. Once finished, the whole road going from the airport to Santa María would be about 106 km.
Route
| Exit | ↓km↓ | Municipality | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Abel Santamaría Airport
|
0 | Santa Clara | |
 Santa Clara– Encrucijada Road
|
3 | Santa Clara | No official exit going east on the airport road, although it is common for people to go on the grass in the median. |
 Road to Camajuaní
|
15 | Santa Clara | |
 Road to El Fe (planned)
|
? | Camajuaní | 
|
 Remedios–Zulueta Road (planned)
|
? | Remedios |
|
| Circuito Norte | 53 | Caibarién | |
| Las Brujas Airport
|
91 | Caibarién |
References
- ^ "Caibarien causeway, a dream come true - Covering Cuba Tourism & Travel, Food & Cuisine, Culture, Health, Business, Events". www.cubaplusmagazine.com. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- ^ "Nueva carretera favorecerá desarrollo turístico de la cayería norte de Villa Clara". CiberCuba (in Spanish). 2011-12-11. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- ^ García Santos, Nelson (2011-12-08). "Construirán carretera que conecta los cayos con Santa Clara". Juventud Rebelde.