# Road of Malezas

The Road of Malezas (Spanish: Carretera de Malezas), also spelled Road of Maleza (Spanish: Carretera de Maleza), is a north–south Cuban state highway connecting the municipalities of Santa Clara to Encrucijada in Villa Clara Province.

## History

In April 2022, villages along the road have been without public transportation for over a month, with an estimate of 30,000 residents in the towns of Jardin, Padagogico, Las Flores, and El Sopapo, due to a fuel crisis in Cuba so bad that it's being compared to the Special Period.
In June 2024, at 2:00am, a tourist bus hit a loose cow on the road, killing it. This type of accident is apparently common on this road, especially late at night and early in the morning.

## Route

* 4-311 about when entering Encrucijada Sur
* 4-311 seen when entering the exit to the Road to Santa Clara Airport
* Junction with the Road to Calabazar with a school in Dos Hermanas on the right
The road starts in the city of Santa Clara from Calle Pazos and the junction with the Avenida Eduardo Chibas, which later goes into the Road to Sagua. It has a redlight at the junction with the Santa Clara Beltway, and after goes above the railway lines north of Santa Clara, where its known as the El Elevado Bridge. It goes through several villages, then has two junctions to get the Abel Santamaría Airport, then continues across two more villages, and then enters the municipality of Encrucijada, where it continues across three more villages until the town of Dos Hermanas, where it has a junction going to Calabazar de Sagua, and the road continues until Encrucijada, going under the newly made Encrucijada Beltway (part of the Circuito Norte), the road to Abel Santamaria, and finally ends at the Calzada de Maceo as the 6ta Avenida Sur.
* Art of Encrucijada seen on the junction with the Encrucijada Beltway (CN)
* Mural seen under the Encrucijada Beltway (CN) bridge on northbound
* Mural seen under the Encrucijada Beltway (CN) bridge on southbound
* 6ta del Sur street sign seen when its a part of the 4–311
The section going from the Santa Clara Beltway to El Elevado is known to be full of potholes and mud, causing four people traveling in a privately owned Lada to crash into a traffic sign on the road.
| Municipality | Location | km | mi | Destination | Notes |
| Santa Clara | Santa Clara | 0.00 | 0.00 | Avenida Eduardo Chibás – Cifuentes, Sagua La Grande | |
| Santa Clara | Santa Clara | 0.20 | 0.12 | Calle 5ta | |
| Santa Clara | Santa Clara | 0.29 | 0.18 | Calle C (Detour of Malezas) | |
| Santa Clara | Santa Clara | 0.83 | 0.52 | Calle 17 | |
| Santa Clara | Santa Clara | 0.98 | 0.61 | Calle 19 | |
| Santa Clara | Santa Clara | 1.17 | 0.73 | Callejón del Prado | |
| Santa Clara | Santa Clara | 1.50 | 0.93 | Santa Clara Beltway / To 4–N–1 (Carretera Central) | |
| Santa Clara | Santa Clara | 2.04 | 1.27 | El Elevado Bridge | El Elevado Bridge |
| Santa Clara | | 4.17 | 2.59 | Ciudad Escolar Ernesto Che Guevara | |
| Santa Clara | | 4.25 | 2.64 | Club of the MININT | |
| Santa Clara | Ovidio Rivero | 5.47 | 3.40 | Calle 7ma | |
| Santa Clara | El Jardin | 6.08 | 3.78 | Calle 14 | |
| Santa Clara | El Jardin | 6.11 | 3.80 | Calle 8va | |
| Santa Clara | | 6.95 | 4.32 | | |
| Santa Clara | Parroquia | 7.32 | 4.55 | Calle 4ta | |
| Santa Clara | Las Minas | 7.68 | 4.77 | |
| Santa Clara | Malezas | 8.73 | 5.42 | Calle F | |
| Santa Clara | La Guayaba | 8.99 | 5.59 | Calle H | |
| Santa Clara | La Guayaba | 9.04 | 5.62 | Calle J | |
| Santa Clara | La Guayaba | 9.11 | 5.66 | Calle K – Los Lagos | |
| Santa Clara | La Guayaba | 9.17 | 5.70 | Santa Clara Air Base | |
| Santa Clara | La Guayaba | 9.26 | 5.75 | Santa Clara Air Base | |
| Santa Clara | | 9.40 | 5.84 | Los Lagos | |
| Santa Clara | Oropesa | 10.33 | 6.42 | Calle 5ta | |
| Santa Clara | Oropesa | 10.36 | 6.44 | Original Road to the Airport – Abel Santamaría Airport | Official address is kilometer 11 of the Road of Malezas |
| Santa Clara | Frank Pais | 10.97 | 6.82 | Calle 6ta | |
| Santa Clara | Frank Pais | 11.5 | 7.15 | | |
| Santa Clara | Frank Pais | 11.12 | 6.91 | Calle 12 | |
| Santa Clara | Frank Pais | 11.19 | 6.95 | Calle 14 Oeste | |
| Santa Clara | Frank Pais | 11.25 | 6.99 | Club of the FAR | |
| Santa Clara | Frank Pais | 11.60 | 7.21 | Loma La Bayoya | |
| Santa Clara | Frank Pais | 11.83 | 7.35 | Road to Santa Clara Airport – Abel Santamaría Airport, Camajuaní, Cayo Santa María | |
| Santa Clara | | 12.08 | 7.51 | | |
| Santa Clara | San Miguel | 12.85 | 7.98 | | |
| Santa Clara | San Miguel | 12.99 | 8.07 | Calle A | |
| Santa Clara | San Miguel | 13.32 | 8.28 | Calle 8va | |
| Santa Clara | San Miguel | 13.77 | 8.56 | Camino los Cocos | |
| Santa Clara | Estancia Vieja | 15.92 | 9.89 | Calle 6ta | |
| Santa Clara | Estancia Vieja | 15.98 | 9.93 | Calle 7ma | |
| Encrucijada | San Francisco | 18.01 | 11.19 | To Military Base |
| Encrucijada | El Chivo | 19.71 | 12.25 | Calle C | |
| Encrucijada | Marties de Angola | 21.66 | 13.46 | Calle 4ta | |
| Encrucijada | Marties de Angola | 21.85 | 13.58 | Calle 2da | |
| Encrucijada | | 22.21 | 13.80 | Road to Braulio Coroneaux | |
| Encrucijada | Dos Hermanas | 22.88 | 14.22 | Road to Calabazar – Calabazar de Sagua | |
| Encrucijada | Encrucijada | 26.74 | 16.62 | Road to El Mosquito – El Mosquito | |
| Encrucijada | Encrucijada | 26.90 | 16.71 | Circunvalación de Encrucijada (Circuito Norte) | |
| Encrucijada | Encrucijada | 27.14 | 16.86 | Avenida 8va del Este – Abel Santamaria | |
| Encrucijada | Encrucijada | 27.25 | 16.93 | Avenida 4ta del Este | |
| Encrucijada | Encrucijada | 27.37 | 17.01 | 4–I–3(Calzada de Maceo) | Continues as 6ta Avenida Sur |

## Related roads
### Desvío de Maleza

The Desvío de Maleza (Detour of Maleza), also known as Calle C is a north-south street in Santa Clara. It starts at the Road of Malezas, heading south until the Avenida Liberación.

### 1ra de Maleza

The 1ra de Maleza (1st of Maleza) is a north-south street right before entering the town limits of Encrucijada. It is unpaved starting from the south from the Road of Malezas and heading north with no outlet.

### Carretera de Maleza Interior

The Carretera de Maleza Interior (Inner Road of Malezas) is a north-south street in the town of Encrucijada. It is unpaved starting from the south from the Road of Malezas and heading north with no outlet.