# Autopista A1 (Cuba)

The Autopista A1, also known as Autopista Nacional, is a Cuban motorway, partly built, that will link Havana to Guantánamo. It is a toll-free road and its total length will be of about 900 km (560 mi). 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.

## History

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: Período especial) developed.

## Route

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 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) (link to Havana-Pinar and other motorways) | 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 (Jamaica - Universidad Agraria) | 22.6 | Mayabeque | |
| Jaruco-Zenea (to San José de las Lajas south) | 28.2 | Mayabeque | |
| Catalina de Güines (to Madruga and the Carretera Central) | 31.2 | Mayabeque | |
| Güines | 42.8 | Mayabeque | |
| San Nicolás de Bari | 51.2 | Mayabeque | |
| Rest area "Paladar de Lisette" (eastbound) Rest area "Paladar de Daisy" (westbound) | 54.1 | Mayabeque | |
| Rest area "La Cocina Criolla" | 59.8 | Mayabeque | |
| Vegas (to San Nicolás, on the Circuito Sur) | 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 (road to Varadero via Jovellanos and Cárdenas) | 135.0 | Matanzas | |
| Rest area "Kilómetro 141" | 141.2 | Matanzas | |
| Jagüey Grande (to the Ciénaga de Zapata) | 141.2 | Matanzas | |
| Calimete | 164.0 | Matanzas | |
| Rest area "Policentro" | 171.8 | Cienfuegos | |
| Aguada de Pasajeros (to Cienfuegos and Circuito Sur) | 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 (to Cienfuegos) | 249.0 | Villa Clara | |
| Santa Clara ( 6-km ringroad to Santa Clara city center) | 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 (Carretera Central) | 323.0 | Sancti Spíritus | 1 cgw. |
| Cabaiguán | 329.0 | Sancti Spíritus | 1 cgw. |
| Guayos | 332.0 | Sancti Spíritus | 1 cgw. |
| Sancti Spíritus–Yaguajay ( 10-km motorway to Sancti Spíritus city center) | 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 (under construction) | 365.0 | Sancti Spíritus | |
| Jatibonico–Camagüey–Holguín–Contramaestre section (planned: listed possible future exits) ||||||
| Majagua (planned) | | Ciego de Ávila | |
| Jicotea (planned) | | Ciego de Ávila | |
| Ciego de Ávila (planned) (to Morón) | 407 (ca.) | Ciego de Ávila | |
| Baraguá-Colorado (planned) | | Ciego de Ávila | |
| Gaspar (planned) | | Ciego de Ávila | |
| Céspedes (planned) | | Camagüey | |
| Florida (planned) | | Camagüey | |
| Camagüey Oeste (planned) | | Camagüey | |
| Camagüey Este (planned) | 512 (ca.) | Camagüey | |
| Jimaguayú (planned) | | Camagüey | |
| Siboney (planned) | | Camagüey | |
| Sibanicú (planned) | | Camagüey | |
| Cascorro (planned) | | Camagüey | |
| Guáimaro (planned) | | Camagüey | |
| Bartle-Jobabo (planned) | | Las Tunas | |
| Las Tunas (planned) | 620 (ca.) | Las Tunas | |
| Calixto (planned) | | Las Tunas | |
| Majibacoa (planned) | | Las Tunas | |
| Buenaventura (planned) | | Holguín | |
| Holguín-Maceo (planned, not finalized) (possible ringroad to Holguín city center) | 673 (ca.) | Holguín | |
| Cacocum (planned, not finalized) | | Holguín | |
| Cauto Cristo (planned, not finalized) | | Granma | |
| Bayamo-Babiney (planned, not finalized) (to Manzanillo, possible ringroad to Bayamo city center) | 713 (ca.) | Granma | |
| Jiguaní (planned, not finalized) | | Granma | |
| Contramaestre–Palma–San Luis–Santiago section ||||||
| Contramaestre (under construction) | 0.0 (738 ca.) | Santiago | |
| Laguna Blanca (under construction) | 5.9 | Santiago | |
| Oriente (under construction) | 18.2 | Santiago | |
| Candonga (under construction) | 22.9 | Santiago | |
| Palma Soriano-Dos Ríos | 29.2 | Santiago | 1 cgw. |
| Palma Soriano | 32.2 (770 ca.) | Santiago | 1 cgw. |
| Rest area | 39.1 | Santiago | 1 cgw. |
| San Luis | 44.6 (782 ca.) | Santiago | |
| Dos Caminos (Carretera Central) | 52.7 | Santiago | |
| to Guantánamo (planned) | 54.0 (792 ca.) | Santiago | |
| El Cristo (to Guantánamo and Alto Songo) | 59.6 | Santiago | |
| Bonaito | 66.3 | Santiago | |
| Santiago Cubitas | 68.2 | Santiago | |
| Santiago Centro ( 2-km beltway to Santiago city center) | 70.3 (808 ca.) | 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 (820 ca.) | Santiago | |
| San Luis–La Maya–Guantánamo section ||||||
| to Santiago / San Luis (planned) | 0.0 (792 ca.) | Santiago | |
| Santa Cruz (planned) | 4.9 | Santiago | |
| Alto Songo (under construction) | 8.4 | Santiago | |
| La Maya (new) (under construction) | 14.4 | Santiago | |
| La Maya | 20.7 (813 ca.) | 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 | CC route |
| Costa Rica | 42.8 | Guantánamo | CC route |
| Niceto Pérez | 47.7 | Guantánamo | CC route |
| Guantánamo Oeste | 59.2 | Guantánamo | |
| Guantánamo | 61.5 (853 ca.) | Guantánamo | |