Vía Blanca
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Vía Blanca (I-3[1][2]) is a highway in northern Cuba, connecting the capital city of Havana and the city of Matanzas. A second section extends eastwards from Matanzas to the tourist town of Varadero and to Cárdenas. Even if it is a motorway (autopista), it is part of the national highway named "Circuito Norte" (CN).
History
The motorway, connected to the A2 (Havana Ring Road), was opened in 1960. Its construction begun in 1945 with the bridge of Bacunayagua,[3] on the Mayabeque/Matanzas province border. This is the highest Cuban bridge and was completed in 1960.
Route
Overview
It is mostly a four lane highway, with some divided sections. It runs east-west for 85 km between Havana and Matanzas, crossing the town of Santa Cruz del Norte, and an additional 53 km east to Varadero, at the northern tip of Peninsula de Hicacos (the section between Matanzas and Varadero is a toll road). Most of the highway runs along the Straits of Florida shoreline. This is one of the busiest highways in Cuba, as it joins the two tourist destinations of Havana and Varadero.
Description
Vía Blanca starts at the Ciudad Deportiva, on the south-western side of Havana, between Cerro and Diez de Octubre. It runs for 12 km through Luyanó and Old Havana border, the harbour area, Regla and Guanabacoa, before crossing the Vía Monumental in Habana del Este. A brief section in Luyanó includes the route of the Carretera Central highway.
The motorway-type section (Script error: No such module "convert".) starts in Havana, on a roundabout (Rotonda de Cojímar) before the Monumental, and ends north of Cárdenas. In Matanzas city center it crosses the seafront. It is a dual carriageway road, with four lanes for almost the entire route, but there are six lanes for a short section in east Havana. It has some at-grade intersections with rural roads. The exit at Varadero is the starting point of an 18-km long beltway, named Autopista Sur ("South Motorway"), that runs through the town.
The table below shows the exits of the motorway-type section of the Vía Blanca:
| AUTOPISTA "VÍA BLANCA" | |||||
| Exit | ↓km↓ | Province | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Habana Redonda Cojímar | 0.0 | Havana | |||
| File:AB-Kreuz-grün.svg File:Autopista A2 Cuba.svg Primer Anillo (Havana Beltway) (Vía Monumental - link to other motorways)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1.2 | Havana | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Habana Alamar | 3.3 | Havana | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Habana Bacuranao-Celimar | 7.0 | Havana | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Habana Tarará | 10.7 | Havana | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Habana Mégano | 11.6 | Havana | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Habana Santa María del Mar | 12.4 | Havana | |||
| File:AB-Tank.svgFile:AB-Rast.svg Rest area "Guanabo" | 16.9 | Mayabeque | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg File:2–351 Cuba.png Habana Guanabo | 17.0 | Havana | |||
| File:AB-Rast.svg Rest area | 18.0 | Havana | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Habana Peñas Altas-Veneciana (to Guanabo East)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
19.6 | Havana | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Habana Brisas del Mar | 20.5 | Havana | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Playa del Muerto (Boca de Jaruco Oil Field)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
26.2 | Mayabeque | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Boca de Jaruco | 31.4 | Mayabeque | |||
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39.2 | Mayabeque | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg File:2–681 Cuba.png Santa Cruz del Norte | 41.5 | Mayabeque | |||
| File:AB-Tank.svgFile:AB-Rast.svg Rest area "Servicentro Vía Blanca" | 42.7 | Mayabeque | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg File:2–601 Cuba.png Santa Cruz del Norte-Jaruco (Camilo Cienfuegos - to San José de las Lajas)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
42.8 | Mayabeque | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg El Fraile | 47.5 | Mayabeque | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg File:2–711 Cuba.png Playa Jibacoa | 50.3 | Mayabeque | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Concuní | 52.5 | Mayabeque | |||
| File:AB-Rast.svg Rest area "Quiosco Guarapiña Gil Alberto" | 56.5 | Mayabeque | |||
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57.8 | Mayabeque | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Batey San Juan | 60.3 | Mayabeque | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Puerto Escondido | 64.2 | Mayabeque | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Bacunayagua | 66.7 | Mayabeque | |||
| File:AB-Tank.svgFile:AB-Rast.svg Mirador de Bacunayagua (overlooking point of Bacunayagua Bridge)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
69.1 | Mayabeque | |||
| File:AB-Brücke.svg Puente de Bacunayagua | 69.2 | Mayabeque Matanzas |
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| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Bacunayagua Este | 71.8 | Matanzas[4] | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Rincón Moderno | 74.9 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-Rast.svg Rest area "Restaurante La Criolla" | 77.9 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Valle del Yumurí (San Roque - San Valentín)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
83.4 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Matanzas Puerto | 87.0 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Matanzas Versalles | 88.2 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Matanzas Centro | 89.1 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Matanzas La Playa | 90.6 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg File:N–1 Cuba.png Matanzas Calle 129-Cuevas de Bellamar | 91.6 | Matanzas | CC routeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg File:N–1 Cuba.png Matanzas Peñas Altas | 93.5 | Matanzas | CC routeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Matanzas Reynold García | 95.7 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Matanzas Universidad | 97.0 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Canímar | 97.8 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-Brücke.svg Puente de Canímar | 98.1 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg San Felipe | 98.3 | Matanzas | |||
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39.2 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg El Mamey | 99.5 | Matanzas | |||
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106.0 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Boca de Camarioca-Camarioca | 115.0 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Boca de Camarioca | 116.0 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Julián Alemán | 118.0 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-Maut-Grenze.svg Toll plaza | 118.5 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero-Playa Caleta | 121.0 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero (File:AB-Kreuz-grün.svg 18-km beltway to Varadero town center)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
124.0 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Santa Marta | 125.0 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Santa Marta Parque Industrial | 127.0 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Guásimas-Humberto Álvarez | 129.0 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Cárdenas Cementerio | 135.0 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Cárdenas Brisas del Mar (Cárdenas City Hospital)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
136.0 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Cárdenas Centro | 138.0 | Matanzas | |||
| Vía Blanca – Varadero City Beltway (Autopista Sur) | |||||
| Exit | ↓km↓ | Province | Note | ||
| File:AB-Kreuz-grün.svg Varadero–Vía Blanca (main route)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 0.0 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Oeste | 0.5 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Calle 17-Isla del Sur | 1.0 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Calle 24 | 1.5 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Calle 30 | 2.0 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Calle 36-Terminal de Ómnibus | 2.5 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Parque Central | 3.3 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Parque Josone | 4.1 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Avenida Primera | 5.0 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Calle K | 6.6 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Golf Club | 8.6 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Plaza America | 9.2 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Sol Elite Palmeras | 10.0 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Bella Vista | 10.6 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Ocean Vista | 10.9 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Naviti Beach Club | 11.1 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Arena Doradas/British Caribe | 12.1 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Muthu Playa/Turquesa | 12.5 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Delfinarium | 13.1 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Camino Milián | 13.6 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Aguas Azules | 14.0 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Hicacos | 14.3 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Varahicacos | 15.6 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Memories | 16.5 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Meliá Península | 17.1 | Matanzas | |||
| File:AB-AS-grün.svg Varadero Meliá Marina | 18.0 | Matanzas | |||
See also
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References
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- ↑ Cuban defenses – Via Blanca (Spanish)
- ↑ Note: the village is in Mayabeque Province, the exit in Matanzas' one
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External links
- Guije.com: Vía Blanca on guije.com — (with photos)