The Santa Clara–Caibarién Road (4–321), also known as the Road of Camajuaní is a Cuban state highway connecting the cities of Santa Clara to Caibarién. It starts at a roundabout with the Avenida Liberacion and the Santa Clara Beltway in Santa Clara, to continues east through the settlements of Minagric, Los Moros, La Granjita, El Gigante, the University of Las Villas, Camilo Cienfuegos, Los Güiros, Los Paragüitas, El Amparo, El Berro, Crucero Carmita, Blanquizal, Tarafa, Monte de la Coja, Camajuaní, El Níspero, Entronque de Vueltas, Muelas Quietas, Taguayabón, Aguanó, El Chalet, Remedios, Marcelo Salado, and finally reaches Caibarién.[1]
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| Santa Clara–Caibarién Road | |
.png) The Road seen in blue on OpenStreetMap | |
.jpg) Road in Remedios | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 52.33 km (32.52 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| West end | Circunvalación de Santa Clara |
Road to Santa Clara Airport CN (then joins with it) | |
| East end | CN (Calle 34) / Avenida 9 |
| Location | |
| Country | Cuba |
| Provinces | Villa Clara |
| Municipalities | Santa Clara, Camajuaní, Remedios, Caibarién |
| Highway system | |
History
editIn June 2024, in Crucero Carmita on the 4–321, a tourist Transgaviota bus, coming from Cayo Santa María to the Abel Santamaría Airport, and a privately owned car crashed into each other, with 26 injuries and 1 death, with it being suggested the car went into the left lane, which is common in the region.[2][3][4]
Also in June 2024, residents living nearby the road, in the Santa Clara-Camajuani area, protests and blocked the road due to lack of drinking water in the region for 50 days.[5] Residents have been seen getting buckets of water going along the road in order to have drinking water.[6] Sources say over 3,500 people living in neighborhoods around the road have been affected in an over 68 day period.[7]
Route
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| Municipality | Location | km | mi | Destination | Notes |
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| Santa Clara | Santa Clara | 0 | 0 |   Santa Clara Beltway / To CC / To Carret. Malezas
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Continues onto Avenida Liberacion |
| 2.28 | Textilera Texvi | ||||
| 2.99 | Ciudad Escolar Che Guevara | ||||
| 4.32 | Calle Lazaro Cardenas – Lazaro Cardenas School | ||||
| 4.83 | (4–431) Calle 5ta | ||||
| 5.35 | University of Las Villas entrance | ||||
| 6.22 | University of Las Villas sports section | ||||
| 6.29 | University of Las Villas agriculture facilities | ||||
| 6.52 | Alley of Los Patos – Callejon de los Patos, Camilo Cienfuegos | ||||
| Los Guiros | 9.11 | Calle 1ra – Crucero Margot | |||
| El Amparo | 12.86 | PLOMAC | |||
| 14.96 | Road to Cayo Santa María – Abel Santamaría Airport, Encrucijada | ||||
| 15.96 | Salaminas Matadero Alamo | ||||
| El Berro | 16.28 | Campismo Minerva, Embalse Minerva | |||
| Santa Clara-Camajuaní border | 17.04 | Sagua la Chica River Bridge | |||
| Camajuaní | Crucero Carmita | 17.65 | Road to Luis Arcos Bergnes – Luis Arcos Bergnes, Vega Alta | #1343 train tourist attraction located at junction | |
| Santa Fe | 19.88 | Santa Fe Curve | |||
| 20.49 | Road of Corona – Corona | ||||
| 22.85 | Camajuaní River Bridge | ||||
| Camajuaní | 24.58 | La Quinta Road – El Bosque, La Quinta | |||
| 25.42 |  Calle General Naya / 4–401 – Arroyo Frio, José María Pérez, Sabana, Placetas
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| 26.13 | Calle Leoncio Vidal | ||||
| Entronque de Vueltas | 29.32 | CN – Vega de Palma, Vueltas, Aguada de Moya
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CN merges with the 4–321 | ||
| Taguayabón | 33.12 | Calle José Rivadeneira Blanco | |||
| 36.20 | Palenque Heights | ||||
| 36.72 | Palenque | ||||
| Remedios | 39.08 | Martires de Angola School | |||
| Remedios | 42.37 | Remedios Beltway (CN) – Zulueta, Placetas
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4-321 continues into the town of Remedios, CN goes into beltway | ||
| 43.53 |  Road to Zulueta – Zulueta, Placetas
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| 44.22 | Calle Enrique Malaret – Jinaguayabo, Playa Jinaguayabo | ||||
| 44.22 | Calle Camilo Cienfuegos – Rojas, Guajabana | ||||
| 44.62 | Avenida Marcelo Salado | ||||
| 45.18 | Remedios Beltway (CN)
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CN merges back with the 4–321, Dolphin fountain tourist attraction | |||
| 46.20 | Remedios 110kv, Batería Grupo Electrógeno Remedios | ||||
| Caibarién | 47.85 | ||||
| 47.89 | Curva de Waterloo | ||||
| Caibarién | 49.43 | Calle F | |||
| 49.65 | Calle 9 / Calle A / Calle 8 | ||||
| 49.90 | Calle 4 | ||||
| 50.18 | Calle 1 | ||||
| 50.50 | Caibarien Remedios Road | ||||
| 51.82 | Calle 42 | ||||
| 51.94 | Calle 5ta / Calle 40 | ||||
| 52.33 | 32.52 | Avenida 9 / CN (Calle 34)
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Continues as Avenida 11 | ||
References
edit- ^ "OpenStreetMap". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ "Un fallecido y 26 lesionados en accidente de tránsito en Camajuaní, Villa Clara". Granma.cu (in Spanish). 2024-06-03. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ "Ómnibus de Transgaviota destroza un auto en Camajuaní, Villa Clara dejando un muerto y varios heridos". AmericaTeve (in Spanish). 2024-06-03. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ Pérez, Con información de Henry Omar. "Accidente de tránsito en Camajuaní deja un fallecido y 26 lesionados". CMHW (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ Leonor Gómez, Amalia. "Cubanos protagonizan protesta por falta de agua en Villa Clara (+VIDEO)". Cubanos por el Mundo. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ^ DDC (2024-06-13). "Vecinos de Santa Clara cortan una carretera en protesta tras 50 días sin agua potable | DIARIO DE CUBA". diariodecuba.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ Hernández, Normando (2024-07-27). "Barrios de la carretera a Camajuaní llevan más de dos meses sin recibir agua". ICLEP (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-26.