The State Highway 4-112, also known as the Villa Clara-Cienfuegos Road, Esperanza-Cienfuegos Road, or simply the 112[1][2] is a Cuban north-south highway which links the village of Esperanza and the Carretera Central, with the Autopista A1 to the city of Cienfuegos and the Circuito Sur. The road is considered the interprovincial road of Cienfuegos Province, [3] with it being the only road to directly connect it to the Carretera Central.
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| Esperanza-Cienfuegos Road | |
| 4-112 | |
 Road in blue from Esperanza to Cienfuegos | |
.jpg) 4-112 in Cruces | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 53 km (33 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| North end |  Carretera Central (Esperanza) |
 Autopista A1 | |
| South end | Circuito Sur (Cienfuegos) |
| Location | |
| Country | Cuba |
| Provinces | Villa Clara, Cienfuegos |
| Municipalities | Ranchuelo, Cruces, Palmira, Cienfuegos |
| Highway system | |
History
editThe Camino Real of Cienfuegos – Santa Clara became the first road connecting the 2 cities, with the 4–112 being the same general, from Cienfuegos to Cruces to Villa Clara, route.[4] The first part of the road on the Avienda 26 de julio was the former Camino Real, which turned into the 4–112, and then continues onto the former Camino a Ranchuelo.[5]
Route
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The 4-112 starts at the Carretera Central in Esperanza, nearby provincial capital, Santa Clara. It continues south, going over the Autopista Nacional, to Ranchuelo and Carlos Caraballo in Villa Clara Province. The road continues straight to the villages of Marta Abreu and Cruces in the municipality of Cruces, Espartaco and Palmira in the municipality of Palmira, and finally goes into the municipality of Cienfuegos and merges into the Circuito Sur (right) and Calle 37 (left).[6]
The road is dangerous to drive on, especially at night, with it being known as “impassable and that section [Cruces area] even more so”, said a forum member after an accident happened in the Cruces area of the highway.[7] At night, it’s common to find tractors, cars, and bicycles without any lights. [8]
In 2014, apart of the repair and maintenance in Villa Clara Province, the 4–112 had hundreds of tons of asphalt poured on several areas with poor conditions, with corrections of potholes happening throughout the province.[9]
Junction list
editThis article contains a bulleted list or table of intersections which should be presented in a properly formatted junction table. (August 2024) |
| Municipality | Location | km | mi | Destination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranchuelo | Esperanza | 0 | 0 |  CC (N–1) – Santa Clara
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| 0.92 | 0.57 | Calle Barnada | one way | ||
| 0.97 | 0.60 | Calle Maceo | |||
| 1.21 | 0.75 | Calle Villuendas | |||
| Ranchuelo | 9.11 | 5.66 | A1 – Santa Clara, La Habana
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| 10.51 | 6.53 | Calle Leoncio Vidal – La Campa, San Juan de los Yeras | |||
| 10.72 | 6.66 | Calle Camilo Cienfuegos | |||
| 10.95 | 6.80 | Avenida de los Martires | unpaved | ||
| 13.09 | 8.13 | Road to Virginia – Virginia | |||
| El Tamarindo | 14.29 | 8.88 | Road to Pedroso – Pedroso | ||
| 15.23 | 9.46 | Road to Tarapaca – Tarapaca | |||
| 16.11 | 10.01 | Road to Ifraín Alfonso – Ifraín Alfonso, La Majagua, Horqueta | |||
| Carlos Caraballo | 19.87 | 12.35 | Calle Batey Carlos Caraballo | ||
| Cruces | Marta Abreu | 22.33 | 13.88 |  4–92 – Lajas, Cartagena
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| Cruces | 25.45 | 15.81 | Cruces–Potrerillo Road – Potrerillo, Cumanayagua | ||
| 25.56 | 15.88 | Calle Padre de las Casas | |||
| 28.05 | 17.43 | Road to Mal Tiempo – Mal Tiempo | |||
| 28.29 | 17.58 |  4–182 – Calle Central Ramón Balboa
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| 29.08 | 18.07 | Road to La Pedrera – La Pedrera | |||
| Paradero de Camarones | 31.34 | 19.47 | Road to Camarones – San Fernando de Camarones | ||
| Espartaco | 36.33 | 22.57 | Road to Espartaco Sugar Mill | ||
| Palmira | Palmira | 42.13 | 26.18 |  4–172 – Caunao
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| 42.44 | 26.37 | Road to Ciego Montero – Arriete-Ciego Montero | |||
| 45.92 | 28.53 | Access to AZUMAT – AZUMAT factory | |||
| Cienfuegos | 49.78 | 30.93 | Substation Road | ||
| Cienfuegos | 51.49 | 31.99 | Calle 82 | ||
| 51.78 | 32.17 | Calle 37 | |||
| 52.31 | 32.50 |  CS (4–12)
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Road continues as Port Road |
References
edit- ^ "cuba mapa .com - Villa Clara Province map". www.cubamapa.com. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ lezumbalaberenjena (2022-09-14), Somewhere between Palmira and Cienfuegos, road 112, retrieved 2024-08-07
- ^ Quintana Avila, Luis Angel (2023-07-19). "Cruces".
- ^ "Portal del Ciudadano del Municipio de Cruces - Un poco de historia". 2024-07-09. Archived from the original on 2024-07-09. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
- ^ Cac (30 March 2011). "Blog de Carlos Alberto Casanova (II): La Esperanza, atravesado por la carretera Central". Blog de Carlos Alberto Casanova (II). Retrieved 2024-07-21.
- ^ Censo, Cuba Dirección General del (1945). Republica de Cuba: censo de 1943 (in Spanish). P. Fernandez. p. 579.
- ^ "Camión cargado se vuelca en carretera de Cienfuegos". CiberCuba (in Spanish). 2023-08-16. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
- ^ "Un fallecido y varios heridos por accidente en Cienfuegos". CiberCuba (in Spanish). 2020-09-17. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
- ^ Freddy Pérez Cabrera, Ángel (2014-10-29). "Mejora rehabilitación de carreteras en Villa Clara". Granma (in Spanish).