Highway 4–112 (Cuba)

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.

Carretera Esperanza-Cienfuegos
Esperanza-Cienfuegos Road
4–112
Road in blue from Esperanza to Cienfuegos
4–112 in Cruces
Route information
Length	53 km (33 mi)
Major junctions
North end	4–N–1 (Carretera Central) in Esperanza
Major intersections	A1 (Autopista Nacional) near Ranchuelo
South end	4–I–2 (Circuito Sur) in Cienfuegos
Location
Country	Cuba
Provinces	Villa Clara, Cienfuegos
Municipalities	Ranchuelo, Cruces, Palmira, Cienfuegos
Highway system
Roads in Cuba

History

The 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

Entrance to the road coming from the Circuito Sur Roundabout, with it being marked as Cruces, Santa Clara

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, as part 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

Municipality	Location	km	mi	Destination	Notes
Ranchuelo	Esperanza	0	0	4–N–1 Carretera Central – Santa Clara
		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 (Autopista Nacional) – Havana, Santa Clara
		10.51	6.53	Calle Leoncio Vidal (Carretera de San Juan) – 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 (Carretera a Lajas) – Lajas, Cartagena
	Cruces	25.45	15.81	Calle Calixto Garcia (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)
		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 (Calle Cespedes / Carretera Caunao–Palmira) – Caunao
		42.44	26.37	Calle San Agustin (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	4–I–2 (Circuito Sur)	Road continues as Port Road