Road of Malezas

The Road of Malezas (Spanish: Carretera de Malezas), also spelled Road of Maleza (Spanish: Carretera de Maleza), is a north–south Cuban state highway connecting the municipalities of Santa Clara to Encrucijada in Villa Clara Province.

Carretera de Malezas
Road of Malezas
Santa Clara–Encrucijada Road 4–311
Highway 4–311 seen in blue with related routes in red labeled with their names
Kilometer 16 in San Francisco, Encrucijada
Major junctions
South end	Avenida Eduardo Chibás in Santa Clara
Major intersections	Santa Clara Beltway in Santa Clara Original Road to Santa Clara Airport in Oropesa Road to Santa Clara Airport, near Frank Pais Encrucijada Beltway (CN) in Encrucijada
North end	4–I–3 (Calzada de Maceo) in Encrucijada
Location
Country	Cuba
Provinces	Villa Clara
Municipalities	Santa Clara, Encrucijada
Highway system
Roads in Cuba

History

In the 1960s, the roadway was known as the 4–19.^[1]

In April 2022, villages along the road have been without public transportation for over a month, with an estimate of 30,000 residents in the towns of Jardin, Padagogico, Las Flores, and El Sopapo, due to a fuel crisis in Cuba so bad that it's being compared to the Special Period.^[2]

In June 2024, at 2:00am, a tourist bus hit a loose cow on the road, killing it. This type of accident is apparently common on this road, especially late at night and early in the morning.^[3]

Route

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  4-311 about when entering Encrucijada Sur
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  4-311 seen when entering the exit to the Road to Santa Clara Airport
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  Junction with the Road to Calabazar with a school in Dos Hermanas on the right

The road starts in the city of Santa Clara from Calle Pazos and the junction with the Avenida Eduardo Chibas, which later goes into the Road to Sagua. It has a redlight at the junction with the Santa Clara Beltway, and after goes above the railway lines north of Santa Clara, where its known as the El Elevado Bridge. It goes through several villages, then has two junctions to get the Abel Santamaría Airport, then continues across two more villages, and then enters the municipality of Encrucijada, where it continues across three more villages until the town of Dos Hermanas, where it has a junction going to Calabazar de Sagua, and the road continues until Encrucijada, going under the newly made Encrucijada Beltway (part of the Circuito Norte), the road to Abel Santamaria, and finally ends at the Calzada de Maceo as the 6ta Avenida Sur.^[4]

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  Art of Encrucijada seen on the junction with the Encrucijada Beltway (CN)
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  Mural seen under the Encrucijada Beltway (CN) bridge on northbound
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  Mural seen under the Encrucijada Beltway (CN) bridge on southbound
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  6ta del Sur street sign seen when its a part of the 4–311

The section going from the Santa Clara Beltway to El Elevado is known to be full of potholes and mud, causing four people traveling in a privately owned Lada to crash into a traffic sign on the road.^[5]

Municipality	Location	km	mi	Destination	Notes
Santa Clara	Santa Clara	0.00	0.00	Avenida Eduardo Chibás – Cifuentes, Sagua La Grande
		0.20	0.12	Calle 5ta
		0.29	0.18	Calle C (Detour of Malezas)
		0.83	0.52	Calle 17
		0.98	0.61	Calle 19
		1.17	0.73	Callejón del Prado
		1.50	0.93	Santa Clara Beltway / To 4–N–1 (Carretera Central)
		2.04	1.27	El Elevado Bridge
		4.17	2.59	Ciudad Escolar Ernesto Che Guevara
		4.25	2.64	Club of the MININT
	Ovidio Rivero	5.47	3.40	Calle 7ma
	El Jardin	6.08	3.78	Calle 14
		6.11	3.80	Calle 8va
		6.95	4.32
	Parroquia	7.32	4.55	Calle 4ta
	Las Minas	7.68	4.77
	Malezas	8.73	5.42	Calle F
	La Guayaba	8.99	5.59	Calle H
		9.04	5.62	Calle J
		9.11	5.66	Calle K – Los Lagos
		9.17	5.70	Santa Clara Air Base
		9.26	5.75
		9.40	5.84	Los Lagos
	Oropesa	10.33	6.42	Calle 5ta
		10.36	6.44	Original Road to the Airport – Abel Santamaría Airport	Official address is kilometer 11 of the Road of Malezas[6][7]
	Frank Pais	10.97	6.82	Calle 6ta
		11.5	7.15
		11.12	6.91	Calle 12
		11.19	6.95	Calle 14 Oeste
		11.25	6.99	Club of the FAR
		11.60	7.21	Loma La Bayoya
		11.83	7.35	Road to Santa Clara Airport – Abel Santamaría Airport, Camajuaní, Cayo Santa María	Interchange; Unofficial entrance to Road to Santa Clara Airport Westbound; Unofficial exit from Road to Santa Clara Airport Eastbound
		12.08	7.51
	San Miguel	12.85	7.98
		12.99	8.07	Calle A
		13.32	8.28	Calle 8va
		13.77	8.56	Camino los Cocos
	Estancia Vieja	15.92	9.89	Calle 6ta
		15.98	9.93	Calle 7ma
Encrucijada	San Francisco	18.01	11.19	To Military Base
	El Chivo	19.71	12.25	Calle C
	Marties de Angola	21.66	13.46	Calle 4ta
		21.85	13.58	Calle 2da
		22.21	13.80	Road to Braulio Coroneaux
	Dos Hermanas	22.88	14.22	Road to Calabazar – Calabazar de Sagua
	Encrucijada	26.74	16.62	Road to El Mosquito – El Mosquito
		26.90	16.71	Circunvalación de Encrucijada (Circuito Norte)	Interchange
		27.14	16.86	Avenida 8va del Este – Abel Santamaria
		27.25	16.93	Avenida 4ta del Este
		27.37	17.01	4–I–3(Calzada de Maceo)	Continues as 6ta Avenida Sur

Related roads

Desvío de Maleza

The Desvío de Maleza (Detour of Maleza), also known as Calle C is a north-south street in Santa Clara. It starts at the Road of Malezas, heading south until the Avenida Liberación.^[8][4]

1ra de Maleza

The 1ra de Maleza (1st of Maleza) is a north-south street right before entering the town limits of Encrucijada. It is unpaved starting from the south from the Road of Malezas and heading north with no outlet.^[8]

Carretera de Maleza Interior

The Carretera de Maleza Interior (Inner Road of Malezas) is a north-south street in the town of Encrucijada. It is unpaved starting from the south from the Road of Malezas and heading north with no outlet.^[8]