Highway 4-112, also known as the Villa Clara-Cienfuegos Road, Esperanza-Cienfuegos Road, or simply the 112 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, with it being the only road to directly connect it to the Carretera Central.
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. 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.
Route
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).
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. At night, it’s common to find tractors, cars, and bicycles without any lights.
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.
Junction list
MunicipalityLocationkmmiDestinationNotes RanchueloEsperanza00 4–N–1 Carretera Central – Santa Clara0.920.57Calle Barnadaone way0.970.60Calle Maceo1.210.75Calle Villuendas Ranchuelo9.115.6610.516.53Calle Leoncio Vidal (Carretera de San Juan) – La Campa, San Juan de los Yeras10.726.66Calle Camilo Cienfuegos10.956.80Avenida de los Martiresunpaved13.098.13Road to Virginia – VirginiaEl Tamarindo14.298.88Road to Pedroso – Pedroso15.239.46Road to Tarapaca – Tarapaca16.1110.01Road to Ifraín Alfonso – Ifraín Alfonso, La Majagua, HorquetaCarlos Caraballo19.8712.35Calle Batey Carlos CaraballoCrucesMarta Abreu22.3313.88 4–92 (Carretera a Lajas) – Lajas, CartagenaCruces25.4515.81Calle Calixto Garcia (Cruces–Potrerillo Road) – Potrerillo, Cumanayagua25.5615.88Calle Padre de las Casas28.0517.43Road to Mal Tiempo – Mal Tiempo28.2917.58 4–182 (Calle Central Ramón Balboa) 29.0818.07Road to La Pedrera – La PedreraParadero de Camarones31.3419.47Road to Camarones – San Fernando de CamaronesEspartaco36.3322.57Road to Espartaco Sugar MillPalmiraPalmira42.1326.18 4–172 (Calle Cespedes / Carretera Caunao–Palmira) – Caunao42.4426.37Calle San Agustin (Road to Ciego Montero) – Arriete-Ciego Montero45.9228.53Access to AZUMAT – AZUMAT factoryCienfuegos49.7830.93Substation RoadCienfuegos51.4931.99Calle 8251.7832.17Calle 3752.3132.50 4–I–2 (Circuito Sur)Road continues as Port Road
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