The Autopista A4, signed as the Via a la Vida, known as Autopista Este-Oeste or Autopista Nacional Este-Oeste, is a Cuban motorway linking Havana to Pinar del Río.Source: Mapa de Carreteras de Cuba (Road map of Cuba). Ediciones GEO, Havana 2011 - It is a toll-free road and has a length of . Along with the Autopista A1 (Autopista Nacional), partly built, that will link Havana to Guantánamo, it is classified as part of the whole Autopista Nacional route, spanning the length of the island; as the Carretera Central highway.

History The motorway, connected to the A1 via the Havana Beltway (A2), was opened on December 19, 1989.

In 2012 the plan of a creation of a more direct route from the A4 motorway to the city of Artemisa was made. They decided to make it a 4 lane highway, with construction beginning in 2015, and completed 2022. This road is commonly referred to as the Vial Autopista–Artemisa (Motorway–Artemisa Road).

Route The A4 is a dual carriageway with 6 lanes from Havana to Guanajay, 4 lanes from Guanajay to Pinar del Río, and has some at-grade intersections with rural roads. From Guanajay it is a beltway (Autopista ZEDM) linking the A4 to the Port of Mariel.

AUTOPISTA A4 (Autopista Este-Oeste)Exit↓km↓ProvinceNote Habana Calle 100 0.0 Havana  Habana CUJAE–Primer Anillo1.7 Havana  Habana La Lisa 4.9 Havana  Habana Avenida 23–Autopista del Mediodía8.4 Havana  Bauta16.7 Artemisa  Caimito24.7 Artemisa  Guanajay-Mariel37.0 Artemisa  Guanajay Sur-El Jobo41.0 Artemisa Vial Autopista–Artemisa Artemisa-Cayajabos54.3 Artemisa  Las Terrazas60.4 Artemisa  Candelaria-Soroa71.6 Artemisa  San Cristóbal82.4 Artemisa  Taco Taco-Los Pinos90.0 Artemisa  López Peña95.5 Artemisa  Los Palacios105.0 Pinar del Río  Paso Quemado-Paso Real112.0 Pinar del Río  Herradura125.0 Pinar del Río  Consolación del Sur134.0 Pinar del Río  Puerta de Golpe141.0 Pinar del Río  Las Ovas146.0 Pinar del Río  Pinar del Río-Viñales153.0 Pinar del Río  Pinar del Río156.0 Pinar del Río  A4 – Port of Mariel Beltway (Autopista ZEDM)Exit↓km↓ProvinceNote Guanajay–A4 0.0 Artemisa  Zayas-Cabañas 1.5 Artemisa  Mariel-Nodarse (Circuito Norte) 4.1 Artemisa  Mariel Puerto 10.0 Artemisa 

See also

Roads in Cuba Transport in Cuba Infrastructure of Cuba

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