The Majá–Taguasco Road (Carretera Majá–Taguasco), also known as the Motorway–Carretera Central Connector (Enlace Autopista–Carretera Central) is a north–south highway connecting the town of Taguasco and the end of the Autopista Nacional (A–1) to the town of El Majá and the Carretera Central (N–1, 4–N–1 in this region) in Cuba. The road is part of the main route connecting the west and the east of the country, due to it being at the end of the finished A–1 motorway.
History Before the A1 motorway was extended to Taguasco in the late 1980s, the road was mostly unused, with reporters saying there being less than five tractors and three horse drawn carriages per day. After the motorway couldn't get extended past Taguasco, the Majá–Taguasco Road became a heavily used road way connecting the far east and far west of the country, with it being the entrance and exit of the Autopista Nacional, the fastest roadway in the country. This caused heavy overuse of the road, with about 2,000 vehicles moving through it each day.
In 2017, the road was closed due to repairs on the overused road for around a month. This caused any east–west traffic to instead take the Sancti Spíritus–Yaguajay Road (4–571) in order to get to the other side of the country. This used 2,530 tons of asphalt, and repaired every pothole in the road.
Junction list
MunicipalityLocationkmmiDestinationNotesTaguascoTaguascoKilometer 336 on the A1Taguasco–Zaza del Media Road (Calle Camilo Cienfuegos)Las MargaritasLas Margaritas BridgeBridge over the Ferrocarril Central (Central Railway)Taguasco River BridgeJatibonicoEl Maja 4-N-1 (Carretera Central) / Majá–La Ferrolana RoadContinues as Majá–La Ferrolana Road;Kilometer 407 on the Carretera Central
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