Santa Clara Beltway

Circunvalación de Santa Clara
Beltway of Santa Clara
Santa Clara Beltway seen in blue, with where each major junction leads to
Santa Clara Beltway seen in Virginia
Major junctions
Beltway around Santa Clara, Cuba
Major intersections	A1–1 CC (west, to Esperanza) 4–221 4–311 4–321 CC (east, to Placetas) 4–474
Location
Country	Cuba
Provinces	Villa Clara
Municipalities	Santa Clara
Highway system
Roads in Cuba

The Santa Clara Beltway is a ring road encircling the city of Santa Clara, Cuba. The road is 2 lanes on both sides, with a central divider in the middle. It is commonly known as simply the Circunvalación de Santa Clara (Santa Clara Beltway), although officially its split into the Circunvalación Norte and Circunvalación Sur (North Beltway and South Beltway).

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  Avenida Circunvalación seen December 1959

After the Cuban Revolution, the beltway was created, along with other roads being made, including making the Avenida 26 de Julio into a 2 lane road on both sides, and later, making access to the Autopista Nacional, by the Autopista Santa Clara.^[1]

In 2015, both the Circunvalación Norte and Circunvalación Sur were considered two of the 22 dangerous sections in Villa Clara Province, with the Circunvalación Norte having 14 accidents, two deaths, and 17 people injured, and the Circunvalación Sur having 9 accidents and 6 people injured.^[2]

In 2019, the section of the road coming in between the roundabouts of Santa Clara–Sagua Road and the Carretera de Maleza was inspected, and was found to be in need of minor fixes, including fissures and low severity cracks, along with not enough road signs along the section of the road.^[3]

In 2022, a cyclist died on the road due to a resident in a Peugeot speeding at an estimate 130–150 km (81–93 miles) per hour.^[4] Later the same year, a car fell roof first into the Belico River bridge due to a technical failure of the vehicle, with two people inside only one person fainted and the other seemed to be fine.^[5]

During tourist seasons, it is known for the road, and the region in general, to be more unsafe, with an accident happening in summer 2024, at the roundabout with the Carretera Central, to Esperanza, in front of the 12 plantas building in Santa Clara.^[6][7]

Municipality	Ward	km	mi	Destination	Notes
Santa Clara	Condado Sur			A1–1 / Avenida 9 de Abril (Calle San Miguel) / To A1 – Havana
	Virginia			Avenida de los Desfiles
				Carretera Los Caneyes / Prolongacion Marta Abreu
				Calle Oquendo
	Virginia / Jose Marti			Avenida Abel Santamaria / Calle Oria
				CC – Antón Díaz, Esperanza, Varadero, Matanzas
				Carretera de la Planta Mecánica / Subplanta
	Aeropuerto			4–221 / Avenida Eduardo Chibas – Cifuentes, Sagua La Grande
				Calle Guamajal – Guamajal
				4–311 – Abel Santamaría Airport,Encrucijada, Calabazar de Sagua
	Capiro - Santa Catalina			4–321 / Avenida Liberacion – Cayo Santa María
	Sandino			Linea
				CC – Placetas
	Escambray			Carretera del Guacalote
				Carretera del Acueducto / Prolongación de Colón – Boquerones, Rebacadero
				4–474 – Mataguá, Manicaragua, Fomento, Trinidad