Santa Clara–Caibarién Road Explained

The Santa Clara–Caibarién Road (4–321), also known as the Road of Camajuaní is a Cuban state highway connecting the cities of Santa Clara to Caibarién. It starts at a roundabout with the Avenida Liberacion and the Santa Clara Beltway in Santa Clara, to continues east through the settlements of Minagric, Los Moros, La Granjita, El Gigante, the University of Las Villas, Camilo Cienfuegos, Los Güiros, Los Paragüitas, El Amparo, El Berro, Crucero Carmita, Blanquizal, Tarafa, Monte de la Coja, Camajuaní, El Níspero, Entronque de Vueltas, Muelas Quietas, Taguayabón, Aguanó, El Chalet, Remedios, Marcelo Salado, and finally reaches Caibarién.^[1]

History

In June 2024, in Crucero Carmita on the 4–321, a tourist Transgaviota bus, coming from Cayo Santa María to the Abel Santamaría Airport, and a privately owned car crashed into each other, with 26 injuries and 1 death, with it being suggested the car went into the left lane, which is common in the region.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Also in June 2024, residents living nearby the road, in the Santa Clara-Camajuani area, protests and blocked the road due to lack of drinking water in the region for 50 days.^[5] Residents have been seen getting buckets of water going along the road in order to have drinking water.^[6] Sources say over 3,500 people living in neighborhoods around the road have been affected in an over 68 day period.^[7]

Route

Municipality	Location	km	mi	Destination	Notes
Santa Clara	Santa Clara	0	0	Santa Clara Beltway / To CC / To Carret. Malezas	Continues onto Avenida Liberacion
		2.28		Textilera Texvi
		2.99		Ciudad Escolar Che Guevara
		4.32		Calle Lazaro Cardenas – Lazaro Cardenas School
		4.83		(4–431) Calle 5ta
		5.35		University of Las Villas entrance
		6.22		University of Las Villas sports section
		6.29		University of Las Villas agriculture facilities
		6.52		Alley of Los Patos – Callejon de los Patos, Camilo Cienfuegos
	Los Guiros	9.11		Calle 1ra – Crucero Margot
	El Amparo	12.86		PLOMAC
		14.96		Road to Cayo Santa María – Abel Santamaría Airport, Encrucijada
		15.96		Salaminas Matadero Alamo
	El Berro	16.28		Campismo Minerva, Embalse Minerva
Santa Clara-Camajuaní border		17.04		Sagua la Chica River Bridge
Camajuaní	Crucero Carmita	17.65		Road to Luis Arcos Bergnes – Luis Arcos Bergnes, Vega Alta	1343 train tourist attraction located at junction
	Santa Fe	19.88		Santa Fe Curve
		20.49		Road of Corona – Corona
		22.85		Camajuaní River Bridge
	Camajuaní	24.58		La Quinta Road – El Bosque, La Quinta
		25.42		Calle General Naya / 4–401 – Arroyo Frio, José María Pérez, Sabana, Placetas
		26.13		Calle Leoncio Vidal
	Entronque de Vueltas	29.32		CN – Vega de Palma, Vueltas, Aguada de Moya	CN merges with the 4–321
	Taguayabón	33.12		Calle José Rivadeneira Blanco
		36.20		Palenque Heights
		36.72		Palenque
Remedios		39.08		Martires de Angola School
	Remedios	42.37		Remedios Beltway (CN) – Zulueta, Placetas	4-321 continues into the town of Remedios, CN goes into beltway
		43.53		Road to Zulueta – Zulueta, Placetas
		44.22		Calle Enrique Malaret – Jinaguayabo, Playa Jinaguayabo
		44.22		Calle Camilo Cienfuegos – Rojas, Guajabana
		44.62		Avenida Marcelo Salado
		45.18		Remedios Beltway (CN)	CN merges back with the 4–321, Dolphin fountain tourist attraction
		46.20		Remedios 110kv, Batería Grupo Electrógeno Remedios
Caibarién		47.85
		47.89		Curva de Waterloo
	Caibarién	49.43		Calle F
		49.65		Calle 9 / Calle A / Calle 8
		49.90		Calle 4
		50.18		Calle 1
		50.50		Caibarien Remedios Road
		51.82		Calle 42
		51.94		Calle 5ta / Calle 40
		52.33	32.52	Avenida 9 / CN (Calle 34)	Continues as Avenida 11

Notes and References

1. Web site: OpenStreetMap . 2024-08-26 . OpenStreetMap . en.
2. Web site: 2024-06-03 . Un fallecido y 26 lesionados en accidente de tránsito en Camajuaní, Villa Clara . 2024-08-26 . Granma.cu . es.
3. Web site: 2024-06-03 . Ómnibus de Transgaviota destroza un auto en Camajuaní, Villa Clara dejando un muerto y varios heridos . 2024-08-26 . AmericaTeve . es-PA.
4. Web site: Pérez . Con información de Henry Omar . Accidente de tránsito en Camajuaní deja un fallecido y 26 lesionados . 2024-08-26 . CMHW . es-es.
5. Web site: Leonor Gómez . Amalia . Cubanos protagonizan protesta por falta de agua en Villa Clara (+VIDEO) . 2024-08-25 . Cubanos por el Mundo.
6. Web site: DDC . 2024-06-13 . Vecinos de Santa Clara cortan una carretera en protesta tras 50 días sin agua potable DIARIO DE CUBA . 2024-08-26 . diariodecuba.com . es.
7. Web site: Hernández . Normando . 2024-07-27 . Barrios de la carretera a Camajuaní llevan más de dos meses sin recibir agua . 2024-08-26 . ICLEP . es.