Circuito Norte

{{Short description|Highway in Cuba}}

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{{Infobox road

| country = CUB

| name = Circuito Norte (CN)

| translation = Northern Circuit

| lang = en

| marker_image = 75px75px75px75px75px75px75px
Route Number
250px
Sign commonly used

| map = Circuito Norte map (Cuba).png

| map_notes = Map of the CN highlighting, in dark red, the motorways
"Vía Blanca" and "Panamericana", both part of its route

| image = Circuito norte de moron a esmeralda - panoramio.jpg

| image_width = 275px

| image_alt =

| image_notes = The CN across the municipality of Bolivia

| length_km = 1222

| established =

| cities = Mantua, Mariel, Havana, Santa Cruz del Norte, Matanzas, Varadero, Cárdenas, Sagua la Grande, Remedios, Caibarién, Yaguajay, Morón, Nuevitas, Puerto Padre, Holguín, Mayarí, Sagua de Tánamo, Moa, Baracoa

| alternate_name = 1–I–3
2–I–3
3–I–3
4–I–3
4–I–23
5–I–23
6–I–23

| section1 = x24px 1–I–3

| direction_a1 = West

| direction_b1 = East

| terminus_a1 = x24px 1–1 in Mantua

| terminus_b1 = x24px 2–I–3 near Cabañas

| junctions1 = x24px 1–241 in Entronque La Palma

| section2 = x24px 2–I–3

| direction_a2 = West

| direction_b2 = East

| terminus_a2 = x24px 1–I–3 near Cabañas

| terminus_b2 = x24px 3–I–3 near Bacunayagua

| junctions2 = x24px A4–1 near Nodarse

x24px x24px A2 / 2–400 near Habana del Este

| section3 = x24px 3–I–3

| direction_a3 = West

| direction_b3 = East

| terminus_a3 = x24px 2–I–3 near Bacunayagua

| terminus_b3 = x24px 4–I–3 near Palma Sola

| junctions3 = x24px 3–N–1 in Matanzas

x24px Autopista Sur extension in Varadero
x24px 3–101

| section4 = x24px 4–I–3

| direction_a4 = West

| direction_b4 = East

| terminus_a4 = x24px 3–I–3 near Palma Sola

| terminus_b4 = x24px 4–I–23 in Caibarién

| junctions4 = x24px 4–221 in Sitiecito

x24px 4–311 in Encrucijada

x24px 4–321 in Entronque de Vueltas

| section5 = x24px 4–I–23

| direction_a5 = West

| direction_b5 = East

| terminus_a5 = x24px 4–I–3 in Caibarién

| terminus_b5 = x24px 5–I–23 near Mabuya

| junctions5 = Pedraplén Cayo Santa María near Cambaíto

x24px 4–531 in Yaguajay

| section6 = x24px 5–I–23

| direction_a6 = West

| direction_b6 = East

| terminus_a6 = x24px 4–I–23 near Mabuya

| terminus_b6 = x24px 6–I–23 near Manati

| junctions6 = x24px 5–151 in Morón

x24px 5–445 near San Agustin

| section7 = x24px 6–I–23

| direction_a7 = West

| direction_b7 = East

| terminus_a7 = x24px 5–I–23 near Mabuya

| terminus_b7 = x24px 6–N–1 in Baracoa

| junctions7 = x24px 6–123 near Puerto Padre

x24px 6–371 in Entronque de Caballería

}}

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The Circuito Norte (CN), meaning "Northern Circuit", is a west-east highway spanning the length of the island of Cuba, through the Atlantic Coast. With a length of 1,222 km, it is the second-longest Cuban highway, after the "Carretera Central"; and two sections of it, named "Vía Blanca" and "Panamericana", are classified as Expressways.Source: Mapa de Carreteras de Cuba (Road map of Cuba). Ediciones GEO, Havana 2011 - {{ISBN|959-7049-21-X}} The road has different route numbers depending on the regions, using 1–I–3, 2–I–3, 3–I–3, 4–I–3, 4–I–23, 5–I–23, and 6–I–23.