EN1-ST01

EN1-ST01
Route information
Length: 70 km (40 mi)
Major junctions
South end: Central Praia
  Pedra Badejo-Tarrafal Route
João Teves-Pedra Badejo Route
Assomada-Rincão Route
Boa Entrada-Calheta de São Miguel Route
North end: Tarrafal
Location
Major cities: São Domingos, Assomada, Chão Bom
Towns: Ribeira Chiquinho, João Teves, Boa Entrada, Serra
Highway system
Roads in Cape Verde

EN1-ST01, also known as EN1-ST1, EN1-1, some signs posts as N1-1 or N1-ST1, the second part is of the Island of Santiago, highway name: Praia-Assomada-Tarrafal Route, sometimes divided into (Rodovia de Praia-Assomada-Tarrafal), south part: Praia-Assomada Route (Rodovia Praia-Assomada), northern part: Assomada-Tarrafal Route (Rodovia Assomada-Tarrafal). It is the longest national run road in Cape Verde running around the national capital to the northernmost of the island at Tarrafal.

Route

There are different places where the route started, sometimes it starts at Achada de São Filipe Praia. The first branch starts at the roundabout connecting the route, Avenida Caixa Económica and Avenida Cidade de Lisboa, where the subdivisions of Várzea, Fazenda, Craveiro Lopes and Achadinha de Baixo meet, the other starts at the Port of Praia and follows Avenida Charles Darwin, Rua do Aeroporto and Avenida Caixa Económica, these all bypasses the center of Fazenda. The highway ends at the center of Tarrafal.

The highway at the neighborhood of Fazenda and Calabaceira, sometimes it is included and is the starting point of the route
Road in São Domingos, now bypassed, once served traffic between the capital and Assomada

In the city of Praia, the main route passes through Ribeira da Trindade and the center of Calabaceira bypassing Vila Nova, a part of it runs through Vila Nova. Since 2008, all of the traffic linking the port and the middle and the north of the island are bypassed by the Praia Circular Road (EN1-ST06 or EN2-ST01), it only connects traffic with the center and the north of the city. From that point to Serra da Malagueta, the highway runs upward and tt enters Achada de São Filipe. The highway runs north and slightly west up to the Circular Road, for about 500 meters, it runs alongside the Circular Road. Elsewhere, the highway runs north and bypasses Ribeira Chiquinho, then west at a 75 degree angle after the junction with the highway (EN1-ST02) linking Pedra Badejo and Tarrafal, the highway bypasses São Domingos. West of town has sharp curves up to the distance of Assomada, it junctions the road to Cidade Velha (EN1-ST07 or EN1-ST06), the highway runs north not far from the mountains of Órgaos which bypasses them, the elevation there is 250-300 meters, it intersects with the João Teves-Pedra Badejo Road at an elevation of 230 meters, for 5 kilometers runs within Ribeira Seca and runs west up to the municipal boundary of São Lourenço dos Órgaos-São Salvador do Mundo. The highway runs slightly northwest to the municipal boundary with Santa Catarina, near the middle, it has an intersections with lesser roads with Picos (elevation 350 meters) and Covão Grande, also it runs nearby Pico da Antónia and its national park and passes through Ribeira da Faveta. After entering the municipal boundary, it enters the city limits of Assomada and bypasses the center with a small bypass, it has two intersections connecting its city center, the south part intersects the road with Chão de Tanque and Porto Rincão, the elevation is about 550 meters.

The highway at the foot of Serra da Malagueta near a mountain curve with the lower and the upper parts

The rest of the highway crosses the subdivision of Nhagar and after, the highway runs north at a 15 degree angle up to Boa Entrada and forms a junction with the highway to Calheta de São Miguel. The highway runs nearly north up to the end of Serra da Malagueta ranges with slow curves, at Mancholy at an elevation of around 400 meters, it connects with a lesser road to Ribeira da Barca. The route has a junction with a road to Fundura and Ribeira da Prata and enters Serra da Malagueta ranges at an elevation of 830 meters with a slow curve, it enters the village of Serra and into the municipality of Tarrafal and the rest of the route, the highway descends downward to 10 meters above sea level and runs 20 degrees to the west. It has panoramic views of most of the north of the island including Monte Graciosa and Ribeira Grande do Norte. The highway has a small bypass of Chão Bom and passes Ribeira Grande do Norte de Santiago and runs at the range of elevation of 10 meters, there it connects the same road with Ribeira da Prata. It last stretch of the route is a straight line and runs near its sports stadium and enters the city of Tarrafal and ends at the city square and the route running in the east shore of the island with Calheta de São Miguel (EN1-ST02).

History

A street in Tarrafal making the northernmost terminus of the route

The route are one of the oldest in Cape Verde, made around the 16th century when other parts of the island become inhabited by people and slaves. Until 1975, it was one of the oldest in the Portuguese colonies.

The route once started at Cidade Velha. After Praia became capital in 1770, the modern route was marked. At the time only in Praia and Assomada, parts of the route were paved. In the 19th century, there were 45 cannons outfitting the roads for security of the region and the harbor.[1] In the mid 20th century, the entire route became paved with basalt.

In 1983, the route between Assomada and Tarrafal opened passing through the middle of Serra Malagueta and bypassing Figueira das Naus and Ribeira da Prata and its dangerous curves by the Atlantic. Construction started somewhere at the end of the 1970s.[2]

In the 1990s, recent international aid has allowed the asphalting of many roads, on the island including all of the highway between Praia and Tarrafal.

In 2006, the Praia Circular Road started construction and rerouted a part of the highway a few hundred meters to the west and the Circular Road partly follows the old highway marking. In 2008, the highway bypassed Ribeira Chiquinho and runs alongside the Circular Road and in 2010 bypassed São Domingos. The factor, auto traffic has been increasing in recent decades along with the population and increased wealth.

Most of the traffic today between Praia, the south of the island and the northernmost areas do not pass through Assomada but Pedra Badejo and Calheta de São Miguel which runs no higher than 200 meters above sea level and has less slow curves. Most of the traffic in the northern stretch are between Assomada, the west of the island and Tarrafal.

Transit lines

The southernmost part of the highway has a transit line linking the center (Plateau) and Achada de São Filipe.[3] One proposed transit line was to run from the center of Assomada, through Nhagar up to Boa Entrada in the early 2010s. Assomada did not created its own transit system and the proposal was removed.

Minibus lines

Minibus (yasi) services between Praia and Assomada, Tarrafal, Pedra Badejo and Calheta de São Miguel crosses both the road with the plateau and the westernmost part. Since 2015, Ecobus CV, running a fleet of dual fuel waste vegetable oil / diesel modified Toyota HiACE minibuse uses the Praia-Assomada-Tarrafal route with a route that links with the city center, it runs on a modified schedule.[4]

Landmarks and features

Notable landmarks on and around the highway include Escola Secundário Fulgêncio Tavares in Săo Domingos and Estádio Municipal de Tarrafal and its Arena in the fringes of Tarrafal.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Roberts, Edmund (1837). Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat. New York: Harper & Brothers. pp. 19–20.
  2. ↑ Michel Lesourd, État et société aux îles du Cap-Vert : alternatives pour un petit État insulaire [State and Society in the Cape Verde Islands: Alterantives for a Small Island State], Karthala, Paris, 1996, p. 163 ISBN 2-86537-625-7
  3. ↑ "Solatlântico reforças linhas da Praia com mais 10 autocarros". A Semana (in Portuguese). 2014.
  4. ↑ Ecobus website (in Portuguese)

Coordinates: 15°05′30″N 23°39′19″W / 15.09171°N 23.65535°W / 15.09171; -23.65535

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