Eriskay Causeway
The Eriskay Causeway is a road embankment that connects the Hebridean islands of Eriskay and South Uist . It is the southernmost link in a network of dams and bridges that connects the largest islands in the archipelago. With a length of about 1.5 km it crosses the Eriskay Sound , which separates the two islands from each other.
Construction of the road embankment began in 2000. It required funding of the order of £ 9.4 million . This is the most expensive civil construction project that has ever been carried out in the Outer Hebrides. The dam begins in the north on a cape near the Ludag settlement on South Uist and reaches Barra near the Haun settlement . The Earl and Countess of Wessex appeared at the opening on September 11, 2002 . In contrast to other large road embankments between islands in the Outer Hebrides, such as the South Ford Causeway or the North Ford Causeway , the road on the Eriskay Causeway is consistently two-lane, with the embankment being about ten meters wide.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Entry on cne-siar.gov.uk ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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Coordinates: 57 ° 5 ′ 51 ″ N , 7 ° 19 ′ 3 ″ W.