Vatersay Causeway

Coordinates: 56 ° 56 ′ 49 ″  N , 7 ° 31 ′ 56 ″  W.

The Vatersay Causeway as seen from Barra

The Vatersay Causeway from the slopes of Ben Tangaval of view

The Vatersay Causeway is a road embankment that connects the Hebridean Islands of Barra in the north and Vatersay . It crosses the Vatersay Sound with a length of about 250 m and is the only road connection between the two islands.

The construction of the dam, which began in 1989, required the use of 220,000  t of rock material. It was completed in mid-1991, but never officially opened. The total construction costs amounted to 3.7 million  £ . The road leading to the dam mostly follows the coastline and branches off the A888 west of Castlebay . It is a single lane across the dam and has no escape points. In the time before the construction of the dam, a ferry from Castlebay handled the traffic to Vatersay. Boats had to be rented to transport bulky goods.

literature

• M. MacGregor: The Outer Hebrides . Frances Lincoln, London 2007, ISBN 0-7112-2791-8

Web links

• Entry on Vatersay Causeway  in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
2. ↑ Entry ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2011 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. on cne-siar.gov.uk