Following up the road behind the beach you will soon see a bridge – but it is a bridge to nowhere, the road ends there. A story of a failed project by the soap manufacturer Lord Leverhulme, founder of the Lever Brothers (Or Unilever, like we know it today).
IN 1918 BUSINESSMAN, LORD LEVERHULME, took a boat trip and fell in love with the islands. So much so that he decided to purchase the land. Reports vary, but it’s believed he purchased the land for £150,000. (Atlas Obscura)
Leverhulme wanted to bring new jobs and business to Lewis & Harris and to support the fishing industries he wanted to build a road from Tolsta to Ness. But when the road reached Garry beach the plan was finally abandoned, the land was just too hard & boggy to construct a road.
the unofficial road to nowhere meets the officially titled Bridge to Nowhere, an exquisite 30m traverse whose nine arches rise 15m above the Stone River. (The Independent)
The road splutters on for a few metres the other side, where it whittles to a narrow, stony track accessible only to local peat cutters. The track contours thrillingly, as though stitching the moors and cliffs together. (The Independent)
Hiking path towards Ness.
