An impressive reinforced concrete bridge spanning a deep gully formed by the River Garry (Gael: Abhainn Geiraha), the Garry Bridge lies amongst blanket peat bog a mile (1.5 km) north of New Tolsta on the Isle of Lewis. The bridge has a single span underpinned by three parallel sets of nine arches, is 25m (82 feet) in length and rises 15m (50 feet) above the river. It serves as a memorial to the grand scheme of William Hesketh Lever, Lord Leverhulme (1851 - 1925), to route a road along the east coast of the island from Stornoway to Ness in the early 1920s, however the scheme was abandoned when Lever died soon after the construction of the bridge. Thus, the road ends just a mile (1.6 km) north of the bridge, leaving those wishing to get to Ness with a 25-mile / 40-km journey via the west coast of the island.
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