Old travel Blog photograph of Invermoriston Bridge over the falls of the River Moriston near Loch Ness, Scotland. Invermoriston is a small village 7 miles north of Fort Augustus in the Scottish Highlands. When Thomas Telford built his road up the Great Glen at the beginning of the 19th Century, he was starting from scratch along the shores of Loch Ness. The only previous road through the Glen was General Wade's Road on the opposite side of the loch, now the B862 and B852. Wade had chosen the east shore to avoid so many river crossings, Telford chose the west shore to connect the communities. Invermoriston Bridge was initially started in 1805, but it took eight years to complete. It consists of two stone arches, straddling the two channels either side of a large rock " island " in the middle of the channel. It is now used only by pedestrians.
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