Road to the Isles
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Newly widened A830 near Druimindarroch
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| Route information | |
| Length: | 40.6 mi (65.3 km) |
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| east end: |
Lochaber 56°50′05″N 5°04′33″W / 56.8348°N 5.0759°W |
| west end: |
Mallaig 57°00′23″N 5°49′46″W / 57.0063°N 5.8295°W |
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Primary destinations: |
Mallaig |
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The A830, sometimes known as the Road to the Isles (although in reality it forms only a part of that historic route), is a road in Lochaber, in the Highlands of Scotland, which connects the town of Fort William to the port of Mallaig.
The A830 starts at a junction on the A82 road and immediately crosses the River Lochy. The road passes through several small settlements, including Corpach, Glenfinnan and Arisaig and bypasses the village of Morar. It also follows the shorelines of Loch Eil and Loch Eilt. It ends at the quayside in the port of Mallaig with onward ferry services to the isles of Muck, Eigg, Rùm, Canna and Skye, and a ferry across to the neighbouring peninsula at Inverie which although on the mainland has no other road access.
Until spring 2009 its section between Arisaig and Lochailort was the only remaining single-track trunk road still in use in the UK (apart from a small section of A887 West of Invermoriston) but now all the road is double track. The 7.4-mile (11.9 km) bypassed section has been handed to the local authority for maintenance and designated the B8008.
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