Ballaugh Bridge - Ballaugh, Isle of Man - Arch Bridges on Waymarking.com

Ballaugh Bridge is a stone built single arched bridge over a small stream in the Village of Ballaugh. The Raven Hotel and Station Road, next to the Bridge, are favoured viewing spots, for spectators, during the Isle of Man TT and Grand Prix motorcycle races. as the racers become airbourne going over the bridge (see the link below)

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Ballaugh Bridge, (in Manx Gaelic: Balley-ny-Loghey or the homestead of the lake), is a hump-backed road bridge over a stream situated between the 17th and 18th Milestone road-side markers on the Isle of Man TT Course (Snaefell Mountain Course) in Ballaugh village, on the A3 (Castletown-to-Ramsey Road) at it junctions with the A10 (Station Road) and the C37 (Ballaugh Glen Road) in the parish of Ballaugh in the Isle of Man.

Ballaugh Bridge was part of the Highland Course and Four Inch Course used for the Gordon Bennett Trial and Tourist Trophy car races held between 1904 and 1922. It was the western edge of the Sandygate Loop for the 1904 Gordon Bennett British Eliminating Trial and the 1905 Tourist Trophy Race for cars. The 1906 Tourist Trophy Race used the Short Highroads Course, with the abandonment of the Sandygate Loop in favour of the A3 (Castletown to Ramsey Road). Ballaugh Bridge is part of the Snaefell Mountain Course used since 1911 for the Isle of Man TT and from 1923 for the Manx Grand Prix races.

The Bridge was subject to road widening and re-profiling during the winter of 1953/1954 for the 1954 TT races including the removal of a garden wall of the adjacent Ballaugh Railway Hotel (now the Raven Hotel). Ballaugh Bridge is the only remaining hump-backed bridge on the Snaefell Mountain Course after the removal of Sulby Bridge in the 1920's and Ballig Bridge in 1935.

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What type of traffic does this bridge support?: Motor vehicles, bikes, pedestrians What kind of gap does this bridge cross?: A small stream flowing down the 'Ballalugh Glen' and draining from Glen Dhoo and St. Mary's Glen. Is the bridge still in service for its original purpose?: Yes the bridge is still in service for its original purpose. Name of road or trail the bridge services: A3 (Main Road, Ballaugh) Location: Ballaugh, Isle of Man Length of bridge: Not listed Height of bridge: Not listed Date constructed: Not listed

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