Signpost Corner

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Signpost Corner is an acute 90-degree right-hand corner between Cronk-ny-Mona and Bedstead Corner on the Snaefell mountain course on the primary A18 road in the parish of Onchan in the Isle of Man.

The name derives from of a signal station for the Isle of Man TT races and Manx Grand Prix. The signal station at Signpost Corner was connected to the TT Race Scoreboards in Glencrutchery Road in Douglas by a telephone land-line. Officials on TT Scoreboards will switch-on a light above a riders individual scoreboard which will indicate to pit-crew and race-officals that a particular rider has passed Signpost Corner and may be shortly pulling into the TT Grandstand to refuel.

The corner was widened during the winter of 1953/54 and the road re-profiled. In recent years the signal station has been moved to a position at Cronk-y-Mona as race speeds have increased.

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    Practice Reports - TT Special 1955 Edited by G.S.Davison.

    TT News - Report 1 2006 Isle of Man Newspapers.

    Isle of Man TT by Charles Deane.

    History of the Isle of Man TT Races 1907-1989 by Nick Harris.

    The Magic of The TT. A Century of Racing over The Mountain by Mac McDiarmid.

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