Signpost Corner

Infobox TT course
Name = Signpost Corner

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Latitude = 54.180
Longitude = -4.469
OSgridref = SC388788
Parish = Onchan
Distance =
Precedes = Cronk-ny-Mona
Follows = Bedstead Corner

Signpost Corner is a 90-degree right-hand corner and road junction and is situated between the 36th Milestone and 37th Milestone road-side markers on the Snaefell Mountain Course on the primary A18 Bemahague Road and secondary B11 Avondale Road in the parish of Onchan in the Isle of Man.

The name derives from 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-officials that a particular rider has passed Signpost Corner and may be shortly pulling into the TT Grandstand to refuel. ["Isle of Man TT" by Charles Deane pp10-11 (1st Edition)(1975) Patrick Stevens Ltd ISBN 0 85059 172 4]

The corner was widened during the winter of 1953/54 and the road re-profiled. ["Isle of Man Weekly Times" dated 29th May 1954] In recent years the signal station has been moved to a position at Cronk-y-Mona as race speeds have increased. ["TT News" pp 2 - Report 1 2006 Isle of Man Newspapers]

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External links

* [http://www.iomtt.com/CircuitGuide/SignpostCornertoGrandstand.aspx Signpost Corner to Grandstand] with Steve Hislop, 11 times TT winner
* [http://www.iommgp.com/tour/map.shtml Map of course]