Braddan Bridge

Three way road junction with bridge over river to left and building rooftops to centre behind road and lower down closer to river level
Joey Dunlop Foundation building behind the left bend at Braddan Bridge with red/white safety buffers on walled parapet
Racing sidecar outfits approaching camera position about to enter the left part of the bridge section
F2 Sidecar outfits about to turn right, showing the racing line through the 'S' bend at Braddan with other machines on the actual bridge over the river, having a railed parapet to the right and wall with over-run buffers to the left

Braddan Bridge (Irish: Naomh Breandán, Saint Brendan of Clonfert, the Navigator or the Voyager)[1] is a bridge over the river Dhoo on the Douglas to Peel road, from which a halt on the Isle of Man Railway's first line to Peel took its name.

It is a landmark on the Isle of Man TT road-race course, situated in the countryside close to the outskirts of Douglas town where motorcycles slow to negotiate a left-right 'S' bend over the river. A traditional viewing spot with seating, in common with other vantage points around the local Douglas area, it is within walking distance of the Ferry Terminal where sea ferries from England, Scotland and Ireland traditionally disembarked day-trip or longer-stay passengers.

  1. ^ Place Names of the Isle of Man by John Kneen MA pp125 (1970) Yn Cheshaght Ghailckagh The Scolar Press