__NOTOC__ Greeba Bridge is situated between the 6th milestone and 7th road milestones on the primary A1

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to Peel road and the junction with the Greeba Mill Road in the parish of Kirk German in the

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. The A1 Greeba road bridge passes over the Greeba river, a tributary of the

River Dhoo The River Dhoo ( gv, Awin Doo) is a river on the Isle of Man. The river rises in Marown and flows east towards Douglas through the central valley of the island, passing Crosby and Union Mills before meeting with the River Glass on the outsk ...

which flows eastward to the town of Douglas. The Greeba river flows into the nearby Greeba Curragh or ‘Greeba Gap,’ a former pre-Ice Age river valley, a low-lying watershed of the Douglas to Peel central valley.

Description

The area of Greeba ( on, gnípa ‘summit, top’ or kúpa ‘bowl, bowl formed valley’) is located in the Central Valley of the Isle of Man. The nearby area to Greeba Bridge is mainly farmland, located in the former Cronkdhoo Quarterland. The vicinity is dominated by the nearby mountain land of Greeba Mountain (422m) and the Greeba or Kings forestry plantation, along with the nearby summits of Beary Mountain (311m) and Slieau Ruy (479m).

Motor-sport heritage

The Greeba Bridge section of the A1 Douglas to Peel road was part of the short

Highland Course Highroads Course was a road-racing circuit used for the Gordon Bennett British Eliminating Trial held in the Isle of Man for the 1904 and 1905 Tourist Trophy Race involving touring automobiles and cars. The events were held on public roads clos ...

(40.38 miles) from 1906 and the also the 37.50 Mile

Four Inch Course The Four Inch Course was a road-racing circuit first used for the 1908 Tourist Trophy Race for cars, held on public roads closed for racing by an Act of Tynwald (the parliament of the Isle of Man). The name of the course derives from the regu ...

used for car racing including the RAC Tourist Trophy car races held between 1905 and 1922. In

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

, the

was first used by the Auto-Cycling Union for the

Isle of Man TT The Isle of Man TT or Tourist Trophy races are an annual motorcycle racing event run on the Isle of Man in May/June of most years since its inaugural race in 1907. The event is often called one of the most dangerous racing events in the world ...

motorcycle races. This included the Greeba Bridge section and the course later became known as the 37.73 mile

Isle of Man TT Mountain Course The Isle of Man TT Mountain Course or ''TT Course'' is a street and public rural road circuit located in the Isle of Man, used for motorcycle racing. The motorcycle ''TT Course'' is used principally for the Isle of Man TT Races and also the sep ...

which has been used since 1911 for the

Races and from 1923 for the

Manx Grand Prix The Manx Grand Prix motorcycle races are held on the Isle of Man TT Course (or 'Snaefell Mountain Course, Mountain Circuit') every year for a two-week period, usually spanning the end of August and early September. New for 2022 is a period re ...

races. During the

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

Senior TT The Senior Tourist Trophy is a motorcycle road race that takes place during the Isle of Man TT festival, an annual event traditionally held over the last week in May and the first week in June. The Senior TT is the Blue Riband event of the festi ...

race, held in poor weather conditions and heavy rain, a number of competitors crashed on the narrow approach to Greeba Bridge. This include the experienced motor-cycle racing competitor Doug Lamb, later dying from injuries suffered in the accident.''Isle of Man Examiner'' page 2 SENIOR T.T. FATALITY Friday 21 June 1929

Sources

External links

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Greeba Bridge __NOTOC__ Greeba Bridge is situated between the 6th milestone and 7th road milestones on the primary A1 Douglas to Peel road and the junction with the Greeba Mill Road in the parish of Kirk German in the Isle of Man. The A1 Greeba road brid ...