B2 (Bride - Point of Ayre)

This article is about the original B2 on the Isle of Man, now the A16.
For the current B2 near Andreas, see B2 (Isle of Man).

Dropping down the hill from Bride

The original B2 started in Bride village and wound down the hill to the coast at Port Cranstal (Phurt). It was subsequently extended, the only known example of one of the original B roads being extended, to reach Point of Ayre at some point before 1937. It was this full length which was subsequently renumbered as the A16 before 1963, which it remains today.

The Manx Government Circular 1131 of 25/02/1926 defines this route as: Bride Church to Port Cranstal
The Manx Government Circular 1814 of 17/08/1937 defines this route as: Bride Church to Point of Ayre