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Baldwin Street in Dunedin, New Zealand, may be the steepest residential street in the world; it reportedly averages 1:3.41 (16.33° or 29.3%) for 161 meters but its maximum is claimed to be 35% for an unknown distance. [1] Canton Avenue in Pittsburgh is said to have a 37% grade; the length of that grade is unknown.
Other steep streets include: A street in Stilfs in South Tyrol has a 40% gradient as indicated by the street sign. This is a residential street and a cul-de-sac. [31] The Côte St-Ange in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada, with an alleged 33% gradient (about 18°). However, this again appears to be down to confusion between slope angle and percentage ...
Canton Avenue is a street in Pittsburgh's Beechview neighborhood which is the steepest officially recorded public street in the United States. [1] [2] [3]Canton Avenue is 630 ft (190 m) long (the hill is about 213 feet long) and is claimed to include a 37% grade 21 feet (6.4 m) long.
Dunedin seen from Unity Park lookout in the suburb of Mornington Baldwin Street in North East Valley is the world's steepest residential street. Dunedin is home to Baldwin Street, which, according to the Guinness Book of Records, is the steepest street in the world. Its gradient is 1 in 2.9. [66]
The World Atlas has previously given the accolade of steepest street to Canton Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [12] Unlike Fford Pen Llech, Canton Avenue is entirely residential, homes are built along the steepest stretch of road, and the road is open to two-way vehicle traffic at its steepest point.
A street in Harlech, Ffordd Pen Llech, was recognised in 2019 by Guinness World Records as the steepest residential street in the world with a gradient of 1:2.67 (37.45%); however, Baldwin Street in Dunedin, New Zealand, was then recognised with a gradient of 1:2.86 (35%). [26]
Is there a lower speed limit for residential alleys? Doug Dahl. December 29, 2023 at 10:00 PM. ... City streets are 25 mph, county roads are 50 mph, and state highways are 60 mph. That’s the ...
There is a tight network of extremely steep roads in Upper Totterdown, of which Vale Street, although very short, is alleged to be the steepest residential road in England. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] History