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  2. Panoramic Hill, Oakland/Berkeley, California - Wikipedia

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    Arden Steps are the penultimate set of steps in the series and are severely steep. Arden Steps and Arden Path meet at the cul-de-sac of Arden Road where Arden Path finishes the series with a sloping path and a final series up two dozen wooden steps. A plaque at the entrance to the Orchard Lane and thus the bottom of the hill is inscribed:

  3. Geometric design of roads - Wikipedia

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    Sag vertical curves are curves which, when viewed from the side, are concave upwards. This includes vertical curves at valley bottoms, but it also includes locations where an uphill grade becomes steeper, or a downhill grade becomes less steep. The most important design criterion for these curves is headlight sight distance. [2]

  4. Central–Mid-Levels escalator - Wikipedia

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    The one-way escalators and moving walkways run downhill from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and then uphill from 10 a.m. to midnight daily. [6] Users wanting to travel in the opposite direction must use the staircases and ramps along the escalator, which consists of total 782 steps between Conduit Road and Queen's Road Central footbridge.

  5. World's strangest: The road where cars roll uphill

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    The Electric Brae is a road on which cyclists pedal hard to ride downhill, then rest while coasting uphill. Even a car in neutral will look like it's starting to roll up the hill.

  6. Runaway truck ramp - Wikipedia

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    A runaway truck ramp on the A7 in Germany. A runaway truck ramp, runaway truck lane, escape lane, safety ramp, emergency escape ramp, or truck arrester bed is a traffic device that enables vehicles which are having braking problems to stop safely.

  7. Lincoln City Centre - Wikipedia

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    Lincoln High Street around 1820. The city centre is divided into Uphill, Downhill, Steep Hill, Cornhill, Brayford and past the railway station. [4] [5] [failed verification] These areas are connected by the ancient Ermine Street which is known as the High Street, in Downhill the High Street becomes The Strait then Steep Hill connects to Uphill where it becomes Bailgate.

  8. I'm a lifelong skier. There are 6 mistakes I always see ... - AOL

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    I'm an experienced skier who has been to more than a dozen ski resorts around the world.. I often see beginners make mistakes like holding up lines, tailgating, and zooming down slopes. Wearing ...

  9. List of gravity hills - Wikipedia

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    A gravity hill is a place where a slight downhill slope appears to be an uphill slope due to the layout of the surrounding land, creating the optical illusion that water flows uphill or that a car left out of gear will roll uphill. Many of these sites have no specific name and are often called just "Gravity Hill", "Magnetic Hill", "Magic Road ...