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Snake Alley is a street located in Burlington, Iowa, which was built in 1894. In 2017, Ripley's Believe It or Not! recognized the street as "Unbelievably Crooked" and the #1 Odd Spot in their Odd Spots Across America Campaign.
Burlington's famous landmark, Snake Alley consists of five half-curves and two quarter-curves and drops 58 feet over a distance of 275 feet. The street is reminiscent of vineyard paths in France and Germany.
Snake Alley consists of five half-curves, two quarter-curves and drops 58 feet over a distance of 275 feet. Test your driving, walking or bicycling skills on what Ripley's Believe It or Not! calls “Unbelievably Crooked!" Designated as #1 in Ripley’s Believe It or Not!’s Odd Spots Across America campaign. Suggest edits to improve what we show.
Feeling in the mood for something playful and historic that blends driving skills with good-natured midwest novelty? Pay a visit to Iowa’s Snake Alley, located in Burlington, and you might think you are staring down a rally car track designed for a movie set.
Snake Alley, called by some The Crookedest Street in the World, was built to move traffic up and down a hillside too steep for a straight road. A news clipping from 1894 described the serpentine roadway as "a triumph of practical street engineering."
Address: N. 6th Street, Burlington, Iowa. Aerial view of Snake Alley, which according to Ripley’s Believe It or Not, is the most crooked street in the world. How can Snake Alley be more crooked than Lombard Street in San Francisco? It’s all about the curves and total degrees.
Snake Alley consists of five half-curves, two quarter-curves and drops 58 feet over a distance of 275 feet. Test your driving, walking or bicycling skills on what Ripley's Believe It or Not! calls "Unbelievably Crooked!" Designated as #1 in Ripley's Believe It or Not!'s Odd Spots Across America campaign.
Snake Alley was built as an experimental street design in 1894 in an attempt to find a shorter route from the Heritage Hill residential neighborhood down to the business district, 58.3 feet below. Locally-fired blueclay brick was laid short-side up and at an angle to give horses better footing.
The Snake Alley Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Burlington, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and it was included in the Heritage Hill Historic District that surrounds it, in 1982.
Once deemed by Ripley’s Believe It or Not to be the “Crookedest Street In The World,” Iowa’s Snake Alley was created in 1894 by a trio of German immigrants. The steep street was constructed...