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It is centered on Snake Alley, a 275-foot (84 m) brick roadway built in 1894 that rises 58.3 feet (18 m) from Washington Street to Columbia Street. [2] The alley receives its name from the five half curves and two quarter curves that climb the hill. Cobblestone Alley is the eastern boundary of the district.
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.
The 276-foot-long Snake Alley has five switchbacks in a 60-foot climb. The average grade is 12.5 percent in that one block. Burlington has been the finishing point for RAGBRAI twice. the annual bicycle ride that starts at the Missouri River in western Iowa and ends in eastern Iowa at the Mississippi River. Burlington is also the home of the ...
Snake Alley may refer to: Snake Alley (Burlington, Iowa), a sinuous street in Iowa, US Snake Alley Criterium, an annual bicycle race in Burlington; Snake Alley Historic District, a largely residential area in Burlington; Snake Alley (Taipei), a market in Taipei, Taiwan "Snake Alley", a track on the 1985 album Decode Yourself by Ronald Shannon ...
Listed by Realtor Gina McAndrews at $750,000, the three-bedroom, two-bathroom residence in northwestern Ames, Iowa dates to 1965 and has preserved its contemporary style and design quirks. “It ...
Phil Hoffman House, in Mahaska County Snake Alley, in Des Moines County Lock and Dam No. 14 Historic District, in Scott County Grotto of the Redemption , in Palo Alto County Merchants' National Bank in Poweshiek County, designed by Louis Sullivan Howes Building , in Clinton County Fourth Street Historic District , in Woodbury County
The Heritage Hill Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located north of downtown Burlington, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The area is primarily a residential neighborhood on the hill north of the central business district. Several churches act as a buffer and ...
Location of Henry County in Iowa. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Henry County, Iowa. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Henry County, Iowa, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National ...