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Lombard Street is an east–west street in San Francisco, California, that is famous for a steep, one-block section with eight hairpin turns. The street stretches from The Presidio east to The Embarcadero (with a gap on Telegraph Hill). Most of Lombard Street's western segment is a major thoroughfare designated as part of U.S. Route 101.
The sidewalk-only block of Baker Street, just one block west of Broderick, also between Broadway and Vallejo is a bit steeper than Broderick. An unofficial survey of San Francisco streets declared the steepest street in San Francisco to be a 30-foot section of Bradford Street, [5] paved in 2010, with a 40% grade. [6]
The street includes one of the steepest city blocks in San Francisco. In the 250-foot block from Vicksburg to Church Streets in the Noe Valley neighborhood, the city map shows a 79-foot descent along the south side of the street (78 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet (23.9 m) along the north side) for an average grade of just over 31%, about the same as the steepest block of Filbert Street in San Francisco. [6]
Looking east toward Coit Tower Looking up the steps. Filbert Street is an east–west street on the north side of San Francisco, California.Its western end is at Lyon Street on the east edge of The Presidio and, spanning eastward, it crosses several large thoroughfares, including Van Ness Avenue and Columbus Avenue, and ends its drivable length at Kearny Street, on Telegraph Hill below Coit Tower.
This record is disputed; Pittsburgh news and international media have claimed Canton Avenue is the steepest street in the world. [8] [9] [10] The United States record is also disputed, as Bradford Street in San Francisco includes a 39% grade nine meters long [11] and Waipio Valley Road has sections as steep as a 45% grade. [12] [13] [14] [15]
California Street to Oakland Bay Bridge. California Street is a major thoroughfare in San Francisco, California. It is one of the longest streets in San Francisco, and includes a number of important landmarks. It runs in an approximately straight 5.2 mi (8.4 km) east–west line from the Financial District to Lincoln Park in the far northwest ...
Market Street is a major thoroughfare in San Francisco, California.It begins at The Embarcadero in front of the Ferry Building at the northeastern edge of the city and runs southwest through downtown, passing the Civic Center and the Castro District, to the intersection with Portola Drive in the Twin Peaks neighborhood.
By 1971, Polk Street was advertised as "one of the gayest streets in San Francisco". [6] In 1972, Polk Street was the location of the first official San Francisco Gay Pride Parade. [5] In the 1950s through the 1970s Halloween on Polk Street became a major attraction for tourists and locals. A migration from Polk Street to the Castro District ...