Vermont Street (San Francisco)
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Vermont Street is a north-south street located in the Potrero Hill district of San Francisco, California. It begins at Division Street near the South of Market area, and runs south, paralleling the U.S. Route 101 freeway. The street ends when it meets 22nd Street.[1]
A section of the street between 20th and 22nd Street, near McKinley Square, features a series of seven sharp turns. This has led the street to be dubbed the crookedest in the world in competition with the better-known Lombard Street (Vermont, while steeper than Lombard, has fewer turns).[2] In an episode of Fact or Fiction on the Travel Channel, Jayms Ramirez measured the sinuosity of both Lombard and Vermont streets, and proved that Vermont is indeed more crooked (with a sinuosity of 1.56 versus 1.2 for Lombard Street).[citation needed]
Unlike Lombard's red brick construction, Vermont is made of concrete.
Vermont Street is featured in a chase scene in the Clint Eastwood movie Magnum Force (1973) and is now home to the annual Bring Your Own Big Wheel[3] race.
[edit] References
- ^ The location of Vermont Street in San Francisco, Google Maps.
- ^ Lombard Street, aviewoncities.com.
- ^ BYOBW Race
Coordinates: 37°45′31″N 122°24′14″W / 37.758525°N 122.403901°W
Bring Your Own Big Wheel Official Website.
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