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[[Image:CantonAve Top.jpg|thumb|left|Canton Ave., viewed from the top of the hill.]] |
[[Image:CantonAve Top.jpg|thumb|left|Canton Ave., viewed from the top of the hill.]] |
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[[Image:CantonAve Bottom.jpg|thumb|The view from the bottom of Canton Ave.]] |
[[Image:CantonAve Bottom.jpg|thumb|The view from the bottom of Canton Ave.]] |
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'''Canton Avenue''', in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]'s [[Beechview (Pittsburgh)|Beechview]] [[neighborhood]], is tied with [[Prentiss Street]] (in [[San Francisco]]) as the steepest public street in the [[United States]]<ref name ="Batz"/><ref>Stephen Von Worley, [http://www.weathersealed.com/2009/11/10/the-steeps-of-san-francisco/ The Steeps Of San Francisco: In Search Of The City's Steepest Street], November 10, 2009.</ref>{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}, and they are possibly the steepest streets in the world. |
'''Canton Avenue''', in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]'s [[Beechview (Pittsburgh)|Beechview]] [[neighborhood]], is tied with [[Prentiss Street]] (in [[San Francisco]]) as the steepest public street in the [[United States]]<ref name ="Batz"/><ref>Stephen Von Worley, [http://www.weathersealed.com/2009/11/10/the-steeps-of-san-francisco/ The Steeps Of San Francisco: In Search Of The City's Steepest Street], November 10, 2009.</ref>{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}, and they are possibly the steepest streets in the world. |
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Canton Avenue has a grade of 37%, meaning that for every {{convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on}} of horizontal distance traveled, the elevation changes by {{convert|37|ft|m|abbr=on}}.<ref name ="Batz">{{cite news | url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05030/448976.stm | title = Here: In Beechview | work = [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] | date = 30 January 2005 | accessdate = 2007-08-11 | author = Bob Batz, Jr. }}</ref><ref>{{ cite web | title = Pittsburgh Hills | url = http://www.wpwbikeclub.org/pgh_hills.html | accessdate = 2007-08-11 | work = Western Pennsylvania Wheelmen }}</ref> |
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Outside the United States, [[Baldwin Street]] in [[New Zealand]] has an officially-recorded grade of 35%. Baldwin Street is listed by the [[Guinness Book of World Records]] as the world's steepest street. It has a steep angle over a longer trajectory. |
Outside the United States, [[Baldwin Street]] in [[New Zealand]] has an officially-recorded grade of 35%. Baldwin Street is listed by the [[Guinness Book of World Records]] as the world's steepest street. It has a steep angle over a longer trajectory. |
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Revision as of 18:45, 19 June 2010
Canton Avenue, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Beechview neighborhood, is tied with Prentiss Street (in San Francisco) as the steepest public street in the United States[1][2][citation needed], and they are possibly the steepest streets in the world.
Canton Avenue has a grade of 37%, meaning that for every 100 ft (30 m) of horizontal distance traveled, the elevation changes by 37 ft (11 m).[1][3]
Outside the United States, Baldwin Street in New Zealand has an officially-recorded grade of 35%. Baldwin Street is listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's steepest street. It has a steep angle over a longer trajectory.
References
- ^ a b Bob Batz, Jr. (30 January 2005). "Here: In Beechview". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2007-08-11.
- ^ Stephen Von Worley, The Steeps Of San Francisco: In Search Of The City's Steepest Street, November 10, 2009.
- ^ "Pittsburgh Hills". Western Pennsylvania Wheelmen. Retrieved 2007-08-11.
40°24′33″N 80°01′48″W / 40.409248°N 80.030036°W
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