Canton Avenue
Canton Avenue, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Beechview neighborhood, is the steepest officially recorded public street in the United States[1][2][3] and, according to some sources, the world.[4][5]
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Baldwin Street in New Zealand is the world's steepest residential street. Baldwin Street is 1,150 ft (350 meters) long and is said to include a grade of 35%. Canton Avenue is 630 ft (192 meters) long (the hill is about 65 meters long) and is claimed to include a 37% grade 6.5 meters long. If accurate, this 37% gradient would make Canton Avenue the steepest in the world.[4] [6][7][8][9]
In March 2016, the street was the subject of a commercial,[10] featuring freeskier Bene Mayr, snowboarder Heikki Sorsa, downhill mountain biker Aaron Gwin, and racing driver Mattias Ekström for the Audi Quattro A4 automobile.[11][12]
See also
References
- ^ "Here: In Beechview". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 30 January 2005.
- ^ Kambitsis, Jason (1 December 2010). "The Steepest Road On Earth Takes No Prisoners". Wired.
- ^ Writer, Carla Herreria Senior; Hawaii, HuffPost (28 February 2014). "Hit The Brakes! The 10 Steepest Streets In America". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Steepest Streets in the World". WorldAtlas. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "World's steepest roads". Fox News. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ Bob Batz, Jr. (30 January 2005). "Here: In Beechview". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 11 August 2007.
- ^ "Pittsburgh Hills". Western Pennsylvania Wheelmen. Archived from the original on 16 May 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-11.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ An article in the Pittsburgh Press on January 11, 1987 cites information compiled by the Surveys Division and the Snow and Ice Control Program, Dept of Public Works, that Canton Street has a steepness of 37%.
- ^ Writer, Carla Herreria Senior; Hawaii, HuffPost (28 February 2014). "Hit The Brakes! The 10 Steepest Streets In America". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ Bene Mayr, Heikki Sorsa, Aaron Gwin, Mattias Ekström (1 March 2016). Audi quattro challenge - The Steepest Street. Pittsburgh, PA. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ Shumway, John (2 March 2016). "World's Steepest Street Featured In New Audi Commercial". KDKA-TV. Pittsburgh, PA. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ^ Blazina, Ed (3 March 2016). "Audi challenges Beechview's world-class-steep Canton Avenue". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, PA. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
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