The steepest street in the world is Baldwin Street, located in Dunedin, Southern New Zealand. It starts with a moderate slope but increases rapidly until it reaches a staggering 19 degrees incline! That may not sound like alot, but check out the pics below and you’ll understand how steep this baby actually is. Funny thing is, it is so steep that the surface has to be laid with concrete instead of asphalt otherwise the tar will start flowing down the street on a hot day! Anyone with a death wish can try blading or skateboarding down….
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Are they sure to have the steepest street?
We visited the acores (portugese islands in the atlantic oceans), there was a street with 45 degrees!!!!
My photo here: http://image14.webshots.com/14/6/64/64/167466464DJWgrN_fs.jpg
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YEA PLUS I’VE SEEN STEEPER STREETS IN ZACATECAS, MEXICO. THEY EVEN HAVE HANDLE BARS IN SOME OF THE STREETS TO HELP THE PEDESTRIANS. I DONT HAVE ANY PIX THO, MY GRANDMA LIVES THERE AND IT SUX CUZ IT’S TIRING
Very very cool!
wow helena, tks for sharing that. If that is really true, somebody needs to correct the guys from the “Organization of Steep Slopes”. Can anyone verify the 45-degree incline?
Here is the correct link to my photo, made 2004 on our honeymoon (on the picture this is my husband)
http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1167466464015438187DJWgrN
But they are talking about «degrees», we had 45 PERCENT. So I asked Mr Google and here is the solution:
100% = 45° => 1% = 0,45° —-> so the the street on the acores is 20.25 degrees. Sorry for the confusion ;-))
Please. There are steeper streets here in San Francisco. Parts of Hyde street are over 21 degrees. Many streets are over 19 degrees.
Yeah San Francisco near Paul Ave (Burton High School) area. Steep as hell.
Steep, but is it that long in SF?
[...] È Baldwin Street a Dunedin (Nuova Zelanda), conosciuta per essere la strada più ripida del mondo. È così ripida che la pavimentazione è in cemento, perché l’asfalto nelle giornate più calde scivolerebbe giù! [fonte] [...]