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List of steepest roads and streets

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sections or streets and roads with the steepest gradiants in the world. Ffordd Pen Llech in Harlech, Wales was previously thought to have the steepest city street...

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Baldwin Street

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held the title of being the steepest streets in the world. On 16 July 2019, Baldwin Street lost its title of World's Steepest Street to Ffordd Pen Llech...

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List of steepest gradients on adhesion railways

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possible, preferably below 1.5%. The list below is of some of the steepest gradients on adhesion railways, in order of decreasing steepness: Grade (slope)...

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History of road transport

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Corduroy roads (road beds made of logs laid perpendicular to the direction of travel) were built in Glastonbury, England in 3300 BC, and brick-paved roads were...

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List of highest paved roads in Europe

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This is a list of the highest paved roads in Europe. It includes roads that are at least 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) long and whose culminating point is at...

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List of cobblestone streets

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United States, several of these are recognized in the National Register of Historic Places. The following is a list of streets and roads which are famed or...

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Star Route and Palouse Street Brick Road

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Route and Palouse Street Brick Road, in Pullman, Washington, also known by the nickname Red Brick Roads are a block of NE Maple St. and a block of NE Palouse...

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Tram

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poor paving of the streets in American cities which made them unsuitable for horsebuses, which were then common on the well-paved streets of European cities...

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Bells Line of Road

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The route has numerous sections of steep and winding road. The steepest section is at Bellbird Hill, where the road rises around 450 metres (1,480 ft)...

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Totterdown

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network of extremely steep roads in Upper Totterdown, of which Vale Street, although very short, is alleged to be the steepest residential road in England...

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Bow Road tube station

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from Upminster and Barking enter a tunnel; the gradient of the tunnel approach, which is to the east of the station, is 1 in 28, the steepest on the tube...

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List of national parks of the United States

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units List of national monuments of the United States List of National Wildlife Refuges of the United States List of U.S. National Forests Lists of state...

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Harlech

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a street down the rock spur to the north of the castle. It is the steepest signed, public paved road in the United Kingdom and one of the steepest in...

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Conduit Road

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meters of earth and debris moved in this slip. 22°16′44″N 114°09′03″E / 22.27882°N 114.15077°E / 22.27882; 114.15077 List of streets and roads in Hong...

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List of former Edinburgh street names

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demolished to create Royal Museum, Chambers Street Arthur Street - demolished in the early 60s. Was once the steepest street in Edinburgh Brown Square - demolished...

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Dunedin cable tramway system

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6 km) up High Street to Mornington. This line was the steepest recorded tramline in the world, with a gradient at the highest point of the track measured...

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Woronora River Bridge

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grade of 4.7% at the launching abutment, it has one of the steepest downhill launchings of any incrementally launched bridge. Aerial view of the low and high...

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Erie Canal

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(565 km) long, 120 feet (37 m) wide, and 12 feet (3.7 m) deep. It has 34 locks, including the Waterford Flight, the steepest locks in the United States. When...

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Shimla

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Railway, a narrow gauge track, is listed in the Guinness Book of Records for the steepest rise in altitude in a distance of 96 km. Kalka, the plains rail...

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Chai Wan Road

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runs from Shau Kei Wan to Chai Wan through Chai Wan Gap; with one of the steepest inclines in Hong Kong on either side, with signs posted 1 in 10 gradient...

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