World's steepest street visit

[JeffinNZ]

Last weekend when Kiera and I went to my home town of Dunedin to visit my mother in hospital we visited Baldwin Street in North East Valley. This is the steepest street in the world. My late father grew up 'down the Valley' and had many great stories from the Depression one of which involving a car tyre being let go down a similar though not so steep street.

Here is Kiera leaning into the gradient.



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Walking up was one thing but coming down was something else. A fit young lady jogged DOWN the hill as we were going up.

[41 mag fan]

Had to be drunk and fall or slip on that hill!

[enfield]

Does anybody park on the street, do you chain your car to a post or just hope the park brake holds?

[skruske]

Curious. The pitch of the roof on the house slopes toward the up side of the hill.

Seems rather foolish to let water run off the roof only to have to channel it back down hill.

[MBTcustom]

Curious. The pitch of the roof on the house slopes toward the up side of the hill.

Seems rather foolish to let water run off the roof only to have to channel it back down hill.

Well, it's probably just a drop in the bucket (pun intended) to the runoff from the house above!

[Jim]

I bet Baldwin Street would be fun with a coat of ice on it!

[nitroproof]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHGJejmSjg4

OK Boys & Girls... Fallowfield Avenue is one of the steepest streets in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. This occurred after an ice storm two years ago.

Enjoy!

[Mal Paso]

That's almost as steep as my driveway! WOW!

[fouronesix]

Jeff,
That is one steep street! Say that three times fast

The house, walls, doors and windows look plumb, it's just the camera was tilted a little. If the camera were held level the street would appear even more pitched!

[JeffinNZ]

I girl died riding down Baldwin Street in a wheelie bin (household garbage bin with wheels). Drunk university students do very short sighted things.

[Jim]

I girl died riding down Baldwin Street in a wheelie bin (household garbage bin with wheels). Drunk university students do very short sighted things.

At the risk of hijacking the thread subject, many years ago, I worked for a contractor that put all the power and lights on a bridge. One day during lunch, one of the helpers decided to take a ride down the bridge on a buck of scaffolding with wheels on it. He was out of work a coupla' weeks from injuries sustained when it hit the guard rail and flipped.

[45 2.1]

That is a 34.96 % slope or a 19 degree - 16 minute - 20 second off horizontal grade. I've built a couple of streets in East St. Louis, IL. on the bluff that make that look almost level. I've seen a steeper one than I built down around Silver Dollar City. Lots of steep streets..............

[Jim]

That is a 34.96 % slope or a 19 degree - 16 minute - 20 second off horizontal grade. I've built a couple of streets in East St. Louis, IL. on the bluff that make that look almost level. I've seen a steeper one than I built down around Silver Dollar City. Lots of steep streets..............

Just out of curiosity, I Googled 'World's steepest street' and found Baldwin Street listed on Wikipedia as the holder of the prestigous position. Apparently, the much steeper streets you built were not registered.

[Bello]

That's crazy there is a street in jersey city nj that's so damn steep that it scares me on a hot summer day with sticky tires!!!

[shooter93]

Go to our county seat and the whole town looks a lot like that....lol.

[Mal Paso]

My driveway tops out at 22 degrees, is dirt, and a real challenge when it rains.

[45 2.1]

Just out of curiosity, I Googled 'World's steepest street' and found Baldwin Street listed on Wikipedia as the holder of the prestigous position. Apparently, the much steeper streets you built were not registered.

I would say Google isn't the last word on much of anything......... I've seen driveways and streets much steeper than those mentioned here, but again, that was the business I was in so I noticed them.

[felix]

Bob, what about that one in Alton? I did that one taking movie pictures with 8mm back in the day...circa 1958..... ... felix

[ffg]

That is one steep street , wow !

[popper]

Jeff - that is a steep one. Been down the one in San Fran, wasn't to bad. Not to be outdone - of course - 51st between College Ave & Swope Pkwy by Keys stadium. Probably 150 yds either way to the bottom. Fast sled would get you most of the way to the top of the other side. The '47 Stude wouldn't make the bluff from the north but gramp's Chrysler would.