Canton Avenue
Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Canton Avenue is a street in Pittsburgh's Beechview neighborhood which is the steepest officially recorded public street in the United States.[1][2][3]
 Looking up Canton Avenue. | |
| Location | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States |
|---|---|
| South end | Coast Avenue |
| North end | Hampshire Avenue |
Canton Avenue is 630 ft (190 m) long (the hill is about 213 feet long) and is claimed to include a 37% grade 21 feet (6.4 m) long.[4][5][6] The Guinness Book of World Records says Baldwin Street, in Dunedin, New Zealand, is the world's steepest street with a gradient of 34.8%.[7] This record is disputed; Pittsburgh news and international media have claimed Canton Avenue is the steepest street in the world.[8][9][10] The United States record is also disputed, as Bradford Street in San Francisco includes a 39% grade nine meters long[11] and Waipio Valley Road has sections as steep as a 45% grade. [12][13][14][15]
In March 2016 Canton Avenue was the subject of a commercial,[16] featuring freeskier Bene Mayr, snowboarder Heikki Sorsa, downhill mountain biker Aaron Gwin, and racing driver Mattias Ekström for the Audi Quattro A4 automobile.[8][17]
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