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Baldwin Street
street in Dunedin, New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baldwin Street, in Dunedin, New Zealand was the steepest street in the world. In 1987, Guinness World Records said it was the steepest.[1] It is in the suburb of North East Valley. It is 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) northeast of Dunedin's central business district.
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Namesake | William Baldwin |
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Length | 350 m (1,150 ft) |
Location | North East Valley, Dunedin, New Zealand |
Postal code | 9010 |
North end | North Road |
South end | Buchanan Street |
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Known for | World's steepest residential street until 2019 |
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On 16 July 2019, Ffordd Pen Llech in Wales, became the world's steepest street. Baldwin Street's gradient is 35%, and Ffordd Pen Llech's gradient is 37.45%.[2][3][4]