Canton Avenue
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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's Beechview
Beechview (Pittsburgh)
Beechview is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's South Hills area. It has a zip code of 15216, and has representation on Pittsburgh City Council by both the council member for District 4 and for District 2 . Beechview was founded in 1905. It is Pittsburgh Fire Bureau Zone 4-10 and...
neighborhood, is the steepest officially recorded public street in the United States
United States
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Canton Avenue may be the steepest street in the world, as Baldwin Street in New Zealand
New Zealand
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, which is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's steepest, has an officially recorded grade of 35%, two percent less than Canton's. However, Baldwin Street's angle continues over a longer trajectory.
Canton Avenue has a grade of 37%: in 10 ft (3 m) of horizontal distance the elevation changes by 3.7 ft (1.1 m).