With eight sharp hairpin turns down steep Russian Hill, Lombard Street in San Francisco has been reputed as the most crooked street in the world. This famous one-way brick road situated between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets was designed out of necessity to reduce the hill's natural 27% incline, which is steeper than most vehicles are capable to climb.
Funnily, the lane is actually reserved for vehicles traveling downhill. It's often known as the most crooked street in the world, however Ripley's Believe it or Not has bequeathed that title to neighboring Snake Alley in Burlington, Iowa.
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The linked article was obviously written by someone outside the US. No American would ever describe San Francisco and Burlington, Iowa and "neighboring." They are over 2,000 miles apart!
Lombard is not even the crookedest street in frisco, Vermont is
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont_Street_%28San_Francisco%29
Neighboring? Well, if 2,000 miles is neighbors, ok.
Anonymous,
Vermont Street is the crookedest street in San Francisco – no one calls it "Frisco."
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