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Baldwin Street-world's steepest street

Baldwin Street, in a quiet suburban part
of New Zealand's southern city of Dunedin,
is reputed to be the world's steepest street.

It is located in the suburb of North East Valley,
3.5 kilometres northeast of Dunedin's city centre.
northeast of Dunedin's city centre.




A short straight street of some

350 metres length.
Baldwin Street runs east from the valley

of the Lindsay Creek up the side of Signal Hill.
Its lower reaches are of only moderate steepness,

and the surface isasphalt, but the upper

reaches of this cul-de-sac are far steeper,

and surfaced in concrete, for ease ofmaintenance

(tar seal would flow down the slope on a warm day) and for safety in Dunedin's frosty winters.
At its maximum, the slope of Baldwin Street

is approximately 1:2.86 (19° or 35%) -

that is, for every 2.86 metres travelled

horizontally, the elevation rises by 1 metre.