And just now, a new contender emerges. Canton Avenue, located in the Beechview neighborhood in Pittsburgh is the steepest officially recorded street in the United States. Pittsburghers claim Canton has a two percent higher grade than Baldwin Street, which is officially the world's steepest, according to "The Guinness Book of World Records."
Canton has an official grade of 37 percent, but Baldwin's angle of trajectory is much longer. Traveling 10 feet along Canton (three meters), the elevation changes an astounding 3.7 feet. And oh yeah, Canton is cobblestoned. Imagine trying to get around on this bad boy during an icy Pittsburgh winter!
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