Video: The most crooked street in the world - Lombard Street
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Where do you think is located the most crooked street in the world? If you believe that this is some kind of slum alley that inevitably leads to the cycle of "steal-drink-to jail", then you are wrong! In reality the most crooked street can compete for the title the most beautiful, and it is located in San Francisco.
We have already seen more than once that a curve can be beautiful (in particular, on the example of crooked teeth of Japanese girls), and Lombard Street is another proof of this. The street has become widely known for its most problematic stretch between Hyde Street and Leavenworth Street. This part of the street winds along Russian Hill ("Russian Hill"), whose slope reaches 27 °. Those who want to be at the bottom of the hill have to overcome 8 sharp turns. Crooked streetfortunately only works in one direction.
The speed on street bends is limited to 8 kilometers per hour, and therefore it constantly accumulates traffic jams and minor accidents. Of course, the mayor's office of the Californian city cannot turn a blind eye to this disgrace. Even a special group has been created to deal with Lombard Street: the name of the road has already become a household name, which is called every tangled and crooked street.
Meanwhile, 400 meters of the crooked street is a real treasure of the city. Paved with red bricks, surrounded by thickets of flowers and picturesque Californian houses, Lombard Street has appeared in many films, television shows and computer games. Even a new idiom "straighten Lombard Street" was born, in the sense corresponding to the cleaning of the Augean stables. As you can see, cultural history is happening right before our eyes - and not only in palaces, but also on incredibly crooked streets.
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