Baldwin Street, Dunedin, New Zealand - World's Steepest Street

Baldwin Street, in Dunedin, New Zealand is the world's steepest residential street, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. ***To use this in a broadcast or commercial player or for any licensing requests please contact ford.lover@outlook.com Baldwin Street is a short straight street a little under 350 metres long, with an average slope of slightly more than 1:5. Its lower reaches are only moderately steep, and the surface is asphalt, but the upper reaches of this cul-de-sac are far steeper, and surfaced in concrete (200 m or 660 ft long), for ease of maintenance (bitumen—in either chip seal or asphalt—would flow down the slope on a warm day) and for safety in Dunedin's frosty winters. The 161.2 metres (529 ft) long top section climbs 47.2 metres (155 ft) vertically, an average gradient of 1:3.41. At its maximum, about 70 metres (230 ft) below the top, the slope of Baldwin Street is about 1:2.86 (19° or 35%). That is, for every 2.86 metres travelled horizontally, the elevation changes by 1 metre.

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