Curviest Street in the World
For one block, San Francisco’s Lombard Street is the most crooked street in the world.
You may have seen that one block in photographs, movies, or on television, but the east-west street actually starts at The Presidio, run through Cow Hollow, Russian Hill, Telegraph Hill, and finally ends at The Embarcadero. For much of that distance, it’s pleasant, but the relatively boring street. But for one block between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets (on Russian Hill), Lombard Street (map it) has become famous.
This block is paved in brick, and has eight S-turns, in a switchback design, and was originally designed to ease the natural grade of the street. Houses and townhouses line both sides of the street, and this is some pretty pricey real estate!
Through the “crookedest” section of the street, which is one-way going downhill, the speed limit is only 5 MPH. Driving down the hill through the switchbacks is always a fun thing to do, no matter that you may have done it tons of times. During the day, the block is lined with beautiful flower boxes, filled flowers appropriate for the season. But it’s a real treat to drive down the street at night — especially if you might be driving a little faster than that speed limit. (Not that I’m encouraging speeding!)
If you’re on foot, you can get to Lombard via the Powell-Hyde cable car line, and then take the stairs along the street. If you’re looking for a good workout, a couple of trips up and down the 40-grade slope should provide it. Lombard Street is also on most city tours, although large buses cannot make it driving down the street.
Whether you’re on foot or in a car, allow a little extra time at the bottom of the hill to take a few photos.
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Lombard Street The “Crookedest Street In The World” San Francisco Known as the “Crookedest Street in the World,” Lombard Street is one of San Francisco’s most popular landmarks. Every year, hundreds of thousands of visitors walk or drive down its eight sharp hairpin turns.
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Lombard Street in San Francisco is often called the most crooked street in the world. Actually, it’s the second most crooked, but San Francisco Tip for driving down: the crooked part of Lombard has to be approached from Lombard. They won’t let cars turn onto it from the cross street, Hyde.
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Lombard Street is an east-west street in San Francisco, California that is famous for a steep, one-block section with eight hairpin turns. Stretching from The Presidio east to The Embarcadero (with a gap on Telegraph Hill)…
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A bill introduced in the California legislature would allow the city to charge drivers to take a trip down Lombard Street, a famous windy red brick-paved block billed as “The Crookedest Street in the The steep, single-lane street is built on a 27 percent grade and features eight hairpin turns along its length.
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For most of its length, Lombard Street is indistinguishable from any other roadway in the hilly neighborhoods of San Francisco. It opened in 1922 and has been calling itself the World’s Crookedest Street ever since. If you think you can merrily careen down the most crooked street in…
$5 to drive down the (second) crookedest street in the world?!?!
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Admission fee could be coming to Lombard Street in San Francisco. Share this Now comes word that the city is considering implementing a toll on the famed road — actually the second crookedest in San Francisco, after Vermont Street between 20th and 22nd streets in the Portrero Hill neighborhood.
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Lombard Street is otherwise known as the “Crookedest Street in the World.” It’s estimated that thousands of people per day visit the street, creating Vida Bhatt, a tourist from Melbourne, Australia, said she and her family drove down the crooked street parked their car and then decided to go back…
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Lombard Street in San Francisco is one of America’s crookedest streets and found on many tours. The steep, hilly street was created with sharp curves to switchback down the one-way hill past beautiful Victorian mansions. But did you know that Lombard isn’t truly the “crookedest” street in the world?
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The crooked Lombard Street is 180 metres long 125.7 metres in a straight line, has a 27 degree slope, and the sign at the Is Lombard Street Really ‘The World’s Crookedest’? too dangerous for most vehicles to drive down. Between 1922 and 1923, this part of Lombard Street was transformed into a…
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San Francisco’s “crookedest” Lombard Street is popular, but if you do it wrong, you might just hate it. You could say the folks who nicknamed San Francisco’s Lombard Street were a little “crooked” themselves when they named it the “crookedest street” in San Francisco, in the U.S. — and even in…
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Assembly Approves San Francisco Lombard Street Toll, Reservation Test ProgramState legislators in Sacramento on Thursday approved a pilot program to test out a system requiring reservations and a toll for people to drive down San Francisco’s landmark crookedest street. Proposed Toll On ‘Crooked’…
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Lombard Street is called the crookedest street in the world with eight switchbacks on a steep hill. Residents complain tourists back up traffic, so officials now propose telling drivers to pay a toll of up to $10, and make a reservation.
San Francisco considers toll, reservations for touristy Lombard Street
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Thousands of tourists looking to drive down the “crookedest street in the world” may have to pay a toll if a San Francisco proposal passes. Vida Bhatt, a tourist from Melbourne, Australia, said she drove down Lombard Street with her family before parking their car and exploring by foot.
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The thousands of tourists who drive down San Francisco’s famous crooked street each year could soon have to pay for the privilege. Greg Brundage, president of the Lombard Hill Improvement Association, who has lived on the street for 22 years, welcomed the proposed toll.
San Francisco’s ‘Crookedest street in the world’ Lombard Street to…
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Long and winding road: San Francisco’s ‘Crookedest street in the world’ to be closed over summer to ease traffic woes. About 2,000 vehicles travel Attracting hundreds of thousands annually, tourists prefer to take snapshot panoramic views of the city at the top and then drive down the crooked street…
The 2nd Crookedest Street in the World – Lombard Street
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All reviews zig zag drove down driving down beautiful street cable car winding road beautiful flowers walk up taking pictures both sides coit tower When you get to the bottom marvel at the stupidity of tourists as they Stan in the road taking pictures of the street. If you go keep your wits about you as it…
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This has led the street to be dubbed the crookedest in the world in competition with the better-known Lombard Street. Vermont, while steeper than Lombard, has fewer turns. Feel free to make your own determination by visiting the streets yourself. See photos of Lombard through the years in the…
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Discover Lombard Street San Francisco, one of the most crooked streets in the world. Find tips for visiting including driving or walking down the How did it get this way? In the 1920s, many residents on the street were interested in buying cars. The problem was they couldn’t drive down such a steep…
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For this was Lombard Street in San Francisco. Or, to be more precise, it was the single-block section of it, in the Russian Hill district, where the gradient is so sharp that the road tackles it in eight tight corkscrew curves of red-brick paving. To steer a vehicle down it is the antithesis of the cinematic…
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This self-proclaimed crookedest street in the world is one of the coolest attractions in San Francisco, but it might also be the most popular and most stressful, too. If you’re driving it, whoever is behind the wheel needs to navigate the 8 hairpin switchbacks down a steep slope while stuck in slow-moving…
Cars Traveling Down Crooked Lombard Street in San Francisco.
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Often referred to as the “crookedest street,” San Francisco’s Lombard Street is, in fact, neither the Some tourists even drive down the street themselves, braving the frequent traffic jams and bumper to Have you visited Lombard Street? What other streets around the world are ‘crooked’ or ‘steep’?
Lombard Street, a steep, one-block section with 8 hairpin turns
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Still, Lombard Street is fun to go down. If you drive, take the curves slowly and in low gear. If you’re walking, take staircases (without curves) up or down on either side of the street. Arguably, some sources claim Vermont Street, also in San Francisco, as the crookedest street in the world.
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In the case of Lombard Street, its creator was met with the challenge of creating a road that wouldn’t be too steep for most drivers. You can also reach this location via car. If you have access to a vehicle, you may even be able to drive down San Francisco’s crookedest street.
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…we would attempt to drive down “The Crookedest Street in the World” as fast as humanly possible, first in our ’75 El Camino, then in our ’70 Skylark. He did 12mp down Lombard in a Subaru Forester. To be fair, it is possible that his Subie has a more accurate speedo than our old relics; on the other…
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Lombard Street is the title of the winding streets of the planet. It is located in San Francisco, California,USA Lombard Street is billed as the crookedest street in the world, it is not even the most crooked or steepest street in Cars can only drive downhill, east-bound towards Leavenworth Street.