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Canton Avenue in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the steepest street anywhere in the United States. It is also often noted as one of the steepest streets in the world. With its maximum gradient of thirty-seven percent, Canton Avenue in the neighborhood of Beechview poses an intriguing and rather difficult challenge for any cyclist. It may be just one-tenth of a mile in length, but there is a elevation gain of thirty-seven feet for every one hundred feet. The streets closest competition is New Zealand’s Baldwin Avenue, whose thirty-five percent gradient continues for a longer distance.

Canton Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15216

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