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Baldwin Street in New Zealand reinstated as the world’s steepest street
- Kaibeezy 7y agoThought maybe there was an earthquake or volcano involved, but no, only professional standards. Baldwin Street is straight with a uniform gradient across the carriageway. Ffordd Pen Llech has many horizontal curves which all affect the road gradient. ... Measuring on the centreline is standard surveying practice. Details: https://issuu.com/nzis/docs/surveying_spatial_march_2020/s/10373332 https://issuu.com/nzis/docs/surveying_spatial_march_2020/s/1...
- gshdg 7y agoIs it physically possible to drive a motor vehicle up that? Or do people instead drive upwards on a nearly road with switchbacks/lesser gradient and drive downwards if they need to access a location on this street? And man, what if your brakes are in anything less than perfect condition?