Saturday, May 15, 2010

World’s Most Bizarre Streets

There are so many beautiful places in the world, and there are also lots of bizarre ones. Some of them are remarkable for the unusual streets. For example, this is Lombard Street which is situated in San Francisco, a quite hilly city. This street is a 27 degree hill, moreover, it has eight “acute” turns. This makes Lombard Street the most twisting street in the US.

Lombard Street

In 2001 the local authorities were about to close the street for the traffic, but decided to make it one-way.

Lombard Street

The Swindon street, England, looks like a very tagled crossroads, but in reality it is surprisingly functional and makes the traffic easier.

Crossroads

However, the only view of it shocks.

Crossroads

The steepest street is in Dunedin, New Zeland.

Dunedin

It was planned by London armchair officials nonmetering the locality particularities.

Dunedin

The widest street is in Buenos Aires.

Buenos Aires

To cross it, one needs to walk for several minutes (the width is 300 feet).

Buenos Aires

The world’s narrowest street is in Exeter, England. There’s hardly enough space for a person.

Exeter

The world’s oldest street is in Egypt, it leads to the pyramids. It was built more than 4600 years ago.

The world’s oldest street

The longest street is in Toronto, Canada.

The longest street

Its building started in the 18th century and still continues.

The longest street

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