Lombard Street

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Lombard Street is a famous San Francisco roadway renowned for its steep, sharply winding “crooked” block lined with landscaped switchbacks and historic homes.

Aliases (1)
  • Lombard Street (San Francisco) ×1

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf street
tourist attraction
connectsTo Hyde Street
Leavenworth Street
designCompletedIn 1922
designedBy City engineer Clyde Healy
extendsFrom The Embarcadero
extendsTo The Presidio of San Francisco vicinity
famousFor steep, crooked block with multiple switchbacks
featuredIn films set in San Francisco
postcards and travel brochures
television shows set in San Francisco
hasFeature historic residential buildings
landscaped switchbacks
ornamental gardens
sidewalk stairways for pedestrians
hasMaximumGradeBeforeCurves approximately 27 percent
hasNameOrigin named after Lombard Street in Philadelphia
hasNearbyTransit Powell–Hyde cable car line
hasNickname the crookedest street in the world
hasNumberOfHairpinTurns 8
hasPostalCode 94133
hasSection one-way downhill block between Hyde Street and Leavenworth Street
hasSpeedLimit 5 mph on the crooked block
hasSurface brick-paved roadway
hasTrafficControl seasonal measures to manage tourist congestion
hasViewOf Alcatraz Island
Coit Tower
San Francisco Bay
isMaintainedBy City and County of San Francisco
isNotableAs iconic symbol of San Francisco’s hilly topography
one of San Francisco’s most photographed locations
isPartOf San Francisco street grid
isPopularWith photographers
tourists
isRegulatedBy San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
isSubjectOf debates about reservation or toll systems for cars
locatedIn California
San Francisco
United States
openedIn 1920s
partOf Russian Hill neighborhood
purposeOfCurves to reduce the hill’s natural grade for vehicles
roadDirection one-way downhill
touristActivities driving down the crooked block
taking photographs of the curves and gardens
walking along the sidewalks and stairs

Referenced by (12)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Russian Hill
San Francisco
knownFor
Russian Hill
contains
City of London
hasDistrict
Lombard–South station
hasEntranceNear
Sansome Street
hasIntersectionWith
San Francisco County
hasLandmark
Columbus Avenue (San Francisco) ("Lombard Street (San Francisco)")
intersects
Marina District, San Francisco
notableStreet
Powell–Hyde cable car line
passesNear
St Mary Woolnoth
streetAddress
Marina District
streetGridIncludes

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