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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf street
tourist attraction
connectsTo Hyde Street
Geary Street
surface form: 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 San Francisco County
surface form: 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 Muni
surface form: San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
isSubjectOf debates about reservation or toll systems for cars
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

San Francisco
United States of America
surface form: United States
openedIn 1920s
partOf Russian Hill
surface form: 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

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San Francisco knownFor Lombard Street
Russian Hill knownFor Lombard Street
Russian Hill contains Lombard Street
San Francisco County hasLandmark Lombard Street
City of London hasDistrict Lombard Street
Marina District streetGridIncludes Lombard Street
St Mary Woolnoth streetAddress Lombard Street
Sansome Street hasIntersectionWith Lombard Street
Columbus Avenue intersects Lombard Street
subject surface form: Columbus Avenue (San Francisco)
this entity surface form: Lombard Street (San Francisco)
Snake Alley comparedWith Lombard Street
this entity surface form: Lombard Street in San Francisco
San Francisco (via Wikimedia Foundation) knownFor Lombard Street
subject surface form: San Francisco
Walter Bagehot notableWork Lombard Street
San Francisco, California, United States of America hasLandmark Lombard Street
subject surface form: San Francisco
Presidio Parkway (California State Route 1 / US 101) hasExitTo Lombard Street
subject surface form: Presidio Parkway