Vermont Street (San Francisco)
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.jpg) Vermont Street | |
| Location | San Francisco, California |
|---|---|
| South end |  US 101 / Cesar Chavez Street in Produce Market |
| North end | US 101 / Division Street at the Design District |
Vermont Street is a north–south street in the
U.S. 101 freeway. At 22nd Street Vermont Street jumps to the other side of the freeway via a pedestrian bridge. That piece ends at 25th Street; Vermont resumes at 26th Street back on the east side of the freeway and continues to its south end at Cesar Chavez Street.[1]
Background
Between 20th and
Lombard Street (Vermont, while steeper than Lombard, has fewer turns).[2] In an episode of Fact or Fiction on the Travel Channel, Jayms Ramirez measured the sinuosity of Lombard and Vermont streets and found that Vermont is indeed more crooked (with a sinuosity of 1.56 versus 1.2 for Lombard Street).[3] This is also backed up by various members of San Francisco's Department of Public Works on California's Gold episode "Crookedest Street" (#13011).[4]
Unlike the famous block of Lombard Street, which is paved with red brick, Vermont Street is paved with concrete. Vermont Street runs parallel to and overlooks U.S. Route 101. [5]
Vermont Street is featured in a chase scene in the Clint Eastwood movie Magnum Force (1973).[6]
References
- ^ "The location of Vermont Street in San Francisco". Google Maps.
- ^ "Lombard Street". aviewoncities.com.
- ^ "Is Lombard Street the Crookedest". TravelChannel.com. 2014.
- ^ "Crookedest Street" (#13011)". California's Gold. 8 November 2011.
- ^ "Vermont Street--San Francisco's Real Curviest Street! - FoundSF". www.foundsf.org. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ^ Larson, Erika (2016-06-28). "Magnum Force". nortons movie maps. Archived from the original on 2018-12-05. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
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