Canton Avenue

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Canton Avenue is a street in Pittsburgh's Beechview neighborhood which is the steepest officially recorded public street in the United States.Canton Avenue is 630 ft (190 m) long (the hill is about 213 feet long) and is claimed to include a 37% grade 21 feet (6.4 m) long. The Guinness Book of World Records says Baldwin Street, in Dunedin, New Zealand, is the world's steepest street with a gradient of 34.8%. This record is disputed; Pittsburgh news and international media have claimed Canton Avenue is the steepest street in the world. The United States record is also disputed, as Bradford Street in San Francisco includes a 39% grade nine meters long and Waipio Valley Road has sections as steep as a 45% grade. The National Map says the steep 213 feet of Canton Avenue averages less than 30%. The map's elevations can be off by a foot or two; probably Pennsylvania's LIDAR surveys done in the last few years can do better. Google Earth says the street averages 29% for 212 feet. In March 2016 Canton Avenue was the subject of a commercial, featuring freeskier Bene Mayr, snowboarder Heikki Sorsa, downhill mountain biker Aaron Gwin, and racing driver Mattias Ekström for the Audi Quattro A4 automobile.

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Canton Avenue
Coast Avenue, Pittsburgh

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N 40.409 °	E -80.03 °

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Coast Avenue 826
15216 Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania, United States
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Boustead station

Boustead was a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network, located in the Beechview neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The street level stop was located on a small island platform in the middle of Broadway Avenue, through which the T travels along former streetcar tracks. The station served a densely populated residential area through which bus service is limited because of the hilly terrain. Boustead was one of eleven stops closed on June 25, 2012 as part of a system-wide consolidation effort.

Belasco station

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Shiras station

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Coast station (PAAC)

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Hampshire station

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Neeld station

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Fallowfield station (Pittsburgh Regional Transit)

Fallowfield is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network, located in the Beechview neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The high level stop is located at the end of Broadway Avenue, built where the tracks transition from a street to a private right-of-way. The station serves a densely populated residential area through which bus service is limited because of the hilly terrain. Although a high level stop there is no fare booth, as such passengers must board or alight from the first car of a two car train.

Stevenson station

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Beechwood Elementary School

The Beechwood Elementary School is a midsized, urban, public school located in the Beechview neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The building was built in 1908. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The school provides taxpayer funded preschool through 5th grade. Enrollment was 333 in 2018. The school is part of the Pittsburgh School District.

Westfield station (Pittsburgh Regional Transit)

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Lowen-Shaffer House

Lowen-Shaffer House located at 311 Lowenhill Street in the Beechview neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was built circa 1850. John Lowen was the builder and original owner of this Carpenter Gothic style house. It was added to the List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations on February 10, 1992.

Potomac station (Pittsburgh Regional Transit)

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