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Snake Alley, The Crookedest Street in th ...

  • Snake Alley, Burlington, IA 52601, Stati Uniti
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Snake Alley, called by some The Crookedest Street in the World, was built to move traffic up and down a hillside too steep for a straight road. A news clipping from 1894 described the serpentine roadway as "a triumph of practical street engineering." Its switchbacks were smartly designed to be steeper on the inside than the outside. Its paving bricks, instead of being laid smooth like on other brick roads, were laid edge-up and beveled to give better footing for horses (This required a lot more bricks).

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