Uploaded August 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Pennsylvania has a lot of very steep roads, a few weeks ago I took a few pictures to show a friend how steep Altoona's streets really are. It's not as impressive as Baldwin Street in New Zealand, but we do have parts of individual blocks which are really steep, and some parts of streets that were too steep to build a road (or you could technically build a road but it was deemed unsafe to do so). I also filmed some footage today of driving up a road that ranged from fairly steep for the most part to very steep for a half block. The roads I featured all are steeper than a 15 degree angle, and I'd wager that the half block of 25th street as well as 18th and 19th avenues near downtown could possibly be as much as an 18 degree slope, which approaches world record territory. The streets in Altoona rival those of San Francisco despite being less famous. Pittsburgh also has some steep roads, such as Canton Avenue.
Locations of various roads used in the video
25th Street - The edge of Dutch Hill, from 4th Avenue to Michelle Drive, steepest part between 1st avenue and Crawford avenue
18th and 19th Avenue - Both between 11th and 12th Street, not too far from downtown
12th Street - Downtown, from 15th Avenue to 14th Avenue, overlooking everything down to 10th Avenue.
2nd Street - Logantown, between Cherry Avenue and Spruce Avenue, overlooking the city and the mountains
Music used: Edvard Greig - In The Hall Of The Mountain King - Peer Gynt as performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra
The music selection is a public domain recording, please do not file a copyright claim on the music used in this video.
Pennsylvania has a lot of very steep roads, a few weeks ago I took a few pictures to show a friend how steep Altoona's streets really are. It's not as impressive as Baldwin Street in New Zealand, but we do have parts of individual blocks which are really steep, and some parts of streets that were too steep to build a road (or you could technically build a road but it was deemed unsafe to do so). I also filmed some footage today of driving up a road that ranged from fairly steep for the most part to very steep for a half block. The roads I featured all are steeper than a 15 degree angle, and I'd wager that the half block of 25th street as well as 18th and 19th avenues near downtown could possibly be as much as an 18 degree slope, which approaches world record territory. The streets in Altoona rival those of San Francisco despite being less famous. Pittsburgh also has some steep roads, such as Canton Avenue.
Locations of various roads used in the video
25th Street - The edge of Dutch Hill, from 4th Avenue to Michelle Drive, steepest part between 1st avenue and Crawford avenue
18th and 19th Avenue - Both between 11th and 12th Street, not too far from downtown
12th Street - Downtown, from 15th Avenue to 14th Avenue, overlooking everything down to 10th Avenue.
2nd Street - Logantown, between Cherry Avenue and Spruce Avenue, overlooking the city and the mountains
Music used: Edvard Greig - In The Hall Of The Mountain King - Peer Gynt as performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra
The music selection is a public domain recording, please do not file a copyright claim on the music used in this video.
