    thumb|right|a tourist descends the street.  baldwin street, in dunedin, new zealand, is considered the world's steepest residential street.charles rawlings new zealand's south island lonely planet, 2009 it is located in the residential suburb of north east valley,  northeast of dunedin's city centre. a short straight street a little under  long, baldwin street runs east from the valley of the lindsay creek up the side of signal hill towards opoho, rising from  above sea level at its junction with north road to  above sea level at the top,hamel, a. (2008) dunedin tracks and trails. dunedin: silver peaks press. pp. 2.08â09 an average slope of slightly more than 1:5. its lower reaches are only moderately steep, and the surface is asphalt, but the upper reaches of this cul-de-sac are far steeper, and surfaced in concrete ( long), for ease of maintenance (bitumenâin either chip seal or asphaltâwould flow down the slope on a warm day) and for safety in dunedin's frosty winters. the  long top section climbs  vertically, an average gradient of 1:3.41.information panel at bottom of baldwin street at its maximum, about  below the top, the slope of baldwin street is about 1:2.86 (19Â° or 35%). that is, for every 2.86 metres travelled horizontally, the elevation changes by 1 metre. ==origin of the street== thumb|baldwin street, photographed with the street level [[file:dunedinbaldwinstreet parked car.jpg|thumb|car 
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