<P> Lombard Street is an east -- west street in San Francisco , California that is famous for a steep , one - block section with eight hairpin turns . Stretching from The Presidio east to The Embarcadero ( with a gap on Telegraph Hill ) , most of the street 's western segment is a major thoroughfare designated as part of U.S. Route 101 . The famous one - block section , claimed as `` the crookedest street in the world '' , is located along the eastern segment in the Russian Hill neighborhood . The street was named after Lombard Street in Philadelphia by San Francisco surveyor Jasper O'Farrell . </P>
<P> Lombard Street is an east -- west street in San Francisco , California that is famous for a steep , one - block section with eight hairpin turns . Stretching from The Presidio east to The Embarcadero ( with a gap on Telegraph Hill ) , most of the street 's western segment is a major thoroughfare designated as part of U.S. Route 101 . The famous one - block section , claimed as `` the crookedest street in the world '' , is located along the eastern segment in the Russian Hill neighborhood . The street was named after Lombard Street in Philadelphia by San Francisco surveyor Jasper O'Farrell . </P>
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Lombard Street
Lombard Street