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Originally Posted by chowhou
Perhaps Google is tricking my eyes, but Connors Road on streetview looks much less steep than E 3rd or E Keith.
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My extremely rough calculations based on topography have the E 3rd hill with a 9% average grade and the steep section of E Keith from Heywood to Cloverley with a 12% grade! The peak slope is certainly higher since those roads are definitely not linearly slopey.
I'm not sure what the steepest part of Connors Road is but it seems pretty gradual and the stretch from the footbridge up to 95th is around 4% grade on average which is pretty typical for dedicated passenger rail.
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I think the Google cycling directions has fairly accurate elevation changes. From the 94/95 intersection up to the pedestrian bridge it's like 28m over 700 m.
From Kennard up to Queensbury on East 3rd is like 51m over a similar distance.
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