THE STEP STREET
A "STEP STREET" IS THE RESULT OF SPECIAL TREATMENT GIVEN TO A STEEPLY GRADED RIGHT-OF-WAY WHEREBY THE ROADWAY IS DEAD-ENDED IN A SWING-AROUND AND THE STREET CONTINUES AS A PEDESTRIAN WAY UP OR DOWN A SERIES OF STAIRWAYS. IN NEW YORK CITY THERE ARE MORE THAN 100 STEP STREETS, OVER 70 OF THEM BEING WITHIN THE COUNTY OF THE BRONX. AN EXAMPLE IS GIVEN OF A REHABILITATION PROJECT RECENTLY COMPLETED ON WEST 256TH STREET WHICH TERMINATES FOR VEHICLES IN A CUL-DE-SAC BUT CONTINUES AS A STAIRWAY TO AN INTERSECTION WITH SYLVAN AVENUE. TO IMPROVE IT WITH A STAIRWAY REQUIRED THE PROVISION OF FOOTINGS AND RETAINING WALLS. GRANITE STEPS WITH A 6-INCH RISE AND 14-INCH TREAD WERE SPECIFIED. TO ACCOMPLISH THE GRADE CHANGE OF 18 FEET, THREE FLIGHTS OF STEPS (8, 12 AND 12 STEPS RESPECTIVELY) WERE BUILT, WITH TWO RESTING PLATFORMS BETWEEN THEM. /AUTHOR/
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Authors:
- Galler, S
- Zimmerman, W A
- Publication Date: 1972-6
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 92-3
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Serial:
- Public Works
- Volume: 103
- Issue Number: 6
- Publisher: Hanley Wood
- ISSN: 0033-3840
- Serial URL: http://www.pwmag.com
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Dead end streets; Pedestrian malls; Pedestrians; Slopes; Stairs
- Uncontrolled Terms: Grade (Slope)
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00203650
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 7 1972 12:00AM