<Tr> <Th> Major junctions </Th> <Td> US 101 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> East end </Th> <Td> The Embarcadero </Td> </Tr> <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 to be "the crookedest street in the world", is located along the eastern segment in the Russian Hill neighborhood . It is a major tourist attraction, receiving around two million visitors per year and up to 17,000 per day on busy summer weekends, as of 2015 . </P> <P> The street was named after Lombard Street in Philadelphia by San Francisco surveyor Jasper O'Farrell . </P>

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