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The Gateway Arch (St Louis, USA)

Description: St Louis / Missouri / USA / The monument is an integral part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial and an iconic ... more

The Gateway Arch (St Louis, USA) ... image associated with St. Louis. It stands 630 feet (192 m) tall, and is 630 feet (192 m) wide at its base.

Newest Review: ... the next 'tram' is ready to take you up. There's one that goes up the North side and down the South. You get given a ticket with a number on, from 1 to 9. At this stage we didn't know what the numbers meant exactly, we just had to go through when our number was called. Going through corridors and down some steps, it all started to make sense. Our number corresponded to which booth within the ... more

... 'Tram' we had to ride in. There was wall with 9, little 3ft x 4ft door ways (yes, they were very small) and each one had a number, so we had to wait by our relevant door. After a short projected film about the history of the Arch and St.Louis and the ...more

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The Gateway Arch (St Louis, USA): Arch-er'd want more from an attraction (1498 words)
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The Gateway Arch, St Louis, Missouri, USA. Introduction: The Arch of St.Louis is dubbed as the 'Gateway to the West' and is probably the most famous attraction in Missouri. At 630ft (192m) tall, and exactly wide as it is tall, this is no small construction. It was designed by Finnish-American architect Eeor Saarinen and structural engineer Hannskarl Bandel. As well as being the tallest habitable structure in St.Louis, it is also the world's tallest monument. Completed in 1965 (4 years after Saarinen died) and costing approximately $15 million to finish, it stands as 'the' monument for the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial* (a site that stretches ... Read the complete review