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The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot-tall (192 m) monument in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Clad in stainless steel and built in the form of a weighted catenary arch, [5] it is the world's tallest arch [4] and Missouri's tallest accessible structure.
The arch was designed by Finnish-born American architect Eero Saarinen in 1948 and was constructed between 1963 and 1965. The strong, elegant shape of the arch represents a door to the western part of the country. The arch is 630 feet (192 metres) tall, and the distance between its two legs is equal to its height.
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May 29, 2018 · Designed by the American-Finnish architect Eero Saarinen, the arch was an engineering feat—in fact, many people didn’t think it would stand. But as a testament to the architects,...
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The Gateway Arch, known as the "Gateway to the West," is the tallest structure in Missouri. It was designed by the Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen and the German-American structural engineer Hannskarl Bandel in 1947 and built between 1963 and October 1965.
With its origins as a memorial to Thomas Jefferson's vision of Western Expansion, the Arch has become a St. Louis icon.
Oct 28, 2015 · By Lily Rothman. October 28, 2015 8:00 AM EDT. I t was 11:00 in the morning on Oct. 28, 1965—exactly 50 years ago—when the final metal section of the St. Louis’ Gateway Arch was put into place,...
May 25, 2013 · Conceived in the 1940s and completed in the 1960s, the history of the signature American symbol is described in Tracy Campbell's new book, The Gateway Arch: A Biography. The story has some...
