![]() ![]() Fortunately, and quite amazingly, no construction workers died in the process of building The Gateway Arch. It was also built at a time when health and safety precautions were not like they are today and construction workers weren't required to wear harnesses, despite working at extraordinary heights. It cost roughly 13 million dollars to build back in 1963 which would equate to about 200 million dollars in today's money value. Because of this amazing design feature, it's known as a real-life example of an optical illusion. However, the building is actually both 630 feet tall and 630 feet wide. If you were to stand under the monument or see it from any angle, you'd think that the building is much taller than it is wide. It was completed two and a half years later in October of 1965. While the final design of the project was finished in 1949, construction on the monument didn't start until 1963. It is both the tallest man-made monument in the United States and the tallest arch in the entire world and was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1987. Louis as well as Southern Illinois as you can see up to 30 miles in either direction on a clear day from the top. Louis and Missouri, it is a 630-foot monument with some great views of St. Louis, Missouri in the Gateway Arch National Park. There just aren't many monuments around the world that look similar to what is known by locals as "The Arch".īordering the west side of the Mississippi River, The Gateway Arch is located in downtown St. The Gateway Arch is one of those monuments due to not only how it stands over an entire city but because of how it was engineered and designed. There are several buildings and monuments across North America that stand out as some of the most interesting and unique structures in the world. ![]()
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