On the way we decided to stop at St. Louis, Missouri to see the Gateway Arch which is called the Gateway to the West.
If you enlarge the picture below you will see Jeff at the base of the arch in the middle........I have never seen the man so small !!
Taking the tram system to the top is very interesting. Below is a picture of Jeff after getting out the car so we can view the city through the rectangle windows at the top.
The height at the very top of the arch is 630 feet. The structure itself was built between 1963 and 1965. It is made of stainless steel on the outside, carbon steel on the inside and concrete in the middle.
The following is a picture of the city outside of one of the windows at the top of the arch. On side is the city and on the other side is the mighty Mississippi River.
The tram cars hold 5 people in total. The couple on the other side took our picture. You basicly stoop to get inside the small door and sit on this cold little metal seat for your ride to the top !
The grounds below the arch that surround the area are now part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial which was designated a national historic site in 1935 to honor the type of frontier hero that was often written about.
Today the park pays tribute to the multicultural aspect of the peopling of America. Its centerpiece, the Gateway Arch, stands for the many cultures that made the American West what it is today.
See ya down the road !
See ya down the road !
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