Arch Construction, April 6, 1965. The North leg is 447 feet tall and South leg is 458 feet tall at this point.‹›
Gateway Arch

Eero Saarinen

Construction · St. Louis, United States · 1965

Photo: JNEM Archives · Taken on 2 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Original 5967×4819

Arch Construction, April 6, 1965. The North leg is 447 feet tall and South leg is 458 feet tall at this point.

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