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monument to westward expansion
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on the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri, the 630-foot tall stainless steel arch
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The architect Eero Saarinen (August 20, 1910 - September 1, 1961)
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opened to the public on July 24, 1967.
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Construction of the arch began on February 12, 1963, and was finished on October 28, 1965
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cost about 13 million dollars to build
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Height 630 feet Width at the base 630 feet Weight 43,000 tons Exterior composition Stainless steel When it was built February 12, 1963 -October 28, 1965 Depth of the foundation 60 feet Architect Eero Saarinen Structural Engineer Fred Severud Location In the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, 11 North Fourth Street, St. Louis, Missouri, on the banks of the Mississippi River
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The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot-high (192 m) monument in St. Louis,
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it is the tallest man-made monument in the Western Hemisphere,
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Built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States,[
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Construction began on February 12, 1963, and was completed on October 28, 1965
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Arch was designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen and German-American structural engineer Hannskarl Bandel in 1947.
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at a total cost of US$13 million[12] ($97,300,000 in 2014[2]). The monument opened to the public on June 10, 1967.[13]
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