The arch itself
A cool one I took from the base
The arch was comissioned by Thomas Jefferson as a monument to the Westward expansion of the US. It is 193m tall and 193m wide and is in the shape a chain forms when held by each side. Interestingly, In 1980, Kenneth Swyers tried to parachute onto the Gateway Arch, planning to jump off to land on the ground. Instead, he slid all the way down one leg to his death. The pilot, Richard Skurat, had his pilot certificate suspended for 90 days.
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