I've been to St. Louis and took the tiny tram to the top of the Gateway Arch several times but it's always a thrill. From the viewing window at the top, look how teeny the cruise ship looks! (Ship nearest the bridge.)
Arch Trivia:
- The cost to build the Arch in 1967 was the same as the Louisiana Purchase, $15,000,000.
- The Arch sits on the smallest national park in the U.S., only 98 acres.
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the park in 1935.
- Construction on the Arch was begun in 1965 and was finished in only two years.
- The Arch is 630-feet high and there is 630-feet between the ends of the Arch legs.
- The purpose of the Arch was to commemorate Thomas Jefferson, the Louisiana Purchase and all the pioneers settling the United States.
- To go to the top, only 5 people can squeeze into the little tram cars for the 5-minute ride to the top.
- You get 10-minutes up there and then it's back down.
- Then they sell you a $20 photo!!
Next trip to the Midwest, you MUST visit the Gateway Arch .... with or without the official photo.
