## Gateway to the West or Gateway to the Midwest

These are all different names for the famous Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
The Gateway Arch is 630ft (192m) high. It's in stainless steel and it's the biggest arch in the world.
It was designed in 1947 and construction was started in 1963 and finished in 1965.
It is located just next to the Mississippi River.

![PSX_20180221_094244.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/hpiynhbhq/image/upload/v1519224958/knkvrifdymtor83mgb1d.jpg)

As a sidenote. I didn't really know the arch. When watching the series, called '*Defiance*', the arch was one of the leftovers after reshaping the world.
When we were on a roadtrip in 2014, we passed by St. Louis, we wanted to see it for real.