![]() ![]() Louis was the western edge of civilization, the jumping-off point into the wilderness Of the continent, commissioned by then-president Jefferson. To commemorate Thomas Jefferson’s vision of the expansion of the United States,Īnd the men who made it possible. It was built on the site where Lewis andĬlark launched their 1804 exploration to find a route across the western half The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial originated back in the 1930s as a way Note the new land bridge over the interstate.Ĭonstruction of the arch was completed in 1965, but the idea for The new entrance to the visitor center is just below the circle in the the foreground. View from the top of the Gateway Arch looking down on The Old Courthouse. Every area of the park has been beautifully redone except the iconicĪrch itself, which has remained untouched for over 50 years. Renovated and expanded to 150,000 square feet and sport a stunning below-ground Separated The Old Courthouse from the arch, which can now be accessed by a pedestrian Improving connectivity to surrounding neighborhoods. New trails and bike paths now wind through the 91-acre park, To the park from our Hampton Inn hotel a few blocks away, we noticed the transformation Increase raised $380 million to renovate the grounds and the visitor center. ![]() Of private donations, city, state, and federal funds, and a regional sales tax Out the results of its massive multi-year redevelopment project. We returned in May of 2019 to get the official national park stamp and to check Matt and I had visited the memorial years ago when a tangle ofįreeways and parking structures cut the monument off from the rest of the city. Was called the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, but in 2018 when itīecame our nation’s 60th national park, the name was changed to Gateway Arch Louis, towering over the Mississippi River. The tallest monument in the U.S., it stands prominently on the edge ofĭowntown St. Take us east on I-70, it was always a thrill to spot the St. Growing up in Kansas, whenever my family’s summer vacations would
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