The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial The Gateway to the West 4/26

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The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial The Gateway to the West 4/26

Beautiful Arch right on the Mississippi River. After looking at it we took the tour of the museum and went to the top in a sort of small pod elevator. Gotta say it was a bit nerve-wracking, but we made it and it was totally worth the 4 minutes up and 3 minutes down.

The pods you go up in with turning tulip style seats developed by the architect

This is a model of the pods going up in the arch

At the top 630 ft.

18 windows at the top

Looking into Missouri. See Busch Stadium to the left

Riverboats on the Mississippi River

Looking into Illinois. The yellow building is the Casino Queen and the RV Park is behind that

Arch is lit up at night