About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Bi-State Development Agency, St. Clair County Transit District, St. Louis MetroLink, Streetcars in Greater St. Louis, Streetcars in Missouri, Gateway Arch, Eads Bridge, List of St. Louis MetroLink stations, MetroBus, Chicago Surface Lines, Illinois Terminal Railroad, Streetcars in St. Louis, Delmar Loop Trolley, Blue Line, St. Louis Downtown Airport, Red Line, MetroSouth Corridor, Siemens SD-460, Siemens SD-400, Shiloh-Scott, St. Louis Commuter Rail, St. Louis Bus Rapid Transit, East St. Louis and Suburban Railway, Madison County Corridors, East Riverfront, 5th & Missouri, NorthSide Corridor, Daniel Boone Corridor, Fairview Heights, MetroNorth Corridor, SouthSide Corridor, Swansea, Emerson Park, St. Charles Corridor, College, MetroWest Corridor, St. Charles City Streetcar, NorthWest Connector, Washington Park, Belleville, Memorial Hospital, Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center, SouthWest Corridor, St. Clair Extension, Metro Call-A-Ride, Ewing Yard, 29th Street Yard. Excerpt: The Gateway Arch, or Gateway to the West, is an arch that is the centerpiece of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, Missouri. It was built as a monument to the westward expansion of the United States. At 630 feet (192 m), it is the tallest man-made monument in the United States, Missouri's tallest accessible building, and the largest architectural structure designed as a weighted or flattened catenary arch. Located on the west bank of the Mississippi River where the city of St. Louis was founded, the arch was designed by Finnish American architect Eero Saarinen and structural engineer Hannskarl Bandel in 1947. Construction began on February 12, 1963, and ended on October 28, 1965, costing US$13 million at the time ($90,491,005 today). The monument opened to the public on June 10, 1967. In late 1933, civic leader Luther Ely Smith, retu...
