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The structure is planned to be roughly 250 feet (76.2 meters) tall - one foot for each year since the United States' independence. Its height would make it more than twice as high as the Lincoln Memorial, which is right across a landmark bridge from the arch's proposed location. It would be the tallest triumphal arch in the world.

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