"The Arches" Traditional Cache
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| A 60-foot-tall (18 m) sculpture, crafted from three wooden arches, sits just south of the pavilion. The arches were originally intended to be installed in the Keystone Wye bridge in 1967 but were rejected after they fell off of a truck en route to the construction site. Although deemed structurally sound, the South Dakota Department of Transportation decided to take no chances and retired the potentially-damaged load. These arches were to be part of a proposed Rushmore Memorial Arch Park, at a different location along U.S. 16, where they would encompass and bring attention to a memorial to five key people behind the creation of Mount Rushmore. The arches were put up, and visible into the 1980s, but the memorial park itself was never completed. The structure, known as "The Arches", was moved to its present-day location during the 1990s. |
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| "The Arches" at current location |
The curent bridge the arches were meant to be used for. |
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| As of the cache publishing, the only recent activity at "The Arches" was "HOLLOWeen Hill Cirque Show" on Sat Oct 8th, 2022. |
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