Modesto Arch | |
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General information | |
Year(s) built | 1912 |
Topped-out | 1912 |
Completed | 1912 |
Opened | 1912 |
Inaugurated | 1912 |
Renovated | 2012 |
The Modesto Arch is a centennial slogan arch, built in 1912,[1][2] to welcome automobile drivers to Modesto, California where it currently stands at the intersection of 9th and I Streets. The arch bears the city's motto, "Water, Wealth, Contentment, Health", illuminated by 696 incandescent lightbulbs.[2]