Just in time for the hordes of visitors to wear themselves out climbing 555 feet up.
TC
A friend and I ran up it in 1967 when we were briefly stationed in WDC while in the USMC. Ah, to be young! For many years now, you have to take an elevator up and down. The stair are still there. Interestingly, there is a rock from each state built into it that you can see on the inside.