In Popular Culture
The viaduct appears in numerous movies and television show episodes:
- Will Smith's character in the 2007 film I Am Legend is captured by a vampire's snare there.
- Smith again, now a policeman, pursues a criminal by jumping off the viaduct in the 1997 Men in Black (film).
- It is also shown in The Avengers (2012 film).
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