Lower Trenton Bridge - Appearances in Popular Culture

Appearances in Popular Culture

The "TRENTON MAKES THE WORLD TAKES" sign can be seen in

• the movie Stealing Home when Mark Harmon's bus crosses the bridge
• the 1983 movie Baby, It's You as part of a road trip to the Jersey Shore
• the 2007 film Rocket Science
• the unaired pilot of House
• Trenton's Poor Righteous Teachers 1990 video of their song "Rock This Funky Joint"
• the 2012 comedy film One for the Money
• the 2012 Republican National Convention during Governor Chris Christie's Keynote Address

The Bridge is seen

• on the cover of The Cryptkeeper Five's 2004 album Trenton Makes.
• at the end of the film Human Desire (1954) starring Glenn Ford. He is a locomotive engineer who drives a train across the river, so that the sign is visible to viewers of the film.
• the beginning of the Gangland episode about Trenton
• in the logo of the Trenton Titans.

Local people sometimes refer to the bridge as the "Trenton Makes" bridge. Prior to the re-decking, the bridge was also referred to as the "Boom Boom" bridge due to the sound made by tires as the vehicle traveled over the expansion joints.