In Popular Culture
The Broadway Bridge is prominently featured in the climax of the 2008 film Untraceable. In the film, FBI agent Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane) becomes stranded on the east end of the bridge after an online serial killer hacks into her car's computer. The scene was filmed both on the actual bridge as well as on a sound stage.
In the 2001 film, Bandits, Joe Blake (played by Bruce Willis) and Terry Collins (played by Billy Bob Thornton) are driving across the Broadway Bridge when their stolen car runs out of gas. Both men leave the car on the bridge, but when Terry returns with gas, he finds the police surrounding their car. Terry turns around, trying not to draw attention to himself, and descends a set of stairs on the west side of the bridge and walks onto Naito Parkway, where he is hit by Kate Wheeler (Cate Blanchett), who is driving a speeding car.
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