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.

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