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Filming location · Escape from New York (1981)

Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, St. Louis

The mined 69th Street Bridge that Plissken drives across in the finale is this kinked 1929 span over the Mississippi. It was closed to cars in 1968 and reopened in 1999 as a pedestrian and bicycle bridge on Route 66.

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Source: movie-locations.com

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