the 95th street bridge today

[dixiesquare]

here are some shots of the bridge taken today .i even got a couple of it in the up postion !also you will see the auto parts/junkyard . and what looks like the bridge from the sound track album cover . oh and yes i was stupid enough to stand in the middle of the street with oncoming traffic at me for some of the shots .

oh , i know chitownjohn has posted some of the same pictures i have here , and i thank him for posting them !












isnt chicago beautiful ?


thank you for the correction , i have changed he post .

[ChiTownJohn]

Dude I love the one of the bridge goin up, it looks like the movie!
You were lucky to see it go up, I'd think you'd have to wait all day to see that. Yeah we took pics by the plate to, that was so cool to see in person, right?
Did ya go up that gravel area to the west ot the fish joint? I see the one old one you took.

Oh yeah did you go indie that place they got news clippings and pics of the jump, they even seel DVD's of the movie!!!

[Rizzolo_for_8]

dixiesquare wrote:

and the fish shack that you see on elwoods side , which would put them going west after the bridge not befor .

The bluesmobile heads East the whole time. The restaurant/Bar on Elwood's side was called Kingfish and was on the north side of the street. I'm not sure when they tore it down. The tower at the bridge is on the east side of the Calumet river (the side where they land) and the north side of the street (Elwoods side).
And yes, that is the skyway bridge from the cover of the soundtrack album.

Cool photos!!!

[bluesharp]

Love the bridge going up dixie,nice one!!
I could see meself flying through the air!!

[Jakefreak]

ever wonder how the hell they filmed that shot???
as i was just looking at the pic with the bridge up and wondering they probubly had to drive the car all the way up to the edge of the bridge while in its upright position, stop the car when they reached the edge and roll back down in reverse.

Am I wrong? Because we do see the car flying up the bridge pretty fast. How'd they do it?

[bluesharp]

Does anybody know,cause that's a good question??

[ChiTownJohn]

God damn! i just sent a message to bluesharp, sry hon' what i meant to say was the fish joint that is there has pics & clippings from qwhen the jumpwent down so here's one pic from inside, i think they have more than my pic show s though, they evn sell DVd's of the movie in there!

[440RULEZ]

Originally Posted by Jakefreak

ever wonder how the hell they filmed that shot???
as i was just looking at the pic with the bridge up and wondering they probubly had to drive the car all the way up to the edge of the bridge while in its upright position, stop the car when they reached the edge and roll back down in reverse.

Am I wrong? Because we do see the car flying up the bridge pretty fast. How'd they do it?

I forgot where I saw or read it but as far as I know they really jumped the bridge. As always for movie purposes a scene is broken down into several shots. They probably had to stop the Bridge at various angles for hours to get their shots. You can notice the various angles if you look closely at the final shots used in the scene.
I think it was said on one of the DVD special features that they istalled special roll-on and roll-off ramps for a wider angle so the car could accelerate before entering the already opened bridge. Without these ramps it would have been similar to driving into a wall / the floor at the other side.

They also had to do the jump more than one time as far as I heard.
If I only remebered where I saw that... Gotta go through the special features again.

If you look at the car in the final scene after Elwood accelerates you can see the driver slammed onto the brakes just soon enough so he wouldnt crash into the wall in front of him. This is noticeable only for a few frames before the next cut.

Then they must have had the car climbing the bridge at a much more grip-friendly angle.

For the jump itself they needed speed thus the ramps (not visible of course).

[bluesharp]

Thanks for the pic Chi and thanks for the info 440!!

[bbcentral]

Fantastic photos!

Can you see those people standing on the edge of the bridge while it's raised?

You wouldn't catch me doing that in a million years!
And the photos of the Bluesmobile being towed by the camera truck are great, I love seeing that stuff

[JacobSteinAFM]

Seeing these kind of photos are one of the reasons why coming on the forums makes it worthwhile!

[chasbo28]

If you want to see a photo of an action shot or two on the filming go to theybrokemywatch.com You can see the ramp in front of the bridge.



I love seeing the updated shots from Chicago.


I got a bunch from my visits but these are wonderful and more detailed.

[440RULEZ]

Heck they jumped the bridge about 20 times!
-Didnt know that! Cool car...

[bluesharp]

cool website man,loved it!!
Thanks chasbo!!

[dixiesquare]

i was even lucky that day to catch it going up .




the bridge from the album cover




the king fisher


and finally crusing up the ryan .

[Mr.HotRodder]

DS, does the fisher still have BB pics inside ?

[Cropper Classic]

You should've tried the jump........

[bbcentral]

Originally Posted by Mr.HotRodder

DS, does the fisher still have BB pics inside ?

Try here:
http://www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/...?p=25400#25400

[dixiesquare]

i watched this again , and some thing has allways bugged me , when they are sitting waiting for the bridge , you see the kingfisher from jakes pov looking at elwood with it through elwoods window .

now for that to be seen , the car would have to be facing the other direction , west , not east , as the bridge is behind them , if they were facing east, as we are to belive it would be on jakes side , and elwoods view, would be of the shipyard salt depot that is on the north side of 95th street.

[Rizzolo_for_8]

i watched this again , and some thing has allways bugged me , when they are sitting waiting for the bridge , you see the kingfisher from jakes pov looking at elwood with it through elwoods window .

now for that to be seen , the car would have to be facing the other direction , west , not east , as the bridge is behind them , if they were facing east, as we are to belive it would be on jakes side , and elwoods view, would be of the shipyard salt depot that is on the north side of 95th street.
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The building in the background is (was) on the North side of the street and West of the Calumet River. It was torn down years ago.

[TK826]

I have always been curious about the Kingfish building as well.

I've felt that the building with the red roof ("Calumet Fisheries Inc."),
and the "Kingfish" seen outside Elwood's window, is not the same thing.

Well, after much research (watching the film frame by frame and several hours on the online 3D maps) I am 99% sure... and if anyone knows otherwise (Rizzolo?), please correct me..
that the photos below, show where the Kingfish once stood.

The main points (I believe) that show the red roof building, and the old Kingfish, are not the same place...

In the film...
The Kingfish is a much larger building, it has 2 stories, not including the roof line. (the red roof building is much smaller)

It is set down an embankment, from street level.
(the red roof is at street level)

No silo's in background.

No expressway/ Skyway in background.

The car (as mentioned) would need to be facing the wrong way.

While studying this area, I collected a ton of photos to support this, but I believe these three show it the best.

I believe the Kingfish once stood in the rectangle cut out
area, shown in the upper left of this photo.

The red roof building is located in the lower right.

[TK826]

The other two...

The first photo is from the same area, compared to a screen cap.

Many of the same elements exist, including the three poles
(that now surround the blue tank).
With the far right pole now cut/ broken (?)

.. the embankment, the end of the guard rail, and even the fire hydrant.

Also, if you look at the very center, of the lower photo, you will see a lighter area of concrete.
Overhead photos of the area show that this spot is in fact two perfect squares. I'm guessing they are footprints of where the buildings
(seen in the film, behind the Kingfish) once stood.


* The last photo shows what I believe is in fact the smaller red roof building, actually seen on screen.
A screen cap w/ a current photo, (both shot from just about where the old Kingfish would have been)

[Steam McQueen]

Wow, tk!! That's some fantastic work. I think what you've done here is put to rest any doubt of this scene being a possible blooper, regarding which direction the car was facing.

In the first pic, where you can see the rectangle cut-out of where the Kingfish must have once stood, you can picture the Bluesmobile on the street there. Getting ready to launch the rear tires into a fit of smoking rubber headed towards the bridge.

Excellent stuff, man!

[Cropper Classic]

Great work!

[Elwood72]

That's great,tk!!

It just goes to show that as many times as I've seen the movie,I still miss things.

Guess I'll have to watch it again.....


Oh darn..