COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Moviemakers say filming of “Need for Speed” will close a bridge linking Georgia and Alabama for several days as they shoot a scene of a car being driven into the Chattahoochee River.
The 13th Street Bridge over the Chattahoochee will be closed from the morning of June 4 until as late as noon June 8, The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported (http://bit.ly/18ss4Sk ).
The bridge links the Georgia city of Columbus to the Alabama community of Phenix City.
Patrick Mignano of NFS Productions/Dreamworks Studios said the scene to be filmed on the bridge will involve a high-end sports car being driven off the bridge into the river below.
“When you see the film, it’s going to be a car crash. You’ll see the car spin and flip over the rails,” Mignano said. “But what it takes to get those 15-20 seconds of film takes four days because everything’s got to be controlled. Everything has to be precise.”
Columbus police will work intersections downtown during high traffic hours while the bridge is closed to help ease the inconvenience to drivers, said Deputy City Manager David Arrington.
The filming will have minimal impact on whitewater rafting on the river, Mignano said.
There will be times when river traffic will be halted for safety reasons, he said, but not for long stretches of time.
Mignano said some filming will also be done on Interstate 185 between Victory Drive and St. Mary’s Road and on Manchester Expressway.
“Need for Speed” has already filmed scenes in other Georgia cities, including Macon and Rome.
