Commuters heading to Downtown Pittsburgh on Wednesday morning drove up to an unexpected closure of the Rachel Carson Bridge. There was an ambulance with flashing lights on the bridge, but it wasn’t an accident. It was an unexpected filming for “The Pitt.”
There was a bit of a twist for Wednesday’s production: this shoot wasn’t permitted.
The request was made by the show’s producers to only scout the bridge for a future filming. The county said yes and that there was no need for a permit if it was after 9.30 a.m. and only for about 30 minutes. But it actually happened at 9, and come to find out, they actually were filming the ambulance…