Transformers 3 Returns to Post Office, LaSalle Bridge

Transformers 3 production in Chicago is entering its last week in the city of Chicago. The assumed next destination in Detroit but this has not been verified and locations in Detroit remain unknown. In the meantime, it seems production still has some work to it returns to the Old Post Office Building on Van Buren Street and LaSalle Street Bridge from August 21st to 22nd. This just might be your last chance to watch some of the Bayhem in person. Thanks to zztopeurope for the info.

“Transformers 3” will be filming Friday, August 20th and Saturday, August 21st at several downtown locations, including 433 W. Van Buren Street (Old Post Office) and the LaSalle Street bridge.

STREET CLOSURES
Van Buren St. between Wacker & Canal
6:00 am – 3:00 pm Friday August 20th.

LaSalle St. Bridge between Wacker and Kinzie
12:00 pm – 10:00 pm

HELICOPTERS
8:00 am – 9:00 am, Saturday, August 21, helicopters will be used at low altitude for aerial photography over the Chicago River. This will include brief (15 minutes) intermittent closures of the bridges at Michigan, Wabash, State & Dearborn.

Additional helicopter flights will occur periodically over the downtown area at high elevations.

SPECIAL EFFECTS
The Chicago Fire Department and Chicago Police Department will supervise the use of special effects and pyrotechnics, including:

-simulated gunfire
-smoke
-fireballs
-explosions