The Kittanning Citizens Bridge and several borough blocks and parking lots will be closed from Saturday to Tuesday to accommodate movie crews filming "One for the Money."
Police chief Ed Cassesse outlined the closures and parking restrictions, adding that filming will occur on the bridge and along Market Street near the bridge.
The bridge will be closed Saturday, Monday and Tuesday from 4:30 a.m. until about 9 p.m., Cassesse said. Traffic will be restricted on the bridge on Sunday, he said.
PennDOT is asking motorists to use Route 422 across the Graff Bridge to the West Kittanning exit to cross the Allegheny River during the closures.
Market Street between Water and McKean streets will be closed to traffic and parking during the filming, Cassesse said. Sidewalks and stores will remain open as usual, he said.
Crews will be filming on the bridge and in the "100 and 200 blocks of Market Street, too," Cassesse said.
Several parking lots will be closed from Saturday to Tuesday, including ones along South McKean Street behind Citizens Bank and Dizzy Lizzie's and a municipal lot at the intersection of Jacob and South Water streets. Parking will not be permitted at the sewage plant area as it will be used as a landing zone for a helicopter shooting aerial scenes, Cassesse said.
The lot behind Citizens Bank will serve as a base camp for the crews, he said.
Parking will be prohibited in the 100 blocks of North Water Street and South Jefferson Street, but sidewalks will remain open, he said.
Turney Luke, owner of The 700 Shop on Market Street said his business will remain open on Saturday, one of his busiest days as shoppers pick up clothing for school.
"One for the Money" stars Katherine Heigl — best known for her role on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" and for films "Knocked Up" and "27 Dresses." Co-stars include Daniel Sunjata of television's "Rescue Me," John Leguizamo (who provides the voice for Sid the Sloth in the "Ice Age" movie series) and Jason O'Mara, who played a role in television's "Life on Mars."
The Lionsgate film follows Stephanie Plum, an unemployed lingerie buyer who takes a job with a bail bond business as a bounty hunter. "One for the Money" is based on a series of 16 crime novels by Janet Evanovich. Its expected release date is July 8, 2011, according to The Internet Movie Database.
Scenes in "One for the Money" are being shot in the region — crews have been at a former UPMC hospital in Braddock and the former Garden Theater on Pittsburgh's North Side. Film crews visited Kittanning in June to scout the location for the movie.
Kittanning has been the backdrop of a few movies and television shows in recent years, including "The Mothman Prophecies," horror remake "My Bloody Valentine 3D" and the pilot of "Justified" on FX.
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