Ironheart Arrival, Chicago | MCU Location Scout

Ironheart flying into Chicago from lakeside.

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Over Bridge

Riri returns to Chicago after being expelled from MIT. The Hood and John see her streak in over the Chicago River and realize she’s got to be their new hardware person.

The first shot is Ironheart flying over and past the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bridge at the east side of the Chicago River where it flows into Lake Michigan.

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Under Bridge

Ironheart cruises under a bridge.

Here, she is flying west under the Wabash Avenue bridge.

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Above Street

Ironheart makes a a left turn and takes off down a street

This is N Dearborn Street, looking south, in Chicago.

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L Train

Ironheart flies down toward the camera over The Loop, Chicago’s famous elevated train (which stood in for a New York subway line in Spider-Man 2).

This shot is looking north on North Dearborn and West Lake Street.

Street View

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Drummers

A group of tubthumping drummers perform on a Chicago bridge.

This shot was featured, from several different angles in the “Chicago Style” featurette of behind-the-scenes footage. The crew is on the N Michigan Ave Bridge, also known as the DuSable Bridge, by the McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum.

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Street Corner

A street corner proselytizer is speaking to no one in particular as Ironheart flies past.

He’s standing on the corner of N Wabash and E Lake in Chicago.

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Stadium & Lakeshore Drive

Finally, Riri flies south out of the city, over Shoreline Drive and past Soldier Field and the McCormick Place Convention Center.

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(Ironheart S01E01, 2025)