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I was off by 6 miles because the actual pin is off by six miles for the last picture.

Also, as an American, the fact that I recognized the first picture to within 50 miles makes me sad. Our bridges should not look like that, even there.

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The bridge in the fitst photo is an old one lane bridge, probably was used by carriages. It looks like it mostly just connects a small neighborhood of houses, not a main road by any means. There are probably newer concrete bridges out of frame, but they're not as picturesque as old steel bridges.

There are plenty of old steel and wood bridges across the northeast that are exactly like that. They are closed to general traffic and only used by locals.

I’ve never been to the US but somehow West Virginia was my first guess and I got it down to zero miles eventually. I don’t know why that state is so particularly recognizable

Agreed. I grew up in Pittsburgh, but even after 10 years after moving away, I immediately recognized the first picture as "somewhere in West Virginia" as if instinctually.

I saw a rusty-looking bridge and thought of Pittsburgh so I picked interior Pennsylvania (somewhere).

I saw a rusty-looking bridge and thought of Pittsburgh so I picked interior Pennsylvania (somewhere, 209 km off).

That state has a powerful Senator though, so not all the roads are like that. There are some ridiculously overbuilt highways with no traffic.

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