Also, the “strikezone” map infers that everything takes place downtown as well. It is the only one with another bridge nearby, and it leads into downtown. I’m 97.3% certain that I picked the correct bridge.

This is important because it helps narrow down the action. Why? Based on the location of the bridges, and proximity to City Hall (which is downtown) I feel safe saying it’s downtown Gotham. The action at the end takes place in the Downtown area of Gotham.Here are some assumptions before I get into the timeline: Yes, If I had the chance I would be Batman.Also, to answer your questions in advance: As always, I’ve made my best educated guess which is most likely wrong. These visual cues helped me piece together the timeline for the 12 hours Batman needed to stop Bane’s bomb from destroying Gotham, which in turn, helped me figure out how long it took to create the massive bat signal on the bridge. Brown’s maps, and the one used in the movie, then, I mostly relied on visual cues based on my repeat viewings of Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises.

However, unlike It Follows, which makes sense geographically, Nolan’s Gotham is all over the place, and I learned I’d have to expand my scope to establish a timeline for the bridge fire because of the multiple filming locations (NYC, Chicago, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, London) and evolution of Gotham (two Wayne enterprises etc.) throughout the Dark Knight trilogy. I thought it wouldn’t be difficult due to the countless maps of Gotham, and insane amount of nit-picky articles ( here is another one) to help me make an educated guess. My naive original goal for this piece was to only focus on how long it took Batman to create the bat fire on the bridge in The Dark Knight Rises.

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