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Nfa A390 over Bell Buckle Creek

Bedford County, Tennessee · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

Nfa A390 over Bell Buckle Creek in Bedford County, Tennessee, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1940, making it 85 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 60 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 7 of the 294 inventoried bridges in Bedford County rated poor (2.4%); 7 (2.4%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	4	Poor condition


Structure	Continuous concrete culvert
Length	about 20 ft
Location	2 M. NW. Bell Buckle.
NBI structure number	020A3900001
Condition class	Poor

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Tennessee department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Fap 10 over Little Hurricane Creek	1997	24,594	Good
Fap 10 over Branch	1997	20,477	Fair
Fap 10 over Branch	1997	20,477	Good
Fap 10 over Hurricane Creek	1997	20,477	Good
Fap 10 over Benford Creek	1997	20,477	Fair
Fap 10 over Branch	1996	20,477	Fair