Nfa 1429 (sa 1004) over Elk River

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

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

• Nfa 1429 (sa 1004) over Elk River in Carter County, Tennessee, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 0 (failed condition, out of service) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1957, making it 68 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 276 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
• Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
• It is one of 27 of the 194 inventoried bridges in Carter County rated poor (13.9%); 27 (13.9%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is closed to all traffic (NBI item 41).
• It was rated fair in the 2024 inventory and is now poor (deck 5 to 0, superstructure 6 to 0, substructure 6 to 0).
• Status change: newly closed since 2024.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated August 2023, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• It is coded scour critical (NBI item 113 = 0): scour critical: bridge has failed and is closed to traffic.
• 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.

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

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