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Fap 26 over Caney Fork River

DeKalb County, Tennessee · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Fap 26 over Caney Fork River in DeKalb County, Tennessee, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2015, making it 10 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,367 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 70 of the 101 inventoried bridges in DeKalb County rated fair (69.3%); 8 (7.9%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 1,544 ft
Location	In Smithville City Limits
NBI structure number	21SR0260021
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Fap 26 over Fall Creek	1951	12,677	Fair
Fap 26 over Smith Fork Creek	2004	8,478	Fair
Fap 26 over Branch	1953	8,478	Fair
Fap 26 over Overflow of Dry Creek	2004	8,478	Fair
Fap 26 over Dry Creek	2004	8,478	Fair
Fap 26 over Branch	1951	8,015	Fair