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Fap 56 over Sink Creek

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

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

Fap 56 over Sink Creek in DeKalb County, Tennessee, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2022, making it 3 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 4,395 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 23 of the 101 inventoried bridges in DeKalb County rated good (22.8%); 8 (7.9%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 180 ft
Location	5.7 Mi.s.of Smithville
NBI structure number	21SR0560001
Condition class	Good

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