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Nfa A198 over Rock Castle Creek

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

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

Nfa A198 over Rock Castle Creek in Fentress County, Tennessee, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1940 and reconstructed in 1996, making it 85 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 20 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 7 of the 55 inventoried bridges in Fentress County rated poor (12.7%); 7 (12.7%) 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


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 30 ft
Location	5MI West of US 127
NBI structure number	250A1980001
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Fap 52 over SR 28	1990	6,078	Fair
Fas 296 over Branch	1929	4,289	Fair
Fas 296 over Crooked Creek	1938	4,289	Fair
Fas 296 over Long Creek	1938	4,289	Fair
Fas 154 over SR 28	1991	2,050	Fair
Fas 85 over East Fork Obey River	1989	1,981	Poor