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Nfa A283 over Big Creek

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

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

Nfa A283 over Big Creek in Hawkins 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1935, making it 90 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 300 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 133 of the 190 inventoried bridges in Hawkins County rated fair (70.0%); 17 (8.9%) 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 77 ft
Location	1.9 M E of Us11w-sr70 Jct
NBI structure number	370A2830001
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Fap 1 over Branch	1962	29,803	Fair
Fap 1 over North Fork Holston River	1962	27,414	Poor
Fap 1 over North Fork Holston River	1962	27,414	Poor
Fap 1 over Alexander Creek	1968	16,784	Fair
Fap 1 over Smith Creek	1968	16,784	Fair
Fap 1 over Hord Creek	1968	15,422	Fair