Fas 179 over Muddy Creek

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

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

• Fas 179 over Muddy Creek in Haywood County, Tennessee, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1960, making it 65 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 694 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
• Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
• It is one of 146 of the 241 inventoried bridges in Haywood County rated fair (60.6%); 11 (4.6%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is posted for load (NBI item 41).
• It was rated poor in the 2024 inventory and is now fair (deck 4 to 5).
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated August 2023, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• 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.

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

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