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I40 over I40-eb / Cooper Road

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

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

I40 over I40-eb / Cooper Road in Knox 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 1971, making it 54 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 86,972 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 306 of the 584 inventoried bridges in Knox County rated good (52.4%); 3 (0.5%) 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 concrete tee beam
Length	about 149 ft
Location	1.3 M NE of Thorn Grove
NBI structure number	47I00400111
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I40 over I40 / Papermill Rd.	2006	182,502	Good
I40 over I40 / Hollywood Dr.	1965	182,502	Good
I40 over I40/i40-eb Rmp to I75 N	1981	182,502	Good
I40 over Third Creek	1965	182,502	Fair
WB Frontage Rd. over I40-wb-rmp / Papermill	2005	182,502	Good
I40 Rmp C-c over I40-wb Rmp-i75n / Pmill	1982	182,502	Good