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Nfa A356 over Branch

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

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

Nfa A356 over Branch in Lauderdale 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 1974, making it 51 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 180 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 16 of the 258 inventoried bridges in Lauderdale County rated poor (6.2%); 16 (6.2%) 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 34 ft
Location	5 Mi. S. of Ripley
NBI structure number	490A3560003
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Fap 3 over Cane Creek	1970	18,593	Fair
Fap 3 over Fau 1258 (lake Dr)	1971	15,053	Fair
Fap 3 over SR 19	1971	15,053	Fair
Fap 3 over North Fork Cane Creek	1963	13,622	Fair
Fap 3 over North Fork Cane Creek	1963	13,622	Fair
Fap 3 over Mill Creek	1960	11,840	Fair