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Nfa A496 over Factory Creek

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

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

Nfa A496 over Factory Creek in Lawrence County, Tennessee, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1998, making it 27 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 50 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 96 of the 211 inventoried bridges in Lawrence County rated fair (45.5%); 4 (1.9%) 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 prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 160 ft
Location	5 M. NW. Loretto.
NBI structure number	500A4960001
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Fap 6 over Shoal Creek	1935	16,379	Fair
Fap 6 over Little Shoal Creek	1994	13,904	Fair
Fap 6 over Crossfield Branch	1996	13,904	Fair
Fap 6 over Branch	1994	13,704	Good
Nfa A089 over Shoal Creek	1994	12,745	Good
Fap 6 over South Buffalo River	1998	11,280	Fair