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Fas 227 over Blue Water Creek

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

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

Fas 227 over Blue Water Creek in Lawrence 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 1994, making it 31 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,572 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 111 of the 211 inventoried bridges in Lawrence County rated good (52.6%); 4 (1.9%) 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 prestressed concrete single box beam
Length	about 191 ft
Location	1 Mi.southeast of Loretto
NBI structure number	50S62050001
Condition class	Good

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