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Nfa A494 over Elk River

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

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

Nfa A494 over Elk River in Lincoln 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 1989, making it 36 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 40 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 160 of the 303 inventoried bridges in Lincoln County rated good (52.8%); 10 (3.3%) 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 375 ft
Location	5.5 M. N. Taft.
NBI structure number	520A4940001
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Fap 10 over SR 10 Rl / Elk River	1968	24,286	Fair
Fap 10 over Wells Creek	1947	20,015	Fair
Fap 10 over Norris Creek	1972	15,335	Good
Fap 10 over Branch	1947	14,232	Fair
Fap 15 over Branch	2008	12,671	Good
Fap 10 over Campers Creek	1947	11,876	Good