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Fap 52 over Little Salt Lick Creek

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

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

Fap 52 over Little Salt Lick Creek in Macon 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1920 and reconstructed in 1991, making it 105 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,228 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 42 of the 169 inventoried bridges in Macon County rated fair (24.9%); 8 (4.7%) 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 single box beam
Length	about 64 ft
Location	In Red Boiling Springs
NBI structure number	56SR0520005
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Fap 52 over Trammel Creek	1992	8,950	Good
Fap 52 over Long Hungry Creek	1972	4,936	Good
Fap 52 over Branch	1970	4,936	Good
Fap 52 over Long Fork Creek	1995	4,936	Good
Fap 52 over Branch	1995	4,936	Good
Fap 10 over Dry Branch	1942	4,889	Fair