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Fap 72 over Bat Creek

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

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

Fap 72 over Bat Creek in Monroe 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 1981, making it 44 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5,344 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 48 of the 144 inventoried bridges in Monroe County rated fair (33.3%); 6 (4.2%) 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	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 246 ft
Location	North of US 411
NBI structure number	62SR0720003
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Fap 33 over Little Tennessee River	1971	15,282	Fair
Fap 72 over CSX Railroad	1981	13,767	Good
Fap 72 over Island Creek	1981	13,767	Fair
Fap 68 over Sou. RR & Sweetwater CR	1977	10,984	Good
Fap 68 347812S over CSX Railroad	1970	10,611	Good
Fap 68 over Notchy Creek	1993	9,530	Good