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Nfa A298 over Muddy Creek

Rhea County, Tennessee · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Nfa A298 over Muddy Creek in Rhea County, Tennessee, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1950, making it 75 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 6 of the 100 inventoried bridges in Rhea County rated poor (6.0%); 6 (6.0%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 50 ft
Location	2MI East of US 27
NBI structure number	720A2980001
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Fap 29 over Richland Creek	1960	23,414	Fair
Fap 29 over Richland Creek	1960	23,414	Fair
Fap 29 over Richland Creek Overflow	2007	23,414	Good
Fap 29 over Richland Creek Overflow	2007	23,414	Fair
Fap 29 over Branch	1960	21,072	Fair
Fap 29 over Oak Hill Rd	2002	16,192	Fair