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Nfa A249 over Brimstone Creek

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

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

Nfa A249 over Brimstone Creek in Scott County, Tennessee, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1940, making it 85 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 30 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 5 of the 111 inventoried bridges in Scott County rated poor (4.5%); 5 (4.5%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 51 ft
Location	5.4 M E of Us27-sr52 Jct
NBI structure number	760A2220001
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 Sulphur Creek	1992	12,876	Fair
Fap 29 over Cherry Fork Creek	1995	12,876	Fair
Nfa A583 over Nigs Creek	1924	12,550	Fair
Fap 29 over Pine Creek	1986	12,179	Fair
Fap 29 over Sou Rwy & Nfa A168	1996	12,179	Fair
Fap 29 over Nigs Creek	1997	12,179	Fair