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Fap 53 over Mulherrin Creek

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

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

Fap 53 over Mulherrin Creek in Smith 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 1947 and reconstructed in 2020, making it 78 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 873 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 69 of the 202 inventoried bridges in Smith County rated fair (34.2%); 19 (9.4%) 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 multiple box beam
Length	about 82 ft
Location	.9 M E Jct SR141&I40
NBI structure number	80SR0530001
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I40 over Mulherrin Crk.&new Mid.r	1963	45,338	Good
I40 over Mulherrin Crk.&new Mid.r	1963	45,338	Fair
I40 over Dry Creek	1963	45,338	Good
I40 over Dry Creek	1963	45,338	Good
I40 over I40 / SR 53	1962	45,338	Fair
I40 over I40 / SR 53	1962	45,338	Good