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Fap 3 over Big Creek

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

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

Fap 3 over Big Creek in Tipton County, Tennessee, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1927 and reconstructed in 1959, making it 98 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 24,851 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 105 of the 202 inventoried bridges in Tipton County rated fair (52.0%); 13 (6.4%) 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 stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 112 ft
Location	1.7 Mi.n.of Shelbt Co.
NBI structure number	84SR0030002
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Fap 3 over Big Creek	1966	24,851	Fair
Fap 3 over Branch	1933	16,419	Fair
Fap 3 over Branch	1965	16,419	Fair
Fap 3 over Median Ditch	1975	16,419	Fair
Fap 3 over Frog Branch	1965	16,405	Fair
Fap 3 over Indian CR Drainage Canal	1924	16,405	Poor