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Nfa A179 over Simms Branch

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

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

Nfa A179 over Simms Branch in White County, Tennessee, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1960 and reconstructed in 2002, making it 65 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 56 of the 69 inventoried bridges in White County rated fair (81.2%); 3 (4.3%) 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 single box beam
Length	about 28 ft
Location	5MI Worth of US 70
NBI structure number	930A1790001
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Fap 111 over Town Creek	1975	15,364	Fair
Fap 111 over SR 111 / Nfa A119	1988	13,414	Fair
Fap 111 over SR 111 / Nfa A119	1988	13,414	Fair
Fap 111 over Post Oak Creek	1988	13,414	Fair
Fap 111 over Post Oak Creek	1988	13,414	Fair
Fap 111 over Falling Water River	1988	13,414	Fair