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Bridge conditions in Davidson County, Tennessee

833 inventoried bridges · 38 rated poor · 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

The federal inventory lists 833 bridges in Davidson County: 408 rated good, 387 fair, and 38 poor.

38 of the 833 bridges in Davidson County, Tennessee, are rated in poor condition (4.6%) in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory, as of August 20, 2026.
408 bridges (49.0%) are rated good and 387 (46.5%) fair.
The median Davidson County bridge was built in 1972.
The busiest poor-rated bridge is I24 over Mill Creek (built 1958), carrying about 155,629 vehicles a day.

Good 49.0% · Fair 46.5% · Poor 4.6% of 833 bridges

Bridges rated poor

Every bridge in the county with a poor rating, busiest first. Poor means a major component is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale; it is a repair flag, not a closure notice.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I24 over Mill Creek	1958	155,629	Poor
I40 over I24	1960	154,055	Poor
I40 over Mill Creek	1963	131,122	Poor
I-24 WB Ramp over I-24 EB	1961	113,584	Poor
I65 343316H over Cumberland Rv & Cowan St	1967	101,986	Poor
I40 over I40 / Westboro Road	1962	97,513	Poor
I-24E over Old Hickory Blvd.	1972	74,643	Poor
I-24W over Old Hickory Blvd.	1972	74,643	Poor
Fau 6 over SR 6 Rl / Douglas Avenue	1969	46,596	Poor
Fau 6 over SR 6 Ll / Douglas Avenue	1969	46,596	Poor
Fap 11 over Seven Mile Creek	1928	41,823	Poor
Briley Pkwy. over Airways Blvd.	1959	36,384	Poor
Fap 1 over Branch	1923	36,062	Poor
Fap 1 over Sugar Tree Creek	1923	33,357	Poor
Fau 45 over Cumberland River	1967	32,950	Poor
Fau 45 over Cumberland River	1928	32,950	Poor
Fap 401 348657T over CSX Railroad	1928	32,757	Poor
Fap 6 over Branch	1955	30,580	Poor
Fap 1 over Mill Creek	1940	29,173	Poor
Fau 11 over I440	1984	27,908	Poor
Fau 171 349231B over CSX Railroad	1967	23,312	Poor
Fap 6 over Mansker Creek	1937	22,090	Poor
Fau 11 over Branch	1928	20,871	Poor
Fau 11 over North Fork Ewing Creek	1928	20,871	Poor
Fap 100 over Harpeth River	1929	19,517	Poor
Fau 24 350233L over L and N Railroad	1924	14,115	Poor
Trinity Ln. over SR-6 (ellington Pk.)	1967	14,066	Poor
Fap 100 over South Harpeth River	1929	12,484	Poor
Fap 404 (SR 65) over S. Fork Sycamore Creek	1947	11,214	Poor
Fau 4933 350167B over CSX Railroad	1965	10,189	Poor
Fau 1017 348101B over Two Mile Pkwy/ CSX RR	1968	9,653	Poor
Fap 1 over West Fork Buffalo Creek	1926	7,112	Poor
Nfa E004 350223F over CSX Railroad	1917	5,020	Poor
Nfa D257 over Briley Pkwy.	1989	4,350	Poor
Nfa D381 over Metro Center Lake	1980	2,660	Poor
Chickasaw Ave. over Ellington Pkwy.	1967	1,880	Poor
Fau 1013 (sa 1916) over Earthman Fork Creek	1940	1,115	Poor
Nfa B846 over Whittemore Branch	1970	600	Poor

Busiest bridges in the county

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I65 over Pages Branch	1961	182,508	Good
I65 over Trinity Lane	1961	182,508	Fair
I40 348623Y over Nasville & Eastern RR	1960	181,397	Fair
I40 over Browns Creek	1960	181,397	Fair
I24 over Seven Mile Creek	1958	177,574	Fair
I40 over Fairfield Ave.	1960	169,445	Fair
I40 over Fairfield Ave	1960	169,445	Fair
I65 over Nesbitt Lane	1964	166,761	Good
I65 over Cunniff Parkway	1966	166,761	Fair
I65 over Branch	1966	166,761	Good

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025. Counts cover inventoried highway bridges over 20 feet; ratings are reported by the state DOT.

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