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Campbell County, TN

137 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 24.8% rated Good, 71.5% Fair, 3.6% Poor.

137
Public bridges: 24.8%
Good condition: 3.6%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Campbell County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 49%
lowest Poor share in state: 3.6%
Poor-condition share: 137
public highway bridges: 1973
avg year built

Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.

Campbell County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Campbell County ranks #47 of 95 Tennessee counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.6%). Campbell County, Tennessee contains 137 public highway bridges. Roughly 24.8% are rated “Good,” 71.5% “Fair,” and 3.6% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.

Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.

Total bridges

137

Public highway bridges in Campbell County

Good condition

24.8%

34 of 137 rated 7-9

Fair condition

71.5%

98 of 137 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.6%

5 of 137 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#47 of 95

Among Tennessee counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 137 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

24.8% (34)

Fair

71.5% (98)

Poor

3.6% (5)

Campbell County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,483 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 621 crossings a day against 2,621 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.

Computed over the 136 of 137 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

45.3% of Campbell County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

62 of the 137 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 24.8% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.

Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

One structure carries 29% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

NFA A119 over ELK FORK CREEK, built 1984, carries 720 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 5-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 2,483 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1910s

1
1920s

9
1930s

16
1940s

8
1950s

3
1960s

20
1970s

16
1980s

27
1990s

15
2000s

8
2010s

10
2020s

4

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 27 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1973) matches the Tennessee average (1977).

How Campbell County compares with Tennessee's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Tennessee counties nearest Campbell County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.6% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1973 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 94 Tennessee counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Campbell County and the 5 Tennessee counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Monroe County	145	62.1%	33.8%	4.1%	1976
Polk County	140	55%	37.1%	7.9%	1979
Cumberland County	137	32.8%	48.9%	18.2%	1971
Campbell County (this page)	137	24.8%	71.5%	3.6%	1973
Lewis County	136	19.1%	77.9%	2.9%	1979
Jackson County	131	39.7%	57.3%	3.1%	1978

Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Campbell County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Two NBI-derived peer sets for Campbell County, both outside Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside TN (137 bridges here).

Fremont County, CO · 137 bridges
Prowers County, CO · 137 bridges
Fremont County, ID · 137 bridges
Orange County, IN · 137 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TN (1973 here).

Jefferson County, AL · avg 1973 · 1,068 bridges
Erie County, NY · avg 1973 · 906 bridges
Lancaster County, PA · avg 1973 · 801 bridges
Sacramento County, CA · avg 1973 · 740 bridges

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 137 Good 34 Fair 98 Poor 5

All bridges (137)

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Campbell County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Campbell County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,483 vehicle crossings a day

45.3% of Campbell County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 29% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Campbell County compares with Tennessee's closest counties by inventory size

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

All bridges (137)

NFA A376

NFA A496

NFA 2472 (SA 0709)

NFA A071

NFA A080

FAS 116

FAS 297

NFA 1280 (SA 0710)

FAP 9

NFA A165

FAS 297

NFA 1280 (SA 0710)

FAS 90

FAS 9

I75

FAS 297

NFA 1280 (SA 0710)

NFA A071

NFA A122

FAS 116

FAP 9

FAS 9

NFA 2425 (SA 0703)

NFA 2425 (SA 0703)

NFA 2425 (SA 0703)

NFA A080

NFA A090

NFA A303

NFA A324

FAP 9

FAP 9

NFA 1278 (SA 0705)

NFA 1280 (SA 0710)

FAS 9

FAS 9

FAP 9

FAP 9

NFA A103

NFA 0A971

NFA A071

NFA A127

NFA A158

FAS 116

FAS 297

I75

I75

FAS 297

FAS 90

NFA A006

I75

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