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Haywood County, TN

241 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 35.3% rated Good, 60.2% Fair, 4.6% Poor.

241
Public bridges: 35.3%
Good condition: 4.6%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

62nd
of 95 on Poor share: 4.6%
Poor-condition share: 241
public highway bridges: 1976
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.

Haywood County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Haywood County ranks #62 of 95 Tennessee counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.6%). Haywood County, Tennessee contains 241 public highway bridges. Roughly 35.3% are rated “Good,” 60.2% “Fair,” and 4.6% “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

241

Public highway bridges in Haywood County

Good condition

35.3%

85 of 241 rated 7-9

Fair condition

60.2%

145 of 241 rated 5-6

Poor condition

4.6%

11 of 241 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#62 of 95

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

Condition distribution

Share of 241 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

35.3% (85)

Fair

60.2% (145)

Poor

4.6% (11)

Haywood County's Poor-condition bridges carry 12,792 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,163 crossings a day against 804 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 240 of 241 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

44.4% of Haywood County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

107 of the 241 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 35.3% 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 37.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

FAP 76 over S. FORK FORKED DEER RIVE, built 1934, carries 4,808 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 11-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 12,792 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1910s

1
1920s

20
1930s

10
1940s

1
1950s

31
1960s

43
1970s

9
1980s

43
1990s

27
2000s

22
2010s

24
2020s

10

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 43 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 17.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1976) matches the Tennessee average (1977).

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

The 5 Tennessee counties nearest Haywood County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.6% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1976 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Haywood County and the 5 Tennessee counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Humphreys County	250	24.4%	68%	7.6%	1978
Dickson County	243	58.8%	35.8%	5.3%	1975
Haywood County (this page)	241	35.3%	60.2%	4.6%	1976
Carroll County	240	37.9%	60%	2.1%	1982
Marshall County	240	56.3%	43.8%	0%	1968
Dyer County	232	29.7%	62.1%	8.2%	1979

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 Haywood 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 Haywood County, both outside Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside TN (241 bridges here).

Sumter County, AL · 241 bridges
Hardin County, IA · 241 bridges
Iowa County, IA · 241 bridges
Barber County, KS · 241 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TN (1976 here).

Marion County, IN · avg 1976 · 958 bridges
Mohave County, AZ · avg 1976 · 641 bridges
Comanche County, OK · avg 1976 · 593 bridges
Prince George's County, MD · avg 1976 · 576 bridges

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

All 241 Good 85 Fair 145 Poor 11

Fair-condition bridges (145)

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Haywood County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Haywood County's Poor-condition bridges carry 12,792 vehicle crossings a day

44.4% of Haywood County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 37.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Haywood 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

Fair-condition bridges (145)

FAU 3028

NFA 844 (SA 3812)

FAP 76

FAP 76

FAP 76

I40

I40

I40

I40

I40

I40

I40

I40

I40

FAP 1

FAP 76

FAP 76

NFA 847 (SA 3818)

NFA 847 (SA 3818)

NFA 847 (SA 3818)

NFA 847 (SA 3818)

NFA 847 (SA 3818)

NFA 1377 (SA 3814)

NFA 1377 (SA 3814)

NFA 1482 (SA 3807)

NFA 1557 (SA 3802)

NFA 1558 (SA 3822)

NFA 1566 (SA 3810)

NFA A009

NFA A030

NFA A038

NFA A042

NFA A051

NFA A051

NFA A082

NFA A110

NFA A110

NFA A111

NFA A111

NFA A112

NFA A112

NFA A123

NFA A138

NFA A153

NFA A173

NFA A214

NFA A224 (SA 3801)

FAU 5585

NFA A257

NFA A268

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