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Hickman County, TN

331 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 38.7% rated Good, 56.2% Fair, 5.1% Poor.

331
Public bridges
38.7%
Good condition
5.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

69th
of 95 on Poor share
5.1%
Poor-condition share
331
public highway bridges
1979
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.

Hickman County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Hickman County ranks #69 of 95 Tennessee counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 5.1%). Hickman County, Tennessee contains 331 public highway bridges. Roughly 38.7% are rated “Good,” 56.2% “Fair,” and 5.1% “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

331

Public highway bridges in Hickman County

Good condition

38.7%

128 of 331 rated 7-9

Fair condition

56.2%

186 of 331 rated 5-6

Poor condition

5.1%

17 of 331 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#69 of 95

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

Condition distribution

Share of 331 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
38.7% (128)
Fair
56.2% (186)
Poor
5.1% (17)

Hickman County's Poor-condition bridges carry 6,088 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 5.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 358 crossings a day against 927 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 331 of 331 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

36.9% of Hickman County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

122 of the 331 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 38.7% 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 53.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

FAS 50 over DUCK RIVER, built 1970, carries 3,281 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 17-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 6,088 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Hickman County's bridges were built

331 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 74 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1979) matches the Tennessee average (1977).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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

The 5 Tennessee counties nearest Hickman County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 5.1% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1979 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 Hickman County and the 5 Tennessee counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Weakley County 351 1.1%
Fayette County 336 7.4%
Hickman County (this page) 331 5.1%
Giles County 321 2.2%
Greene County 306 2.6%
Lincoln County 304 3%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside TN (331 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside TN (1979 here).

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

All 331 Good 128 Fair 186 Poor 17

All bridges (331)

NFA A106

Good

Over: JONES CREEK

3 M SE OF WRIGLEY, Hickman, TN

Built 1981 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 10

NFA A322

Good

Over: BLUE WATER CREEK

8.5 M SW OF CENTERVILLE, Hickman, TN

Built 1976 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 10

NFA A245

Good

Over: WET PRONG LEATHERWOOD CR

3.8 M S OF PRIMM SPRINGS, Hickman, TN

Built 1984 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 30

NFA A393

Good

Over: PRETTY CREEK

3 M NW OF NUNNELLY, Hickman, TN

Built 1980 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 30

NFA A089

Good

Over: BARREN FORK LICK CREEK

4 M EAST OF WRIGLEY, Hickman, TN

Built 1975 Load: 52.2 t ADT: 20

NFA A386

Good

Over: BRANCH

4 M W OF NUNNELLY, Hickman, TN

Built 1979 Load: 52.2 t ADT: 10

NFA A187

Good

Over: BELL BRANCH

2 M E OF NUNNELLY, Hickman, TN

Built 1980 Load: 54.8 t ADT: 70

NFA A264

Good

Over: BLUE BUCK CREEK

4 MI SW OF SHADY GROVE, Hickman, TN

Built 1979 Load: 54.8 t ADT: 70

NFA A264

Good

Over: BLUE BUCK CREEK

4 M SW OF SHADY GROVE, Hickman, TN

Built 1981 Load: 54.8 t ADT: 70

NFA A387

Good

Over: BRANCH

2.5 M W OF NUNNELLY, Hickman, TN

Built 1972 Load: 54.8 t ADT: 30

NFA A260

Good

Over: BUCK BRANCH

2 M W OF SHADY GROVE, Hickman, TN

Built 1979 Load: 54.8 t ADT: 10

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: DUCK RIVER

0.35 MILES TO TN ROUTE 50, Hickman, TN

Built 1987 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 210

NFA A316

Good

Over: LOWE BRANCH

8 M NE OF PLEASANTVILLE, Hickman, TN

Built 1988 Load: 58.6 t ADT: 60

NFA 942 (SA 4101)

Good

Over: BRANCH

1.5 M SE OF PLEASANTVILLE, Hickman, TN

Built 1962 Load: 87.2 t ADT: 186

NFA A326

Poor

Over: BEAVERDAM CREEK

4.5 M SW OF CENTERVILLE, Hickman, TN

Built 1975 Load: 5.2 t ADT: 30

NFA 942 (SA 4101)

Poor

Over: CANE CREEK

5 M SE OF PLEASANTVILLE, Hickman, TN

Built 1960 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 186

NFA A104

Poor

Over: JONES CREEK

3 M. NW. PRIMM SPRINGS, Hickman, TN

Built 1975 Load: 11.3 t ADT: 20

NFA A330

Poor

Over: INDIAN CREEK

1 M SOUTH OF CENTERVILLE, Hickman, TN

Built 1955 Load: 15.9 t ADT: 10

FAS 50

Poor

Over: DUCK RIVER

IN CENTERVILLE CITY LIMIT, Hickman, TN

Built 1970 Load: 17.5 t ADT: 3,281

NFA A542

Poor

Over: BLOWING SPRINGS

10 M WEST OF CENTERVILLE, Hickman, TN

Built 1960 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 140

NFA 961 (SA 4109)

Poor

Over: BRANCH

1 M SOUTH OF NUNNELLY, Hickman, TN

Built 1930 Load: 20.7 t ADT: 252

NFA 1833 (SA 4103)

Poor

Over: SULPHUR FORK CREEK

5.5 M E PLEASANTVILLE, Hickman, TN

Built 1970 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 133

NFA A277

Poor

Over: BIG SWAN CREEK

7 M SOUTH OF CENTERVILLE, Hickman, TN

Built 1972 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 100

NFA A325

Poor

Over: BEAVER DAM CREEK

5 M SW OF CENTERVILLE, Hickman, TN

Built 1968 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 130

NFA A325

Poor

Over: BEAVER DAM CREEK

5 M W CENTERVILLE, Hickman, TN

Built 1972 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 130

NFA A270

Poor

Over: BLUE BUCK CREEK

7 M W OF SHADY GROVE, Hickman, TN

Built 1970 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 50

NFA 1848 (SA 4111)

Poor

Over: HALEY CREEK

2 M EAST OF CENTERVILLE, Hickman, TN

Built 1950 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 220

FAS 438

Poor

Over: COW HOLLOW BRANCH

IN COBLE CITY LIMITS, Hickman, TN

Built 1983 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 722

NFA 1846 (SA 4125)

Poor

Over: DUCK RIVER

7 M EAST OF CENTERVILLE, Hickman, TN

Built 1968 Load: 31.5 t ADT: 216

NFA 961 (SA 4109)

Poor

Over: BIRD CREEK

1.1 M SOUTH OF NUNNELLY, Hickman, TN

Built 1930 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 252

NFA 1846 (SA 4125)

Poor

Over: ARNOLD BRANCH

5 M EAST OF CENTERVILLE, Hickman, TN

Built 1963 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 216

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.