Total bridges
258
Public highway bridges in Lauderdale County
County profile · official public datasets
Lauderdale County, TN
258 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 36% rated Good, 57.4% Fair, 6.6% Poor.
- 258
- Public bridges
- 36%
- Good condition
- 6.6%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Lauderdale County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- 78th
- of 95 on Poor share
- 6.6%
- Poor-condition share
- 258
- public highway bridges
- 1985
- 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.
Lauderdale County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Lauderdale County ranks #78 of 95 Tennessee counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6.6%). Lauderdale County, Tennessee contains 258 public highway bridges. Roughly 36% are rated “Good,” 57.4% “Fair,” and 6.6% “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.
Good condition
36%
93 of 258 rated 7-9
Fair condition
57.4%
148 of 258 rated 5-6
Poor condition
6.6%
17 of 258 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#78 of 95
Among Tennessee counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 258 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 36% (93)
Fair 57.4% (148)
Poor 6.6% (17)
Lauderdale County's Poor-condition bridges carry 12,377 vehicle crossings a day
That is 3.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 6.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 728 crossings a day against 325 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 258 of 258 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
20.5% of Lauderdale County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
53 of the 258 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 36% 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 25.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
FAS 19 over CANE CREEK, built 1928, carries 3,130 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 12,377 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Lauderdale County's bridges were built
258 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 13
1920–1929
13 bridges
- 1930s 4
1930–1939
4 bridges
- 1950s 5
1950–1959
5 bridges
- 1960s 18
1960–1969
18 bridges
- 1970s 23
1970–1979
23 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
102 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
41 bridges
- 2000s 23
2000–2009
23 bridges
- 2010s 19
2010–2019
19 bridges
- 2020s 10
2020–2029
10 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 102 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 39.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1985, 8 years newer than the Tennessee average of 1977.
How Lauderdale County compares with Tennessee's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Tennessee counties nearest Lauderdale County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 6.6% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1985 against a peer-group mean of 1979 is 6 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 94 Tennessee counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne County | 274 | 24.1% | 72.3% | 3.6% | 1987 |
| Sevier County | 273 | 54.6% | 43.2% | 2.2% | 1977 |
| Lauderdale County (this page) | 258 | 36% | 57.4% | 6.6% | 1985 |
| Humphreys County | 250 | 24.4% | 68% | 7.6% | 1978 |
| Dickson County | 243 | 58.8% | 35.8% | 5.3% | 1975 |
| Haywood County | 241 | 35.3% | 60.2% | 4.6% | 1976 |
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 Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County, both outside Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside TN (258 bridges here).
- Richardson County, NE · 258 bridges
- Apache County, AZ · 259 bridges
- Gila County, AZ · 259 bridges
- Ellsworth County, KS · 259 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside TN (1985 here).
- Hillsborough County, FL · avg 1985 · 840 bridges
- Lancaster County, NE · avg 1985 · 661 bridges
- Nueces County, TX · avg 1985 · 528 bridges
- Grayson County, TX · avg 1985 · 513 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Poor-condition bridges (17)
NFA A316
PoorOver: OVERFLOW
5 MI. W. OF HAYWOOD CO., Lauderdale, TN
Built 1973 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 50
NFA 821 (SA 4930)
PoorOver: OVERFLOW
NEAR HALLS, Lauderdale, TN
Built 1972 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 225
NFA 821 (SA 4930)
PoorOver: OVERFLOW
NEAR HALLS, Lauderdale, TN
Built 1960 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 225
NFA A021
PoorOver: BRANCH
NEAR FULTON, Lauderdale, TN
Built 1995 Load: 1.9 t ADT: 150
NFA A117
PoorOver: BRANCH
4 MI. N. OF SR 88, Lauderdale, TN
Built 2002 Load: 2.6 t ADT: 170
NFA A030
PoorOver: BRANCH
3 MI. S. OF SR19, Lauderdale, TN
Built 1992 Load: 3.9 t ADT: 20
FAS 87
PoorOver: BRANCH
0.31 MI. E OF SR-371 JCT., Lauderdale, TN
Built 1986 Load: 4.2 t ADT: 957
NFA 1482 (SA 4909)
PoorOver: BRANCH
0.4 MI. E. OF SR3, Lauderdale, TN
Built 1975 Load: 4.9 t ADT: 444
NFA A515
PoorOver: NORTH FORK CANE CREEK
1.5 MI. W. OF RIPLEY, Lauderdale, TN
Built 1970 Load: 9.4 t ADT: 50
NFA A134
PoorOver: BRANCH
1.5 MI. W. OF SR3, Lauderdale, TN
Built 1999 Load: 10.4 t ADT: 140
NFA A356
PoorOver: BRANCH
5 MI. S. OF RIPLEY, Lauderdale, TN
Built 1974 Load: 13.9 t ADT: 180
FAS 87
PoorOver: BRANCH
2.99 MI. E OF SR-207 JCT., Lauderdale, TN
Built 1925 Load: 14.6 t ADT: 278
FAS 88
PoorOver: S. FK. FORKED DEER RIVER
0.1 MI FR CROCKETT CO LN, Lauderdale, TN
Built 1952 Load: 18.5 t ADT: 1,990
NFA 823 (SA 4928)
PoorOver: SUMROW CREEK
W. OF CROCKETT CO., Lauderdale, TN
Built 1991 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 388
FAS 88
PoorOver: OVERFLOW
0.5 MI FR CROCKETT CO LN, Lauderdale, TN
Built 1985 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 1,990
FAS 88
PoorOver: OVERFLOW
0.4 MI FR CROCKETT CO LN, Lauderdale, TN
Built 1985 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 1,990
FAS 19
PoorOver: CANE CREEK
0.12 MI. W OF SR-3 JCT., Lauderdale, TN
Built 1928 Load: 23.3 t ADT: 3,130
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