Oldest Bridges in Tennessee

The oldest bridge in Tennessee is the Nfa E489 over Mansker Creek in Davidson County, built in 1841.

Age, drawn to scale

The 10 oldest in Tennessee, one timeline

1850190019502000today

1Nfa E489 over Mansker CreekTN · 1841 · 30/day 2Nfa A324 over East ForkTN · 1875 · 20/day 3Nfa A022 over Sewee CreekTN · 1884 · 20/day 4Nfa A634 over Rr Grade RD / Doe RiverTN · 1889 · 50/day 5Nfa C199 over Beaver CreekTN · 1895 · 290/day 6Fau 3775 over Tennessee River & 2 Rts.TN · 1897 · 6.2k/day 7Fas 338 over Boyds CreekTN · 1898 · 9.6k/day 8Nfa A747 over Turkey CreekTN · 1900 · 560/day 9Nfa A069 over BranchTN · 1900 · 160/day 10Nfa A866 over BranchTN · 1900 · 20/day For scale: the Brooklyn BridgeNY · 1883 · 111k/day

Each bar runs from the year the bridge was built to today, colored by its overall condition (green good, orange fair, red poor). A white notch marks a recorded reconstruction; many of these bridges have been rebuilt or widened more than once, and the inventory keeps only the most recent date. Daily traffic is the latest count.

When the bridges were built

every bridge in Tennessee by the decade it was built

Before 1900pre—

1900s'00—

1910s'1028%

554

1920s'2014%

878

1930s'309%

852

1940s'4010%

1.7k

1950s'508%

3.1k

1960s'607%

2.5k

1970s'706%

4.2k

1980s'801%

2.9k

1990s'901%

2.0k

2000s'001%

1.2k

2010s'100%

417

2020s'200%

bridges builtshare rated poor

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Bars are stacked by today's condition rating. 20,374 bridges are counted. Build years before 1900 are counted only when credible.

The Oldest Bridges in Tennessee

Bridge	County	Built	Rebuilt	Material	Daily Traffic	Condition
Nfa E489 over Mansker Creek	Davidson	1841	1986	Masonry	30	Fair
Nfa A324 over East Fork	Sevier	1875	2004	Wood or Timber	20	Fair
Nfa A022 over Sewee Creek	Meigs	1884		Steel	20	Poor
Nfa A634 over Rr Grade RD / Doe River	Carter	1889		Steel	50	Poor
Nfa C199 over Beaver Creek	Knox	1895	1989	Masonry	290	Good
Fau 3775 over Tennessee River & 2 Rts.	Knox	1897	2004	Steel Continuous	6,215	Poor
Fas 338 over Boyds Creek	Sevier	1898		Masonry	9,584	Fair
Nfa A747 over Turkey Creek	Hamblen	1900		Concrete	560	Fair
Nfa A069 over Branch	Obion	1900	1965	Prestressed Concrete Continuous	160	Good
Nfa A866 over Branch	Obion	1900	1960	Concrete	20	Fair
Brooklyn Bridge over I278 Fdr Drive Fdr Dri		1883	2016		110,939	Poor
Nfa A770 over Centenary Creek	Blount	1902		Concrete	80	Fair
Nfa A255 over Big Laurel Creek	Overton	1903		Steel	30	Poor
Nfa E578 348606h over Bnsf & Csx Railroads	Shelby	1903		Concrete	150	Fair
Fap 13 over Branch	Montgomery	1904		Concrete Continuous	31,515	Fair
Fap 11 over Branch	Robertson	1905		Concrete Continuous	14,283	Fair
Nfa B188 over Duck River (osfsp)	Coffee	1906	2009	Steel	50	Poor
Fau 3566 over Inactive Ns Rr Spur	Hamilton	1906	1947	Steel	2,659	Poor
Fau 5673 over W Clinch Ave/world Fair	Knox	1907	2002	Concrete	3,063	Fair
Nfa A825 over Boone Creek	Washington	1909		Concrete Continuous	1,450	Good
Nfa A513 over Sinking Creek	Greene	1910	2003	Steel	520	Fair
Nfa C199 over Beaver Creek	Knox	1910	1989	Concrete	290	Fair
Nfa F209 over Branch	Davidson	1913		Concrete	2,400	Fair
Nfa A166 over Lazy Branch	Marshall	1913	1990	Concrete	115	Good
Nfa A317 347891f over Csx Railroad	Polk	1913	1988	Wood or Timber	40	Poor
Nfa B006 over W Prg Little Pigeon Rive	Sevier	1913		Concrete	7,870	Poor
Nfa A052 347452w over Csx Railroad	Anderson	1914	1990	Steel	660	Poor
Nfa A181 over Branch	Haywood	1914		Concrete Continuous	20	Good
Nfa A040 over Pine Creek	Scott	1914		Steel	20	Poor
Nfa A040 over Pine Creek	Scott	1914		Steel	20	Fair
Nfa A040 over S.fk. Cumberland River	Scott	1914		Steel	20	Fair
Nfa A328 over Beech Log Creek	Wilson	1914	1986	Concrete	1,210	Good
Nfa A731 over Branch	Wilson	1914		Concrete	1,750	Fair
Nfa A863 over Nine Mile Creek	Blount	1915		Concrete	350	Fair
Dossett Lane over Csx Railroad	Campbell	1915		Steel		Poor
Nfa A253 over Buffalo Creek	Carter	1915	1965	Concrete	3,450	Fair
Nfa 4261 over Doe River	Carter	1915	1982	Concrete	800	Fair
Nfa C433 over Brown Creek	Davidson	1915	1955	Concrete Continuous	3,618	Fair
Nfa E073 over Wolftever Creek	Hamilton	1915	1993	Concrete	240	Fair
Nfa A040 over Stock Creek	Knox	1915		Concrete	3,647	Good
Nfa E841 over Roseberry Creek	Knox	1915		Concrete Continuous	250	Good
Nfa D917 over Stock Creek	Knox	1915		Concrete	710	Fair
Nfa 1251 (sa 5316) over Hines Creek	Loudon	1915	1935	Concrete	1,151	Fair
Nfa J125 over Branch	Shelby	1915		Concrete	1,713	Fair
Nfa C519 over Branch	Sullivan	1915	1989	Steel	100	Fair
Nfa 1073 over Branch	Sumner	1915		Concrete	651	Good
Nfa 1073 over Branch	Sumner	1915		Concrete Continuous	651	Fair
Nfa A143 (sa 9436) over Branch	Williamson	1915		Concrete	630	Good
Nfa A265 over Round Lick Creek	Wilson	1915	1985	Concrete	430	Fair
Nfa A282 over Neal Branch	Wilson	1915		Concrete	540	Good
Fas 91 over Elliot Branch	Johnson	1916		Concrete Continuous	3,131	Fair
Nfa A358 over Big Bigby Branch	Maury	1916		Concrete	140	Poor
Nfsr 35-1 over Citico Creek	Monroe	1916		Steel	43	Poor
Nfa E004 350223f over Csx Railroad	Davidson	1917		Concrete	5,020	Poor
Nfa 1213 (sa 2901) over Richland Creek	Grainger	1917		Concrete	2,190	Fair
Fau 8 over Tn River & Fau 5395	Hamilton	1917	2007	Steel	26,697	Poor
Nfa A370 over Walker Creek	Lincoln	1917	1950	Steel	240	Fair
Fau 3698 over Black Creek	Roane	1917		Concrete	2,580	Fair
Fau 2851 over Private Alley	Shelby	1917		Concrete	2,732	Poor
Nfa A495 over Clear Creek	Cocke	1918		Concrete	2,010	Poor
Nfa 2516 (sa 4527) over Carter Creek	Jefferson	1918		Concrete	414	Poor
Nfa 2516 (sa 4527) over Long Creek	Jefferson	1918		Concrete	414	Fair
Nfa D982 over Stock Creek	Knox	1918		Concrete	180	Fair
Nfa A557 over Goose Creek	Maury	1918		Concrete	100	Fair
Nfa A557 over Hurricane Creek	Maury	1918		Concrete Continuous	100	Fair
Nfa A859 over Sinkhole Creek	Monroe	1918		Concrete Continuous	360	Fair
Nfa 2441 over Happy Creek	Sevier	1918	1991	Concrete	276	Fair
Nfa 1569 over Brush Creek	Smith	1918	1994	Steel Continuous	211	Good
Nfa 1152 over Branch	Sumner	1918		Concrete Continuous	1,257	Poor
Nfa A394 over Talley Branch	Cheatham	1919	1970	Concrete Continuous	700	Fair
Nfa A068 over Boyds Creek	Sevier	1919	1991	Concrete	170	Fair
Nfa 2084 (sa 8016) over Branch	Smith	1919	1940	Concrete Continuous	179	Poor
Nfa A476 over Fall Creek	Wilson	1919		Concrete	50	Poor
Nfa A055 over Wilson Creek	Bedford	1920	2001	Concrete Continuous	40	Fair
Nfa 1246 (sa 0517) over Branch	Blount	1920	1930	Concrete Continuous	3,992	Fair
Fau 4442 over Pistol Creek	Blount	1920		Steel	3,959	Fair
Nfa A033 over Saunders Fork Creek	Cannon	1920		Steel	100	Fair
Nfa A078 over Wilmore Creek	Cannon	1920		Steel Continuous	50	Fair
Nfa A141 over Bull Pen Creek	Cannon	1920		Steel	80	Fair
Nfa 1376 over East Fork Stones River	Cannon	1920	1962	Concrete	1,631	Poor
Nfa 1376 over Locke Creek	Cannon	1920	1962	Concrete	1,631	Poor
Nfa A238 over Long Creek	Cocke	1920		Concrete Continuous	50	Poor
Nfa C507 over Belle Meade Branch	Davidson	1920		Concrete	180	Good
Fas 104 over Branch	Dyer	1920		Concrete	483	Fair
Fas 104 over Edwards Creek	Dyer	1920	1992	Steel	5,066	Fair
Fau 104 over Branch	Dyer	1920	1992	Concrete	5,066	Fair
Nfa A401 over West Fork Shoal Creek	Giles	1920		Concrete	40	Fair
Fap 7 over Overflow	Giles	1920	1955	Concrete	4,416	Fair
Fas 129 over Trigg Branch	Giles	1920	1954	Steel	1,286	Fair
Nfa 2578 (sa 3003) over Cedar Creek	Greene	1920	1992	Steel	1,390	Fair
Nfa A824 over Richland Creek	Greene	1920		Concrete	220	Fair
Fau 58 350112n over Csx Railroad	Hamilton	1920		Concrete Continuous	11,642	Fair
Nfa A681 over Beech Creek	Hawkins	1920	1950	Steel	150	Fair
Nfa A106 over First Creek	Knox	1920	1988	Concrete	5,380	Fair
Nfa D786 over Swan Pond Creek	Knox	1920	1945	Concrete Continuous	250	Fair
Nfa D877 over Hines Creek	Knox	1920		Concrete Continuous	300	Fair
Nfa 2362 over Muddy Creek	Loudon	1920	1965	Concrete Continuous	1,680	Fair
Fap 52 over Little Salt Lick Creek	Macon	1920	1991	Prestressed Concrete Continuous	2,228	Fair
Nfa 1905 over Knob Creek	Maury	1920	1966	Concrete	228	Poor
Nfa A081 over Sweetwater Creek	Monroe	1920		Concrete	40	Fair

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