Three other bridges built by the company have passed state inspections, although they are not yet open.
Their labor camps are required to pass state inspection.
At one gas station construction site, for example, two different state inspections have given conflicting sets of orders.
He has also said the state inspections may have been faulty.
Did 409 happen since then, or was the state inspection of 1984-85 faulty?
"Now, you got all the trailer stickers for state inspection and the horse papers?"
In late April, a complaint to the health department prompted a state inspection.
He charges $45 for a state inspection, of which he does about 40 each month.
But in Tennessee, new legislation doesn't even call for state inspections.
A state inspection last month found some improvement, officials said.