Total bridges
106
Public highway bridges in Ashley County
County profile · official public datasets
Ashley County, AR
106 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 63.2% rated Good, 35.8% Fair, 0.9% Poor.
- 106
- Public bridges
- 63.2%
- Good condition
- 0.9%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Ashley County posts a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 5%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0.9%
- Poor-condition share
- 106
- public highway bridges
- 1981
- 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.
Ashley County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Ashley County ranks #4 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0.9%). Ashley County, Arkansas contains 106 public highway bridges. Roughly 63.2% are rated “Good,” 35.8% “Fair,” and 0.9% “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
63.2%
67 of 106 rated 7-9
Fair condition
35.8%
38 of 106 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0.9%
1 of 106 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#4 of 75
Among Arkansas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 106 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 63.2% (67)
Fair 35.8% (38)
Poor 0.9% (1)
Ashley County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,200 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 0.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,200 crossings a day against 1,604 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 106 of 106 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
34.9% of Ashley County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
37 of the 106 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 63.2% 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 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SH 169-00 LM 5.86 over Creek, built 1980, carries 1,200 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 1-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 1,200 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Ashley County's bridges were built
106 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
12 bridges
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
8 bridges
- 1960s 6
1960–1969
6 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
14 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
13 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
15 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
18 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
11 bridges
- 2020s 4
2020–2029
4 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 18 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 17% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1981) matches the Arkansas average (1980).
How Ashley County compares with Arkansas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Arkansas counties nearest Ashley County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0.9% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1981 against a peer-group mean of 1981 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 74 Arkansas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County | 110 | 57.3% | 39.1% | 3.6% | 1986 |
| Ashley County (this page) | 106 | 63.2% | 35.8% | 0.9% | 1981 |
| Bradley County | 105 | 58.1% | 38.1% | 3.8% | 1988 |
| Fulton County | 105 | 39% | 48.6% | 12.4% | 1969 |
| Izard County | 105 | 34.3% | 47.6% | 18.1% | 1981 |
| Dallas County | 103 | 56.3% | 38.8% | 4.9% | 1980 |
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 Ashley 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 Ashley County, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AR (106 bridges here).
- Baca County, CO · 106 bridges
- Warren County, KY · 106 bridges
- Lincoln County, MN · 106 bridges
- Quitman County, MS · 106 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AR (1981 here).
- Franklin County, OH · avg 1981 · 922 bridges
- Greenville County, SC · avg 1981 · 635 bridges
- Montgomery County, OH · avg 1981 · 632 bridges
- McLean County, IL · avg 1981 · 624 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (38)
CR 39
FairOver: Dry Bayou
2.09 Mi S SH 52-Wilmot, Ashley, AR
Built 1930 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 60
CR 12/Hancock Road
FairOver: Big Brushy Creek
2.7 Mi N US 82-Crossett, Ashley, AR
Built 1997 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 1,500
CR 52
FairOver: Canal
2.2 Mi E US 165-Portland, Ashley, AR
Built 1993 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 54
SH 133-01 LM 1.74
FairOver: Little Brushy Creek
1.74 Mi N US 82-Crossett, Ashley, AR
Built 1930 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 11,000
SH 133-00 LM 6.96
FairOver: Creek
2.0 Mi S US 82-Crossett, Ashley, AR
Built 1929 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 4,300
SH 52-02 LM 4.65
FairOver: Dry Bayou
4.65 Mi E US 165-Wilmot, Ashley, AR
Built 1950 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 207
US 165-01 LM 20.31
FairOver: Drainage Ditch
1.4 Mi S US 82-Montrose, Ashley, AR
Built 1957 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 1,770
CR 12/Hancock Rd
FairOver: Big Brushy Creek
2.8 Mi N US 82-Crossett, Ashley, AR
Built 1997 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 1,500
CR 811/Mimosa St
FairOver: Creek
0.7 Mi N SH 133-NCrossett, Ashley, AR
Built 1988 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 535
US 425-02 LM 12.10
FairOver: Creek
0.08 Mi S DrewCo-FntnHill, Ashley, AR
Built 1928 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,800
US 82-08 LM 24.36
FairOver: Weaver Creek
0.01 Mi S US 82E-Hamburg, Ashley, AR
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 7,300
SH 133-00 LM 8.43
FairOver: Shipman Creek
0.7 Mi S US 82-Crossett, Ashley, AR
Built 1935 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 6,327
SH 8-15 LM 4.67
FairOver: Fleshman Bayou
4.68 Mi E US 165-Parkdale, Ashley, AR
Built 1955 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 330
SH 133-01 LM 3.47
FairOver: Big Brushy Creek
1.1 Mi N SH 52-Crossett, Ashley, AR
Built 2004 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 4,200
US 82-09 LM 0.06
FairOver: Weaver Creek
0.1 Mi E US 425-Hamburg, Ashley, AR
Built 1935 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 3,300
US 82-09 LM 6.56
FairOver: West Haley Creek
6.56 Mi E US 425-Mist, Ashley, AR
Built 1933 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,900
SH 133-00 LM 7.14
FairOver: Drainage Ditch
2.0 Mi S US 82-Crossett, Ashley, AR
Built 1935 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 4,300
US 165-01 LM 14.98
FairOver: Canal
2.4 Mi S SH 160-Portland, Ashley, AR
Built 1954 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,300
CR 10/MaraisSaline
FairOver: Little Brushy Creek
1.6 Mi W SH 133-NCrossett, Ashley, AR
Built 1992 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 2,286
SH 160-10 LM 2.59
FairOver: Flat Creek Relief
2.59 Mi E SH 8-Longview, Ashley, AR
Built 1978 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 80
SH 160-10 LM 2.82
FairOver: Flat Creek
2.82 Mi E SH 8-Longview, Ashley, AR
Built 1978 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 80
SH 160-10 LM 2.86
FairOver: Flat Creek Relief
2.869 Mi E SH 8-Longview, Ashley, AR
Built 1978 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 80
US 82-09 LM 7.57
FairOver: East Haley Creek
7.57 Mi E US 425-Mist, Ashley, AR
Built 1925 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 1,900
CR 48
FairOver: Hogpen Creek
0.70 Mi SE US165-Portland, Ashley, AR
Built 1988 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 10
US 425-02 LM 2.29
FairOver: Chemin-A-Haut Creek
2.29 Mi N US 82-Hamburg, Ashley, AR
Built 1962 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,500
US 425-02 LM 6.67
FairOver: S Fork Fountain Creek
6.67 Mi N US 82-Hamburg, Ashley, AR
Built 1962 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,500
US 425-02 LM 8.03
FairOver: N Fork Fountain Creek
1.6 Mi S SH133-FountnHill, Ashley, AR
Built 1962 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,500
US 425-02 LM 10.30
FairOver: Flat Creek
0.7 Mi N SH 133-FountHill, Ashley, AR
Built 1962 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,800
SH 8-14 LM 18.45
FairOver: Bayou Bartholomew
0.7 Mi W US 165-Parkdale, Ashley, AR
Built 1973 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 640
SH 160-11 LM 5.75
FairOver: Bayou Bartholomew
1.5 Mi W US 165-Portland, Ashley, AR
Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 370
SH 52-00 LM 6.79
FairOver: Hanks Creek
0.7 Mi W US 425-Hamburg, Ashley, AR
Built 1973 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,021
US 82-District 2
FairOver: OUACHITA RIVER
9.1 MI W SH 133, Ashley, AR
Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,800
US 82-08 LM 1.12
FairOver: Ouachita River Relief
1.12 Mi E UnionCo-Crosstt, Ashley, AR
Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,800
US 82-08 LM 1.76
FairOver: Ouachita River Relief
1.76 Mi E UnionCo-Crosstt, Ashley, AR
Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,600
CR 13
FairOver: Little Brushy Cr Relief
1.17 Mi N US 82-Crossett, Ashley, AR
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 160
PINE ISLAND ROAD
FairOver: RED-EYE CREEK
PINE ISLAND, Ashley, AR
Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50
PINE ISLAND ROAD
FairOver: MUD LAKE CREEK
PINE ISLAND, Ashley, AR
Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50
PINE ISLAND ROAD
FairOver: PENNINGTON SLOUGH
PINE ISLAND, Ashley, AR
Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50
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