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Chicot County, AR

88 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 40.9% rated Good, 50% Fair, 9.1% Poor.

88
Public bridges
40.9%
Good condition
9.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Chicot County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

63rd
of 75 on Poor share
9.1%
Poor-condition share
88
public highway bridges
1973
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.

Chicot County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Chicot County ranks #63 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 9.1%). Chicot County, Arkansas contains 88 public highway bridges. Roughly 40.9% are rated “Good,” 50% “Fair,” and 9.1% “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

88

Public highway bridges in Chicot County

Good condition

40.9%

36 of 88 rated 7-9

Fair condition

50%

44 of 88 rated 5-6

Poor condition

9.1%

8 of 88 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#63 of 75

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

Condition distribution

Share of 88 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
40.9% (36)
Fair
50% (44)
Poor
9.1% (8)

Chicot County's Poor-condition bridges carry 14,191 vehicle crossings a day

That is 12.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 9.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,774 crossings a day against 1,679 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 88 of 88 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

60.2% of Chicot County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

53 of the 88 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 40.9% 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 28.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US 65-21 LM 7.52 over Bayou Macon, built 1946, carries 4,100 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 8-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 14,191 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Chicot County's bridges were built

88 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 18 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1973, 7 years older than the Arkansas average of 1980.

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

How Chicot County compares with Arkansas's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Arkansas counties nearest Chicot County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 9.1% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1973 against a peer-group mean of 1979 is 6 years older.

Showing the 5 closest of 74 Arkansas counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Chicot County and the 5 Arkansas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Baxter County 91 0%
Prairie County 88 10.2%
Chicot County (this page) 88 9.1%
Monroe County 85 7.1%
Desha County 83 4.8%
Little River County 83 7.2%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AR (88 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AR (1973 here).

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

All 88 Good 36 Fair 44 Poor 8

Good-condition bridges (36)

CR 6/Hanna Rd

Good

Over: Ditch

2.77 Mi W SH 159-Eudora, Chicot, AR

Built 1997 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 80

SH 159-01 LM 4.79

Good

Over: Indian Bayou

1.0 Mi N SH 52-Eurdora, Chicot, AR

Built 2005 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 2,200

US 82-10 LM 5.08

Good

Over: Chany Slough

4.9 Mi W US65-LakeVillage, Chicot, AR

Built 1950 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 2,900

US 65-22 LM 6.25

Good

Over: Ditch

0.1 Mi S SH 8-Grand Lake, Chicot, AR

Built 1946 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 1,698

US 65-21 LM 5.71

Good

Over: Ditch

0.9 MI S US 82-LakeVillag, Chicot, AR

Built 1944 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,100

US 65-22 LM 5.85

Good

Over: Ditch

0.2 Mi N SH 8-Grand Lake, Chicot, AR

Built 1946 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,300

US 82-10 LM 5.20

Good

Over: Big Creek

4.8 Mi W US65-LakeVillage, Chicot, AR

Built 1950 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,900

CR 16/GumCornerRd

Good

Over: Butcher Bayou

2.4 Mi W US 65-Chicot, Chicot, AR

Built 1997 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 27

CR 22/Jennie Road

Good

Over: Macon Bayou

0.53 Mi W SH 159-Jennie, Chicot, AR

Built 1977 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 240

SH 257-00 LM 0.57

Good

Over: Ditch

0.57 MI E US65-McMillJnct, Chicot, AR

Built 1980 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 650

SH 160-12 LM 7.79

Good

Over: Ditch

4.1 Mi W US 65-Chicot Jct, Chicot, AR

Built 1968 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 450

SH 144-03 LM 5.10

Good

Over: Johnson Creek

5.10 Mi NE US65-LkVillage, Chicot, AR

Built 2015 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 1,029

US 82-10 LM 4.86

Good

Over: Ditch

5.1 Mi W US65-LakeVillage, Chicot, AR

Built 1950 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 2,300

SH 144-03 LM 5.91

Good

Over: Ferry Bayou

5.91 Mi NE US65-LkVillage, Chicot, AR

Built 2015 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,029

CR 80/Verser Road

Good

Over: Macon Bayou

0.3 Mi E US 65-Eudora, Chicot, AR

Built 1964 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 11

SH 160-12 LM 1.59

Good

Over: Big Bayou

10.5 Mi W US 65-ChicotJct, Chicot, AR

Built 2004 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 370

US 82-10 LM 3.19

Good

Over: West Crooked Bayou

5.8 Mi W US65-LakeVillage, Chicot, AR

Built 1950 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 2,300

US 65-20 LM 14.90

Good

Over: Little Lake Bayou

2.2 Mi N US82-LakeVillage, Chicot, AR

Built 1938 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 6,900

US 65-20 LM 3.30

Good

Over: Black Pond

0.9 Mi N SH 208-Bellaire, Chicot, AR

Built 1938 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,400

US 65-20 LM 7.63

Good

Over: Boeuf Canal

3.4 Mi S SH 208-Bellaire, Chicot, AR

Built 1938 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,400

US 65-20 LM 11.31

Good

Over: Bayou Macon

1.8 Mi N SH144-Macon Lake, Chicot, AR

Built 1938 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,100

US 65-20 LM 12.41

Good

Over: Swift Bayou

0.5 Mi N SH144-LakeVillag, Chicot, AR

Built 1938 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,100

CR280/Doc Seale Rd

Good

Over: Bayou Macon

2.39 Mi W US65-LakeVllage, Chicot, AR

Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 660

CR 51/ black pond

Good

Over: Black Pond Slough

1.0 Mi E US 65, Chicot, AR

Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8

CR 5/ Hellcat Road

Good

Over: Canal # 9

3.9 Mi S SH 52-Indian, Chicot, AR

Built 1992 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 111

CR 47/ Old Hwy 65

Good

Over: Big Bayou Ditch

0.7 Mi N SH 35, Chicot, AR

Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2

CR 18 / Newbill Rd

Good

Over: Boeuf River

7.2 Mi SE SH 160-Chicot, Chicot, AR

Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13

CR 22 / Jennie Rd

Good

Over: Beouf River

4.14 Mi W SH 159-Jennie, Chicot, AR

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 200

CR 86/ Bobbie Hopp

Good

Over: Macon Bayou

3.0 Mi E SH 52 &159, Chicot, AR

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 97

SH 144-03 LM 3.69

Good

Over: Connerly Bayou

3.7 Mi E US 65, Chicot, AR

Built 1973 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,840

SH 160-12 LM 10.43

Good

Over: Bayou Macon

1.7 Mi W US 65-Chicot Jct, Chicot, AR

Built 1972 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 450

SH 160-12 LM 6.31

Good

Over: Boeuf River

5.8 Mi W US 65-Chicot Jct, Chicot, AR

Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 450

CoRd 359/Lewis Rd.

Good

Over: Macon Lake

0.40 M E US 65, Chicot, AR

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 73

SH 144-02 LM 4.98

Good

Over: Main Ditch

3.6 Mi W US65-McMIllanCrn, Chicot, AR

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 360

SH 160-12 LM 7.18

Good

Over: Ditch

4.7 Mi W US 65-Chicot Jct, Chicot, AR

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 450

LEVEE ROAD

Good

Over: CONNERLY BAYOU

LK.CHICOT PUMPING STATION, Chicot, AR

Built 1980 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 240

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