Total bridges
200
Public highway bridges in Clay County
County profile · official public datasets
Clay County, AR
200 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 43.5% rated Good, 47% Fair, 9.5% Poor.
- 200
- Public bridges
- 43.5%
- Good condition
- 9.5%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Clay 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.
- 65th
- of 75 on Poor share
- 9.5%
- Poor-condition share
- 200
- public highway bridges
- 1987
- 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.
Clay County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Clay County ranks #65 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 9.5%). Clay County, Arkansas contains 200 public highway bridges. Roughly 43.5% are rated “Good,” 47% “Fair,” and 9.5% “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
43.5%
87 of 200 rated 7-9
Fair condition
47%
94 of 200 rated 5-6
Poor condition
9.5%
19 of 200 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#65 of 75
Among Arkansas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 200 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 43.5% (87)
Fair 47% (94)
Poor 9.5% (19)
Clay County's Poor-condition bridges carry 9,329 vehicle crossings a day
That is 4.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 9.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 491 crossings a day against 922 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 200 of 200 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
24.5% of Clay County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
49 of the 200 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 43.5% 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 45% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
US 62-20- LM 2.58 over BLACK RIVER, built 1956, carries 4,200 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 19-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 9,329 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Clay County's bridges were built
200 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 7
1920–1929
7 bridges
- 1930s 1
1930–1939
1 bridges
- 1940s 8
1940–1949
8 bridges
- 1950s 14
1950–1959
14 bridges
- 1960s 15
1960–1969
15 bridges
- 1970s 12
1970–1979
12 bridges
- 1980s 17
1980–1989
17 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
54 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
52 bridges
- 2010s 13
2010–2019
13 bridges
- 2020s 7
2020–2029
7 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 54 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 27% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1987, 7 years newer than the Arkansas average of 1980.
How Clay County compares with Arkansas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Arkansas counties nearest Clay County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 9.5% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1987 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is 12 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 74 Arkansas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark County | 202 | 43.1% | 54% | 3% | 1974 |
| St. Francis County | 202 | 34.7% | 58.9% | 6.4% | 1974 |
| Clay County (this page) | 200 | 43.5% | 47% | 9.5% | 1987 |
| Montgomery County | 199 | 40.2% | 57.8% | 2% | 1975 |
| Scott County | 198 | 26.8% | 66.7% | 6.6% | 1971 |
| Poinsett County | 194 | 41.8% | 42.3% | 16% | 1982 |
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 Clay 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 Clay County, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AR (200 bridges here).
- Escambia County, AL · 200 bridges
- Parke County, IN · 200 bridges
- Fayette County, KY · 200 bridges
- Eaton County, MI · 200 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AR (1987 here).
- St. Louis County, MO · avg 1987 · 912 bridges
- Ellis County, TX · avg 1987 · 691 bridges
- St. Louis County, MN · avg 1987 · 663 bridges
- Palm Beach County, FL · avg 1987 · 610 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (94)
SH 90-02- LM 7.63
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
1.4 MI SE OF BOYDSVILLE, Clay, AR
Built 2004 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 930
CR 546 - B
FairOver: RHYNE DITCH
.75 Mi E of SH 139, Clay, AR
Built 1975 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 213
CR 17-F (911=139)
FairOver: CYPRESS CREEK
1 MI SW CORNING, Clay, AR
Built 2005 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 193
SH 211-01- LM 3.21
FairOver: MAIN DITCH
1 Mi N of Success, Clay, AR
Built 1961 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 550
SH 139-03- LM 0.21
FairOver: BIG SLOUGH DITCH
.21 MI N OF CLAY CO LINE, Clay, AR
Built 1963 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 880
CR 135 - E
FairOver: Indian Creek
0.5 Mi S of Mo. Line, Clay, AR
Built 2000 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 220
SH 211-01- LM 1.55
FairOver: BURKE DITCH
2.5 Mi S of Success, Clay, AR
Built 1961 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 550
SH 90-03- LM 9.19
FairOver: CREEK
PEACH ORCHARD, Clay, AR
Built 1993 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 640
SH 90-02- LM 4.51
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
4.51 MI NW JCT US 49, Clay, AR
Built 2004 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 1,348
US 67-20- LM 10.39
FairOver: Cypress Creek
West city limits Corning, Clay, AR
Built 1928 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 7,389
SH 141-06- LM 1.09
FairOver: DITCH NO 10
1.09 NW OF BOYDSVILLE, Clay, AR
Built 1978 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 380
SH 141-06- LM 4.80
FairOver: DITCH NO 1
2.25 SO OF JCT 141 & 62, Clay, AR
Built 1978 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 330
SH 90-02- LM 2.98
FairOver: VANCEL CREEK
2.98 MI NO JCT US 49, Clay, AR
Built 2004 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 1,348
SH 90-02- LM 5.43
FairOver: POST OAK CREEK
5.43 MI NW OF JCT US 49, Clay, AR
Built 2004 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 1,348
SH 139-05- LM 1.01
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH NUMBER 3
1.0 MI N JCT OF US 62, Clay, AR
Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 940
S. BROWNING AVE-I
FairOver: SUGAR CREEK
.25 Mi N of Hwy 49, Clay, AR
Built 2004 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 208
US 67-20-LM 12.03
FairOver: CYPRESS CR
1.00 N OF JCT US 62, Clay, AR
Built 1931 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 8,799
US 62-20- LM 13.47
FairOver: CACHE RIVER DITCH
.75 MI E OF MC DOUGAL, Clay, AR
Built 1953 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,200
SH 211-01- LM 4.69
FairOver: LITTLE BLACK RIVER
NW CITY LIMITS SUCCESS AR, Clay, AR
Built 1966 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 559
US 62-20- LM 2.46
FairOver: DRAIN DITCH
2.46 M E OF US 67, Clay, AR
Built 1956 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 4,200
SO FRONT AVE- I
FairOver: SUGAR CREEK
0.15 Mi S of Hwy 62, Clay, AR
Built 1942 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 336
SH 90-02- LM 6.75
FairOver: DITCH
2.5 MI SE OF BOYDSVILLE, Clay, AR
Built 2004 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 930
US 62-20- LM 14.39
FairOver: LITTLE CACHE RIVER
1.75 MI E OF MCDOUGAL, Clay, AR
Built 1953 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,200
US 62-20- LM 3.55
FairOver: BLACK RIVER RELIEF
3.55 MI E US 67 JCT, Clay, AR
Built 1956 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 4,200
CR 86-B (911=540)
FairOver: DITCH
5 Mi N of Holly Island, Clay, AR
Built 1940 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 94
SH 141-SEC 05-5.57
FairOver: DITCH NO 10
2.71 MI N OF KNOB, Clay, AR
Built 1972 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 350
SH 90-01- LM 4.17
FairOver: DITCH NO. 10
6.1 MI E OF RECTOR ARK., Clay, AR
Built 1963 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 1,900
AR SH 1 & MO SH BB
FairOver: St. Francis River
4.86 Mi E of US 62, Clay, AR
Built 1964 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 620
US 67-20- LM 14.45
FairOver: DITCH
0.3 MI NE JCT SH 328 & 67, Clay, AR
Built 1928 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 4,600
SH 90-02- LM 8.28
FairOver: BIG CREEK
1.2 MI SE OF BOYDSVILLE, Clay, AR
Built 2004 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 930
US 67-20- LM 9.50
FairOver: MIDDLE CREEK
1.5 MI W OF CORNING, Clay, AR
Built 1928 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 7,300
US 67-20- LM 8.40
FairOver: OAK CR
2.5 MI W OF CORNING ARK, Clay, AR
Built 1928 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,666
SH 90- 01- LM 2.22
FairOver: MAYO DITCH
2.22 MI NW ST. FRANCES RI, Clay, AR
Built 1963 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,473
CR 534 - B
FairOver: MAYO DITCH
1.65 Miles W of Nimmons, Clay, AR
Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 701
CR 80-B (911=548)
FairOver: BIG SLOUGH DITCH
.69 Mi SE of Piggott, Clay, AR
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 85
SH 139-04- LM 7.44
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH B
1 MI S JCT US 62 & SH 139, Clay, AR
Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,700
SH 139-04- LM 7.98
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH C
0.46 MI S JCT US 62 & 139, Clay, AR
Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,700
SH 90- 01 LM 0.0
FairOver: St. Francis River
MO Border, Clay, AR
Built 1981 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,200
SH 139-03- LM 1.49
FairOver: BIG SLOUGH DITCH
3 MI SO RECTOR, Clay, AR
Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 348
US 62-21- LM 1.00
FairOver: BIG SLOUGH DITCH
1.00 MI E JCT US 49, Clay, AR
Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,156
SH 141-05-LM 1.13
FairOver: DORT CREEK (DITCH)
3 MILE W OF KNOB, Clay, AR
Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 300
SO. 10TH AVE-I
FairOver: CREEK
15 S. OF W. CLAY ST., Clay, AR
Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,400
CR 229-D (911=339)
FairOver: DITCH NO 3
1 MI N W OF POLLARD, Clay, AR
Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 148
CR. 74-1 (911=508)
FairOver: GRASSY SLOUGH
1.5 MI. SE OF HARGRAVES, Clay, AR
Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 109
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