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Cleburne County, AR

53 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 41.5% rated Good, 52.8% Fair, 5.7% Poor.

53
Public bridges
41.5%
Good condition
5.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Cleburne 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.

45th
of 75 on Poor share
5.7%
Poor-condition share
53
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.

Cleburne County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Cleburne County ranks #45 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 5.7%). Cleburne County, Arkansas contains 53 public highway bridges. Roughly 41.5% are rated “Good,” 52.8% “Fair,” and 5.7% “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

53

Public highway bridges in Cleburne County

Good condition

41.5%

22 of 53 rated 7-9

Fair condition

52.8%

28 of 53 rated 5-6

Poor condition

5.7%

3 of 53 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#45 of 75

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

Condition distribution

Share of 53 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
41.5% (22)
Fair
52.8% (28)
Poor
5.7% (3)

Cleburne County's Poor-condition bridges carry 5,517 vehicle crossings a day

That is 5.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 5.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,839 crossings a day against 2,276 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 53 of 53 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

50.9% of Cleburne County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

27 of the 53 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 41.5% 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 90.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SH 25/Cleburne Co. over CADRON CR., built 1929, carries 4,994 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 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 5,517 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Cleburne County's bridges were built

53 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 11 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 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 Cleburne County compares with Arkansas's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Arkansas counties nearest Cleburne County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 5.7% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1973 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Cleburne County and the 5 Arkansas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Stone County 73 12.3%
Lafayette County 72 2.8%
Marion County 65 4.6%
Newton County 65 3.1%
Searcy County 65 3.1%
Cleburne County (this page) 53 5.7%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AR (53 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 53 Good 22 Fair 28 Poor 3

Fair-condition bridges (28)

CR27/Cleburne Co.

Fair

Over: BIG CREEK

1.25 N W JCT CO 35, Cleburne, AR

Built 1965 Load: 4.5 t ADT: 390

Libby Rd/Heber Spr

Fair

Over: SULPHUR CREEK

0.1 MI SE JCT SH 110, Cleburne, AR

Built 1938 Load: 6.4 t ADT: 26

CR 2/Cleburne Co.

Fair

Over: CADRON CREEK

1.01 MILES N W SH 356, Cleburne, AR

Built 1990 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 413

SH 337/Cleburne Co

Fair

Over: DITCH

0.3 MI SE JCT SH 337-25, Cleburne, AR

Built 1938 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 1,521

SH 337/Cleburne Co

Fair

Over: DITCH

0.22 MI SE JCT SH 337-25, Cleburne, AR

Built 1938 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 1,521

SH 16/Cleburne Co

Fair

Over: CADRON CREEK

1.30 MI NW JCT SH16-25, Cleburne, AR

Built 1961 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 1,967

SH25B/Cleburne Co.

Fair

Over: SUGAR LOAF CREEK

2.43 MI N JCT OF SH 16, Cleburne, AR

Built 1929 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 8,007

SH 16/Cleburne Co.

Fair

Over: LITTLE RED RIVER GFL

2.4 MI E JCT OF SH 92, Cleburne, AR

Built 1961 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 4,605

SH124/Cleburne Co.

Fair

Over: WATER

2.1 MI SE JCT SH 25 & 124, Cleburne, AR

Built 1936 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 2,299

SH 16/Cleburne Co.

Fair

Over: NF CADRON CR

.4 MI N JCT SH 225 & 16, Cleburne, AR

Built 1961 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 2,200

CR147/Cleburne Co.

Fair

Over: BRANCH LITTLE RED RIVER

AT JCT CR 145 & 147, Cleburne, AR

Built 1999 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 378

SH 225/Cleburne Co

Fair

Over: CREEK

2.2 MI N SH 356, Cleburne, AR

Built 1972 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,018

CR 56/Cleburne Co.

Fair

Over: HILL CREEK

1.3 M W CR 382 & CR 56, Cleburne, AR

Built 1964 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 739

Center St. Heber

Fair

Over: SULPHUR CREEK

.12 MI SO JCT SH 110, Cleburne, AR

Built 1989 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 112

HOLLOWELL DRIVE

Fair

Over: SULPHUR CREEK

.09 MI SOUTH SH 110, Cleburne, AR

Built 1991 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 26

CR715/Cleburne Co.

Fair

Over: Bettis Creek

.1 mi w. of SH 25, Cleburne, AR

Built 2003 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 164

Cleburne CR 95

Fair

Over: BIG CREEK

2.85 mi. SW SH 87, Cleburne, AR

Built 2004 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 170

SH 356/Cleburne Co

Fair

Over: CADRON CREEK

1.7 MI N JCT SH25-356, Cleburne, AR

Built 1950 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 2,200

SH 225/Cleburne Co

Fair

Over: DITCH

1.1 MI S SH 16, Cleburne, AR

Built 1972 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 1,018

SH 356/Cleburne Co

Fair

Over: MILL CREEK

1.3 MI N JCT SH25, Cleburne, AR

Built 1984 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 2,200

CR29/Cleburne Co.

Fair

Over: LOST BRANCH

1 MI SO CORD 29 & SH 16, Cleburne, AR

Built 1984 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 471

SH 16/Cleburne Co.

Fair

Over: DEVILS FORK-GR FR LK

1.3 MI S OF EDGEMONT, Cleburne, AR

Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,600

CR61/Cleburne Co.

Fair

Over: ROCKY BRANCH CREEK

3.22MI SO SH 92 Zone D, Cleburne, AR

Built 1977 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 250

CR87/Cleburne Co.

Fair

Over: POSSUM WALK CREEK

1.9 MILE NCO RD 87&SH25, Cleburne, AR

Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 540

SH 110/Cleburne Co

Fair

Over: LITTLE RED RIVER

3.45 MI E JCT SH 25, Cleburne, AR

Built 1971 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,934

SH 225/Cleburne Co

Fair

Over: Midway Branch

1.35 MI N JCT SH 92, Cleburne, AR

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 890

Loop D Road

Fair

Over: Collins Creek

John F Kennedy Park, Cleburne, AR

Built 1989 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 100

Arkansas Hwy 25

Fair

Over: Dam Spillway

3 mi. NE of Heber Springs, Cleburne, AR

Built 1964 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 6,200

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