Total bridges
122
Public highway bridges in Conway County
County profile · official public datasets
Conway County, AR
122 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 53.3% rated Good, 46.7% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 122
- Public bridges
- 53.3%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Conway County pairs a top-1% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 1%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 122
- public highway bridges
- 1974
- 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.
Conway County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Conway County ranks #1 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Conway County, Arkansas contains 122 public highway bridges. Roughly 53.3% are rated “Good,” 46.7% “Fair,” and 0% “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
53.3%
65 of 122 rated 7-9
Fair condition
46.7%
57 of 122 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 122 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#1 of 75
Among Arkansas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 122 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 53.3% (65)
Fair 46.7% (57)
Poor 0% (0)
47.5% of Conway County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
58 of the 122 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 53.3% 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.
When Conway County's bridges were built
122 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 12
1930–1939
12 bridges
- 1940s 5
1940–1949
5 bridges
- 1950s 3
1950–1959
3 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
37 bridges
- 1970s 14
1970–1979
14 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
25 bridges
- 1990s 11
1990–1999
11 bridges
- 2000s 6
2000–2009
6 bridges
- 2010s 9
2010–2019
9 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 37 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 30.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1974, 6 years older than the Arkansas average of 1980.
How Conway County compares with Arkansas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Arkansas counties nearest Conway County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1974 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 74 Arkansas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence County | 126 | 55.6% | 35.7% | 8.7% | 1979 |
| Conway County (this page) | 122 | 53.3% | 46.7% | 0% | 1974 |
| Carroll County | 119 | 47.1% | 50.4% | 2.5% | 1975 |
| Grant County | 119 | 68.9% | 29.4% | 1.7% | 1980 |
| Perry County | 118 | 60.2% | 38.1% | 1.7% | 1968 |
| Howard County | 116 | 40.5% | 56% | 3.4% | 1978 |
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 Conway 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 Conway County, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AR (122 bridges here).
- Jefferson County, TN · 122 bridges
- Burleson County, TX · 122 bridges
- Maverick County, TX · 122 bridges
- Bland County, VA · 122 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AR (1974 here).
- Knox County, TN · avg 1974 · 588 bridges
- Summit County, OH · avg 1974 · 563 bridges
- Onondaga County, NY · avg 1974 · 472 bridges
- Orange County, NY · avg 1974 · 472 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (65)
Kuhn Bayou Rd
GoodOver: Kuhn Bayou
1.5 MI S SH 64 & 113, Conway, AR
Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20
Heifer Creek Rd.
GoodOver: Stratton Creek
1.7 M NW of Springfield, Conway, AR
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 79
SH 95
GoodOver: Overcup Creek
3.01 M N I-40 Interchange, Conway, AR
Built 1976 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,200
US 64
GoodOver: Cadron Creek
5 M W of Conway, Conway, AR
Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,300
SH 113
GoodOver: Point Remove Creek
4.19 MI SE JCT SH 64, Conway, AR
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 170
SH 124
GoodOver: Cove Creek
0.15 Mi W of Faulkner Co, Conway, AR
Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 670
SH 124
GoodOver: Point Remove Creek
.30 Mi N Jct of SH 213, Conway, AR
Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 730
Smokey Rd.
GoodOver: Sunnyside Creek
2MI NW of Center Ridge, Conway, AR
Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 65
Alldon Marie Rd
GoodOver: Kuhn Bayou
0.75 Mi SW Jct SH 113, Conway, AR
Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6
CR39/Sheepskin Rd
GoodOver: E Fk Point Remove Cr
5.0 Mi N. Jct SH 124, Conway, AR
Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 140
Chapel Rd - C
GoodOver: Cypress Creek
1.56 M N Jct CR 59, Conway, AR
Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4
Caney Valley Rd.
GoodOver: Caney Creek
3.3 mi E. Jct. SH 92, Conway, AR
Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 230
I 40-SEC 31 WB LN
GoodOver: Cadron Creek
FAULKNER CO LINE, Conway, AR
Built 1992 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 24,633
I-40-SEC 31 EB LN
GoodOver: Cadron Creek
FAULKNER CO LINE, Conway, AR
Built 1992 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 24,633
SH 95
GoodOver: Creek
6.1 M N I-40, Conway, AR
Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,200
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