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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.

Total bridges

122

Public highway bridges in Conway County

Good condition

53.3%

65 of 122 rated 7-9

Fair condition

46.7%

57 of 122 rated 5-6

Poor condition

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.

1930s

12
1940s

5
1950s

3
1960s

37
1970s

14
1980s

25
1990s

11
2000s

6
2010s

9

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Conway County and the 5 Arkansas counties closest to it in inventory size
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.

All 122 Good 65 Fair 57 Poor 0

All bridges (122)

Sort:

CR70/Dutton Mtn Rd

Fair

Over: Cypress Creek

0.45 M N jct. SH 9 & CR 7, Conway, AR

Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 148

US 64

Fair

Over: POINT REMOVE CREEK

5.28 MI E POPE CO LINE, Conway, AR

Built 1933 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,400

I 40-SEC 31 WB LN

Fair

Over: SH 92 CREEK

INTERCH @ PLUMERVILLE, Conway, AR

Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 18,000

I 40-SEC 31 WB LN

Fair

Over: Point Remove Creek

1.7 MI W OF SH 95, Conway, AR

Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15,000

I 40-SEC 31 EB LN

Fair

Over: SH 92 CREEK

INTERCH @ PLUMERVILLE, Conway, AR

Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 18,000

I-40-SEC 31 EB LN

Fair

Over: Point Remove Creek.

1.7 MI W OF SH 95, Conway, AR

Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15,000

SH 124

Fair

Over: CEDAR CREEK

5.02 MI NE SPRINGFIELD, Conway, AR

Conway County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

47.5% of Conway County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

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

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

All bridges (122)

CR70/Dutton Mtn Rd

US 64

I 40-SEC 31 WB LN

I 40-SEC 31 WB LN

I 40-SEC 31 EB LN

I-40-SEC 31 EB LN

SH 124

Springfield Rd

Catholic Point RdC

SH 124

Red Bluff Drive

Catholic Point RdC

Co Hwy 71 - D

Dutton Mtn Rd. - F

SH 9

US 64

Sardis Rd - B

Sunset Lane

SH 213

SH 247

SH 113

SH 9

SH 124

SH 213

I - 40

SH 287

SH 132

Old Cherokee Rd

Hemphill Rd. - C

Sunny Side Rd. - F

SH 92

SH 92

SH 9

SH 213

SH 213

SH 9

US 64

SH 213

SH 247

SH 95

Bridge Hill Rd - E

CO RD 536

US 64

US 64

SH 92

SH 213

Mayan Dr. - C

Sheepskin Rd. - F

Granny Hollow Rd.

Solgohachia Rd - D

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