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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%

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

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.

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

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 Poor
Lawrence County 126 8.7%
Conway County (this page) 122 0%
Carroll County 119 2.5%
Grant County 119 1.7%
Perry County 118 1.7%
Howard County 116 3.4%

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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AR (1974 here).

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)

CR11/Arena Rd

Good

Over: Cypress Creek

4.4 MI W JCT SH 9, Conway, AR

Built 2008 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 55

SH 9

Good

Over: Ditch

1.0 M S Jct US 64 & SH 9, Conway, AR

Built 1975 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 9,600

SH 287

Good

Over: Creek

.93 M N SH 9, Conway, AR

Built 1981 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 660

SH 155

Good

Over: Creek

2.15 So Jct SH 154, Conway, AR

Built 1982 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 140

SH 155

Good

Over: Cody Creek

2.5 M S Jct SH 154, Conway, AR

Built 1982 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 140

SH 92

Good

Over: Sulphur Creek Relief

2 Mi W of Van Buren Co Ln, Conway, AR

Built 2015 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 970

Fryer Bridge Rd

Good

Over: E Fk Point Remove Creek

2.9 MI W JCT SH 9 & CR 67, Conway, AR

Built 2012 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 77

Kuhn Bayou Rd

Good

Over: Kuhn Bayou

1.5 MI S SH 64 & 113, Conway, AR

Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

Heifer Creek Rd.

Good

Over: Stratton Creek

1.7 M NW of Springfield, Conway, AR

Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 79

SH 95

Good

Over: Overcup Creek

3.01 M N I-40 Interchange, Conway, AR

Built 1976 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,200

US 64

Good

Over: Cadron Creek

5 M W of Conway, Conway, AR

Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,300

SH 113

Good

Over: Point Remove Creek

4.19 MI SE JCT SH 64, Conway, AR

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 170

SH 124

Good

Over: Cove Creek

0.15 Mi W of Faulkner Co, Conway, AR

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 670

SH 124

Good

Over: Point Remove Creek

.30 Mi N Jct of SH 213, Conway, AR

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 730

Smokey Rd.

Good

Over: Sunnyside Creek

2MI NW of Center Ridge, Conway, AR

Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 65

Alldon Marie Rd

Good

Over: Kuhn Bayou

0.75 Mi SW Jct SH 113, Conway, AR

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6

CR39/Sheepskin Rd

Good

Over: 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

Good

Over: Cypress Creek

1.56 M N Jct CR 59, Conway, AR

Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4

Caney Valley Rd.

Good

Over: 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

Good

Over: Cadron Creek

FAULKNER CO LINE, Conway, AR

Built 1992 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 24,633

I-40-SEC 31 EB LN

Good

Over: Cadron Creek

FAULKNER CO LINE, Conway, AR

Built 1992 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 24,633

SH 95

Good

Over: Creek

6.1 M N I-40, Conway, AR

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,200

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.