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Crittenden County, AR

235 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 40.4% rated Good, 51.9% Fair, 7.7% Poor.

235
Public bridges: 40.4%
Good condition: 7.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Crittenden County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

56th
of 75 on Poor share: 7.7%
Poor-condition share: 235
public highway bridges: 1980
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.

Crittenden County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Crittenden County ranks #56 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 7.7%). Crittenden County, Arkansas contains 235 public highway bridges. Roughly 40.4% are rated “Good,” 51.9% “Fair,” and 7.7% “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

235

Public highway bridges in Crittenden County

Good condition

40.4%

95 of 235 rated 7-9

Fair condition

51.9%

122 of 235 rated 5-6

Poor condition

7.7%

18 of 235 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#56 of 75

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

Condition distribution

Share of 235 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

40.4% (95)

Fair

51.9% (122)

Poor

7.7% (18)

Crittenden County's Poor-condition bridges carry 16,648 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 925 crossings a day against 8,795 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 235 of 235 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

42.6% of Crittenden County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

100 of the 235 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 40.4% 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 41.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

No Ingram Blvd. over Ten Mile Bayou Diversion, built 1960, carries 6,900 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 18-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 16,648 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1910s

1
1920s

6
1930s

7
1940s

4
1950s

36
1960s

41
1970s

19
1980s

28
1990s

24
2000s

49
2010s

19
2020s

1

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 49 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1980) matches the Arkansas average (1980).

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

The 5 Arkansas counties nearest Crittenden County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 7.7% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1980 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is 6 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Crittenden County and the 5 Arkansas counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Crawford County	248	22.2%	70.2%	7.7%	1974
Crittenden County (this page)	235	40.4%	51.9%	7.7%	1980
Saline County	231	56.7%	39.4%	3.9%	1990
Yell County	227	54.6%	44.1%	1.3%	1971
Hot Spring County	222	22.1%	73%	5%	1972
Polk County	221	20.8%	66.5%	12.7%	1965

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AR (235 bridges here).

Greenwood County, KS · 235 bridges
McDowell County, NC · 235 bridges
San Patricio County, TX · 235 bridges
Etowah County, AL · 236 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AR (1980 here).

Tulsa County, OK · avg 1980 · 1,135 bridges
Miami-Dade County, FL · avg 1980 · 1,057 bridges
McLennan County, TX · avg 1980 · 714 bridges
Hinds County, MS · avg 1980 · 663 bridges

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 235 Good 95 Fair 122 Poor 18

Good-condition bridges (95)

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Crittenden County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Crittenden County's Poor-condition bridges carry 16,648 vehicle crossings a day

42.6% of Crittenden County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 41.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Crittenden 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

Good-condition bridges (95)

Proctor/Z-B/L-9.90

Hinkley/Z-C/L-0.73

Marion Lake/Z-Ds

Jeanette/Z-Ew/0.46

Sh-42/Sec-5/L5.79

I-55EFR/Sec11/L8.0

Avondale Circ/W M

Sh147/Sec-1/L11.84

Sh-77/Sec-5/L16.59

Barton Road W Memp

I-55SO/Sec11/12.68

I-55SO/Sec11/20.55

I-55FN/Se11/L22.26

I-55FS/Sec11/22.26

Sh-77/Sec-4/L-1.43

I-40FW/Se52/L266.6

I-55N/Sec11/L22.26

Cr-Jericho Rd/Z-F

I-40FW/Se52/278.83

Heafer/Z-Fe/0.60

Bancario Road

Birdie Drive

I-55FN/Se11/L20.55

Kuhn/Z-E/

Gillmore/Z-D CR28

I-55FN/Se11/L12.67

I-55FS/Se11/L12.67

I-55FS/Sec11/L20.5

Sh-131/Sec-2/L6.10

Hino Rd/Z-E/L-2.07

Us-70/Sec-20/L-6.7

I-55N/Sec11/L12.67

I-55N/Sec11/L20.55

Sh-191/Sec-1/L1.24

Cr-James Mill/Z-F

Smokey Alley/Z-Fe

Avalon St/W Memphi

Kuhn/Z-C/L-12.66

North Avalon/W Mem

Sh-42/Sec-4/L-1.93

Sh147/Sec-1/L10.23

Sh-38/Sec-10/L0.31

Us-70/Sec-20/L9.32

Us-70/Sec20/L10.21

Us-70/Sec20/L11.00

Ingram/L-0.18

Sh-131/Sec-3/L0.67

Us-70/Sec-20/L7.70

Us-70/Sec-20/L8.71

Us-79/Sec-18/L2.77

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