Total bridges
149
Public highway bridges in Drew County
County profile · official public datasets
Drew County, AR
149 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 54.4% rated Good, 41.6% Fair, 4% Poor.
- 149
- Public bridges
- 54.4%
- Good condition
- 4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Drew County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 44%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 4%
- Poor-condition share
- 149
- public highway bridges
- 1986
- 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.
Drew County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Drew County ranks #33 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4%). Drew County, Arkansas contains 149 public highway bridges. Roughly 54.4% are rated “Good,” 41.6% “Fair,” and 4% “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
54.4%
81 of 149 rated 7-9
Fair condition
41.6%
62 of 149 rated 5-6
Poor condition
4%
6 of 149 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#33 of 75
Among Arkansas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 149 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 54.4% (81)
Fair 41.6% (62)
Poor 4% (6)
Drew County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,379 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 563 crossings a day against 1,602 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 149 of 149 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
30.2% of Drew County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
45 of the 149 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 54.4% 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 34% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SH 83-02 LM 2.76 over Lower Cut-Off Creek, built 1931, carries 1,149 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 6-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 3,379 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Drew County's bridges were built
149 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 2
1920–1929
2 bridges
- 1930s 2
1930–1939
2 bridges
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s 12
1950–1959
12 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
22 bridges
- 1970s 11
1970–1979
11 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
31 bridges
- 1990s 7
1990–1999
7 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
51 bridges
- 2010s 9
2010–2019
9 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 51 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 34.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1986, 6 years newer than the Arkansas average of 1980.
How Drew County compares with Arkansas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Arkansas counties nearest Drew County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1986 against a peer-group mean of 1972 is 14 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 74 Arkansas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas County | 154 | 43.5% | 53.9% | 2.6% | 1980 |
| Logan County | 152 | 19.1% | 72.4% | 8.6% | 1961 |
| Randolph County | 151 | 39.1% | 57.6% | 3.3% | 1976 |
| Madison County | 149 | 22.1% | 62.4% | 15.4% | 1978 |
| Drew County (this page) | 149 | 54.4% | 41.6% | 4% | 1986 |
| Franklin County | 143 | 25.2% | 65.7% | 9.1% | 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 Drew 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 Drew County, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AR (149 bridges here).
- Tallapoosa County, AL · 149 bridges
- Walker County, GA · 149 bridges
- Valley County, ID · 149 bridges
- Randolph County, IL · 149 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AR (1986 here).
- El Paso County, TX · avg 1986 · 783 bridges
- Caddo County, LA · avg 1986 · 682 bridges
- Weld County, CO · avg 1986 · 614 bridges
- Polk County, IA · avg 1986 · 545 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (62)
CR 41/Stafford Rd
FairOver: Hungry Run Creek
3.72 M N US 278-Wilmar, Drew, AR
Built 2002 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 88
CR 393/Piney Cr Rd
FairOver: Piney Creek
0.16 Mi S US278-Monticell, Drew, AR
Built 2007 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 127
CR89/Plantersville
FairOver: Handly Creek
2.2 Mi W US 425-Montongo, Drew, AR
Built 2001 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 80
CR 7/LaceyNewHope
FairOver: Clear Creek Relief
3.89 Mi N US 425-Lacey, Drew, AR
Built 2001 Load: 7.3 t ADT: 160
CR 7/LaceyNewHope
FairOver: Brown Creek
1.13 Mi N US 425-Lacey, Drew, AR
Built 2002 Load: 7.3 t ADT: 160
SH 83-02 LM 2.67
FairOver: Creek
2.67 Mi N US278-RoseHill, Drew, AR
Built 1930 Load: 7.3 t ADT: 1,149
CR 7/LaceyNewHope
FairOver: Jumper Creek
0.96 Mi N US 425-Lacey, Drew, AR
Built 2002 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 160
CR 85/Garnett Rd
FairOver: Sawyer Branch
2.0 Mi E US 425-Montongo, Drew, AR
Built 2002 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 320
CR 72/S16thSectRd
FairOver: Sandy Creek
1.49 Mi N SH 35-Enon, Drew, AR
Built 2003 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 40
CR 72/S16thSectRd
FairOver: Piney Creek
3.1 Mi S US 278-Selma, Drew, AR
Built 2003 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 40
CR 57/Sanderlin Rd
FairOver: Flat Branch
0.19 Mi N US 278-Wilmar, Drew, AR
Built 2007 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 74
CR 74/Bordeaux Rd
FairOver: Hurricane Creek
1.6 Mi N SH35-Monticello, Drew, AR
Built 2006 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 10
CR 7/LaceyNewHope
FairOver: Clear Creek
3.74 Mi N US 425-Lacey, Drew, AR
Built 2002 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 160
CR 75/N16thSection
FairOver: Cut-Off Creek
1.55 Mi S SH 138-Mt Tabor, Drew, AR
Built 2002 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 42
N 7th Street
FairOver: Groce Creek
0.39 Mi N US 278-Wilmar, Drew, AR
Built 1969 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 42
CR 9/PumpkinCenter
FairOver: Hazel Creek
3.14 Mi S OldWarrenRd-Wil, Drew, AR
Built 2002 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 60
CR 85/Garnett Rd
FairOver: Upper Cutoff Creek
3.7 Mi W SH 83-Coleman, Drew, AR
Built 2005 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 320
CR 7/LaceyNewHope
FairOver: Delaney Branch
5.78 Mi N US 425-Lacey, Drew, AR
Built 2002 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 160
CR 13/New Hope Rd
FairOver: Hazel Creek
2.4 Mi N SH 172-New Hope, Drew, AR
Built 2006 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 150
CR 450/Old Hwy133
FairOver: Handly Creek Relief
1.67 Mi S SH 35-Wilmar, Drew, AR
Built 1956 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 220
SH 35-08 LM 2.89
FairOver: Jordan Creek
2.89 Mi SE US278-Monticel, Drew, AR
Built 1959 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 2,300
CR 207/Lk Wallace
FairOver: Lake Wallace
0.03 Mi N SH922-LkWallace, Drew, AR
Built 2004 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 227
SH 138-03 LM 9.75
FairOver: Cut-Off Creek Relief
9.75 Mi N US 278-Mt Tabor, Drew, AR
Built 1967 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 1,100
SH 35-08 LM 5.44
FairOver: Sandy Creek Relief
5.44 Mi SE US 278-Enon, Drew, AR
Built 1959 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 2,300
SH 35-08 LM 7.85
FairOver: Tucker Creek
7.85 Mi SE US 278-Enon, Drew, AR
Built 1959 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 2,187
SH 138-03 LM 7.70
FairOver: Lower Cut-Off Creek
7.70 Mi N US278-Pine Hill, Drew, AR
Built 1967 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 1,100
SH 138-03 LM 7.82
FairOver: Lower Cut-Off Creek
7.82 Mi N US278-Pine Hill, Drew, AR
Built 1967 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 1,100
SH 138-03 LM 9.60
FairOver: Cut-Off Creek Relief
9.60 Mi N US 278-Mt Tabor, Drew, AR
Built 1967 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 1,100
SH 35-08 LM 14.24
FairOver: Cut-Off Creek
14.24 Mi E US 278-Collins, Drew, AR
Built 1959 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 2,058
CR450(Old Hwy 133)
FairOver: Hungry Run Creek
5.3 Mi N US 278-Wilmar, Drew, AR
Built 1969 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 220
SH 133-03 LM 4.21
FairOver: South Fork Brown Creek
1.4 Mi W US 425-Lacey, Drew, AR
Built 1976 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 280
SH 133-03 LM 4.48
FairOver: South Fork Brown Creek
1.1 Mi W US 425-Lacey, Drew, AR
Built 1976 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 280
SH 35-08 LM 15.80
FairOver: Bayou Bartholomew Relief
4.3 Mi W ChicotCo-Collins, Drew, AR
Built 1960 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,700
SH 138-03 LM 20.94
FairOver: Bayou Bartholomew
2.8 Mi W US 65-Winchester, Drew, AR
Built 1971 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,000
SH 35-08 LM 15.02
FairOver: Cut-Off Creek Relief
15.02 Mi E US 278-Collins, Drew, AR
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,700
SH 35-08 LM 15.13
FairOver: Cut-Off Creek Relief
5.0 Mi W ChicotCo-Collins, Drew, AR
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,700
SH 138-03 LM 9.48
FairOver: Upper Cut-Off Creek
9.48 Mi N US278-Pine Hill, Drew, AR
Built 1967 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,100
SH 138-03 LM 9.82
FairOver: Cut-Off Creek
9.82 Mi N US 278-Mt Tabor, Drew, AR
Built 1967 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,100
CR 59/Panther Br
FairOver: Bayou Bartholomew
0.2 Mi W SH922-LakeWallac, Drew, AR
Built 1980 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 40
CR 1/Longview Road
FairOver: Brown Creek
2.08 Mi S SH 172-Valley, Drew, AR
Built 2002 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 110
SH 172-03 LM 15.46
FairOver: Clear Creek
2.1 Mi W US 425-ShadyGrov, Drew, AR
Built 1975 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 367
SH 35-08 LM17.67
FairOver: Bayou Bartholomew
5.4 Mi W US 165-Baxter, Drew, AR
Built 1959 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 1,700
SH 172-03 LM 10.28
FairOver: Clear Creek Relief
2.8 Mi W CR 7-New Hope, Drew, AR
Built 1983 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 180
CR 1/Longview Rd
FairOver: Brown Creek Relief
2.25 Mi S SH 172-Valley, Drew, AR
Built 2002 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 110
CR 9/Pumpkin Cente
FairOver: Hazel Creek Relief
3.02 Mi S OldWarrenRd-Wil, Drew, AR
Built 2006 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 60
US 425-03 LM 1.40
FairOver: South Fork Panther Creek
3.1 Mi S SH 133-Lacey, Drew, AR
Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,800
US 425-03 LM 1.51
FairOver: South Fork Panther Creek
3.0 Mi S SH 133-Lacey, Drew, AR
Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,800
US 425-03 LM 2.09
FairOver: Panther Creek
2.1 Mi S SH 133-Lacey, Drew, AR
Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,800
US 425-03 LM 4.70
FairOver: South Fork Brown Creek
0.5 Mi N SH 133-Lacey, Drew, AR
Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,172
US 425-03 LM 5.52
FairOver: Brown Creek
1.0 Mi N SH 133-Lacey, Drew, AR
Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,300
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