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Faulkner County, AR

219 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 56.6% rated Good, 42% Fair, 1.4% Poor.

219
Public bridges
56.6%
Good condition
1.4%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Faulkner County pairs a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

Top 11%
lowest Poor share in state
1.4%
Poor-condition share
219
public highway bridges
1987
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.

Faulkner County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Faulkner County ranks #8 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.4%). Faulkner County, Arkansas contains 219 public highway bridges. Roughly 56.6% are rated “Good,” 42% “Fair,” and 1.4% “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.

Total bridges

219

Public highway bridges in Faulkner County

Good condition

56.6%

124 of 219 rated 7-9

Fair condition

42%

92 of 219 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.4%

3 of 219 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#8 of 75

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

Condition distribution

Share of 219 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
56.6% (124)
Fair
42% (92)
Poor
1.4% (3)

Faulkner County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,339 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,113 crossings a day against 6,467 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 219 of 219 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

29.7% of Faulkner County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

65 of the 219 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 56.6% 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 41.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

Round Mt. Rd over Gold Creek, built 1939, carries 1,400 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 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 3,339 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Faulkner County's bridges were built

219 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2010s, when 41 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 5 to 14 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1987, 7 years newer than the Arkansas average of 1980.

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

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

The 5 Arkansas counties nearest Faulkner County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.4% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1987 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is 10 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Faulkner County and the 5 Arkansas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Saline County 231 3.9%
Yell County 227 1.3%
Hot Spring County 222 5%
Polk County 221 12.7%
Faulkner County (this page) 219 1.4%
Miller County 216 2.8%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AR (219 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AR (1987 here).

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

All 219 Good 124 Fair 92 Poor 3

Good-condition bridges (124)

Peters Ln.

Good

Over: SF Cypress Creek

.04 W. of Jct. 107, Faulkner, AR

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

CR 52/ Cato Rd.

Good

Over: Persimmon Branch

0.3 Mi S JCT SH 89, Faulkner, AR

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 520

CR 50/Amity Rd

Good

Over: Little Creek

1.0 MI E OF I-40, Faulkner, AR

Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,994

N. Elizabeth St.

Good

Over: N. Fork Cypress Bayou

.08 Mi N Jct US 64, Faulkner, AR

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

Stanley Road

Good

Over: Cypress Creek

1.5 MI. S JCT US 64, Faulkner, AR

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 308

Old Springfield Rd

Good

Over: Mortar creek

2.26 Mi. E of JCT. 107, Faulkner, AR

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 170

Barnard Ln.

Good

Over: North Fork Cypress Bayou

.09 West of Hwy 107, Faulkner, AR

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 300

Plantation Drive

Good

Over: Union Pacific Railroad

3/4 miles SW of SH 365, Faulkner, AR

Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 250

Middle Rd.

Good

Over: Warren Creek

3.85 Mi. E. JCT. CR 904, Faulkner, AR

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,323

Pumpkin Center Cir

Good

Over: creek

1.39M N/E Rowlett rd, Faulkner, AR

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 390

Roden Mill Rd.

Good

Over: Palarm Creek

.1 MI W JCT SH 36, Faulkner, AR

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 920

Middle Road

Good

Over: Gold Creek

0.40 MI E JCT CR 904, Faulkner, AR

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,300

I 40-SEC 32 WB LN

Good

Over: US 65-SEC 9

JCT I 40 & US 65, Faulkner, AR

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20,000

I-40 Sec 32 WB Ln

Good

Over: Stone Dam Creek

1.5 mi S of Conway, Faulkner, AR

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 35,000

I-40 Sec 32 WB L

Good

Over: Gold Creek

2.95 Mi S US 65B, Faulkner, AR

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,500

I 40-SEC 32 EB LN

Good

Over: US 65-SEC 9

JCT I 40 & US 65, Faulkner, AR

Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20,000

I-40 Sec 32 EB Ln

Good

Over: Stone Dam Creek

1.5 mi S of Conway, Faulkner, AR

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 35,000

I-40 Sec 32 EB L

Good

Over: Gold Creek

2.95 Mi S US 65B, Faulkner, AR

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,500

Lakeview (CR 20)

Good

Over: Ditch

2.3 MI NE INT US 64 & I40, Faulkner, AR

Built 1967 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 230

I-40 EB Ex 132 Rp

Good

Over: Ditch

I-40 EB Exit Ramp, Faulkner, AR

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,000

6th Street Conway

Good

Over: Creek

E Side of I-40 LM 127.4, Faulkner, AR

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,500

SH 225

Good

Over: Greenbrier Creek

1 Mi W Jct US 65 & SH 225, Faulkner, AR

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,200

Ar Hwy 89

Good

Over: Beaverdam Creek

1.9 MI W I-40, Faulkner, AR

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,600

Saltillo Rd

Good

Over: Creek Little Branch

.4 Miles South SH 64, Faulkner, AR

Built 2023 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 2,100

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