Total bridges
143
Public highway bridges in Franklin County
County profile · official public datasets
Franklin County, AR
143 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 25.2% rated Good, 65.7% Fair, 9.1% Poor.
- 143
- Public bridges
- 25.2%
- Good condition
- 9.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Franklin County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- 62nd
- of 75 on Poor share
- 9.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 143
- public highway bridges
- 1965
- 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.
Franklin County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Franklin County ranks #62 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 9.1%). Franklin County, Arkansas contains 143 public highway bridges. Roughly 25.2% are rated “Good,” 65.7% “Fair,” and 9.1% “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
25.2%
36 of 143 rated 7-9
Fair condition
65.7%
94 of 143 rated 5-6
Poor condition
9.1%
13 of 143 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#62 of 75
Among Arkansas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 143 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 25.2% (36)
Fair 65.7% (94)
Poor 9.1% (13)
Franklin County's Poor-condition bridges carry 16,087 vehicle crossings a day
That is 4.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 9.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,237 crossings a day against 1,884 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 143 of 143 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
74.8% of Franklin County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
107 of the 143 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 25.2% 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 43% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
State Highway 23 over Arkansas River & Uprr, built 1930, carries 6,925 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 13-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 16,087 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Franklin County's bridges were built
143 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 3
1920–1929
3 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
18 bridges
- 1940s
1940–1949
18 bridges
- 1950s 8
1950–1959
8 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
33 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
38 bridges
- 1980s 5
1980–1989
5 bridges
- 1990s 6
1990–1999
6 bridges
- 2000s 6
2000–2009
6 bridges
- 2010s 3
2010–2019
3 bridges
- 2020s 5
2020–2029
5 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 38 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 26.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1965, 15 years older than the Arkansas average of 1980.
How Franklin County compares with Arkansas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Arkansas counties nearest Franklin County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 9.1% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1965 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is 11 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 74 Arkansas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan County | 152 | 19.1% | 72.4% | 8.6% | 1961 |
| Randolph County | 151 | 39.1% | 57.6% | 3.3% | 1976 |
| Drew County | 149 | 54.4% | 41.6% | 4% | 1986 |
| Madison County | 149 | 22.1% | 62.4% | 15.4% | 1978 |
| Franklin County (this page) | 143 | 25.2% | 65.7% | 9.1% | 1965 |
| Jackson County | 136 | 49.3% | 42.6% | 8.1% | 1977 |
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 Franklin 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 Franklin County, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AR (143 bridges here).
- San Francisco County, CA · 143 bridges
- Woodson County, KS · 143 bridges
- Adair County, KY · 143 bridges
- Casey County, KY · 143 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AR (1965 here).
- Windsor County, VT · avg 1965 · 483 bridges
- Bedford County, PA · avg 1965 · 417 bridges
- Crawford County, PA · avg 1965 · 399 bridges
- Harper County, KS · avg 1965 · 372 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (143)
NO DATA ENTERED
FairOver: BIG EDDY HOLLOW
NO DATA ENTERED, Franklin, AR
Built 1969 ADT: 50
NO DATA ENTERED
FairOver: HURRICANE RELIEF
NO DATA ENTERED, Franklin, AR
Built 1941 ADT: 50
Potts Road
FairOver: Rattlesnake Creek
0.3 M N Hwy 217, Franklin, AR
Built 1930 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 60
Sheep Farm Road
FairOver: Hurricane Cr. - Frank Co
2.48 M NE OF SH 23, Franklin, AR
Built 1940 Load: 6.4 t ADT: 242
Beneux Bottoms Rd.
FairOver: Simpson Branch
0.9 M N CO RD D 67, Franklin, AR
Built 1940 Load: 6.4 t ADT: 358
Williams Street
FairOver: Boy Scout Branch
0.6MI W CORD 24, Franklin, AR
Built 1960 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 38
Wire Road
FairOver: Mulberry Relief Creek
0.4 E OF SH 215, Franklin, AR
Built 1940 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 410
Norton Town Road
FairOver: Myal Creek-Franklin Co.
0.4 Mi W. of County Line, Franklin, AR
Built 1965 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 234
Wire Road-Franklin
FairOver: Possom Trot Creek
1.71 M W SH 23, Franklin, AR
Built 1929 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 410
Flynn Road
FairOver: Corbin Branch
0.25MI SO CORD 23, Franklin, AR
Built 1961 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 20
Sandstone Ridge Rd
FairOver: Corn Creek
1.12 NE SH 215, Franklin, AR
Built 1940 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 82
Norton Town Road
FairOver: Reeves Creek-Franklin
0.87 Mi W. of County Line, Franklin, AR
Built 1930 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 234
SH 217-Franklin Co
FairOver: Turkey Creek
0.8 MI W JCT SH 215 & 217, Franklin, AR
Built 1941 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 221
SH 41-Franklin Co.
FairOver: Mill Creek
1.0 M S JCT SH 96 & 41, Franklin, AR
Built 1950 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 270
NFSR 1509
FairOver: MILL CREEK
NO DATA ENTERED, Franklin, AR
Built 1934 Load: 13.9 t ADT: 50
Wire Rd- CR 67
FairOver: Cravens Creek - Franklin
3.67 M W SH 23, Franklin, AR
Built 1965 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 410
East Church Street
FairOver: Cedar Creek-Franklin Co.
0.6 mi west of sh 186, Franklin, AR
Built 1935 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 363
Old Highway Road
FairOver: West East Creek
0.68MI SO US 64, Franklin, AR
Built 1930 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 247
Nortontown Road
FairOver: Ditch-Franklin Co.
0.49 mi W of County Line, Franklin, AR
Built 2005 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 234
SH 186-Franklin Co
FairOver: 1 Snake Creek
0.8 MI E US 64, Franklin, AR
Built 1950 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 620
Shores Lake Road
FairOver: Big Foot Branch-Franklin
2.4 Mi W. Jct. Hwy. 23, Franklin, AR
Built 1975 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 84
SH 219-Franklin Co
FairOver: Harrison Creek
0.2 MI N SH 352, Franklin, AR
Built 1962 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 743
CO.RD.#FR75
FairOver: HURRICANE CREEK
NO DATA ENTERED, Franklin, AR
Built 1941 Load: 16.8 t ADT: 50
SH 186-Franklin Co
FairOver: Snake Creek
0.5 MI E US 64, Franklin, AR
Built 1950 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 620
SH 23-Franklin Co.
FairOver: Gar Creek
0.68 MI N OF JCT US 64, Franklin, AR
Built 1951 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 7,700
Lone Oak Road
FairOver: I-40 SEC 12 LM32.75
JCT I-40 & CO.RD.68, Franklin, AR
Built 1969 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 96
SH 288-Franklin Co
FairOver: Lowes Creek
0.85 E Jct Hwy 288 & 41, Franklin, AR
Built 1965 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 270
SH 23-Franklin Co.
FairOver: Duncan Branch
0.1 MI N OF SH 352, Franklin, AR
Built 1951 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 1,732
Philpot Road-Frank
FairOver: East Fork of Gar Creek
.25 NE I 40, Franklin, AR
Built 1981 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 234
Valley Creek Road
FairOver: Ball Creek
3 MI EAST OF SH 215, Franklin, AR
Built 1940 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 183
SH 352-Franklin Co
FairOver: South Fork of White Oak
2.36 MI E JCT SH 23 & 352, Franklin, AR
Built 1968 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 340
State Highway 352
FairOver: Creek - Frank. Co.
100 Ft. W. of County Line, Franklin, AR
Built 1975 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 280
Hwy 23 - Franklin
FairOver: Branch of Mulberry River
1.3 Mi S. Mulberry River, Franklin, AR
Built 2010 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 1,700
White Rock Mtn. Rd
FairOver: Salt Fork Creek-Frank Co
5.78 Mi E Crawford Co Ln, Franklin, AR
Built 1934 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 10
US Highway 64
FairOver: Ditch - Franklin Co.
0.6 M E OF SH 186, Franklin, AR
Built 1931 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 2,300
SH 215-Franklin Co
FairOver: Hurricane Creek
7.1 MI NE CRAWFORD CO L, Franklin, AR
Built 1950 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 90
SH 217 - Franklin
FairOver: Rattlesnake Creek
3.30 NW SH 23, Franklin, AR
Built 1948 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 1,600
Interstate 40
FairOver: East Gar Creek Relief
1.1 MI E SH 219, Franklin, AR
Built 1971 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 24,000
FS ROAD 1501
FairOver: SPIRITS CREEK
NO DATA ENTERED, Franklin, AR
Built 1977 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 50
State Highway 217
FairOver: Haw Creek - Franklin Co.
0.2 SO OF JCT SH 215, Franklin, AR
Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 810
State Highway 219
FairOver: Gar Branch-Franklin Co.
0.21 NO JCT 219 & 64, Franklin, AR
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,900
SH 288-Franklin Co
FairOver: Stream
1.84 MI E JCT SH 41 & 288, Franklin, AR
Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 270
Interstate 40
FairOver: Creek - Franklin Co.
0.2 MI E OF CRAWFORD CO L, Franklin, AR
Built 1970 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 25,000
Interstate 40
FairOver: Stream - Franklin Co.
2.8 MI E OF CRAWFORD CO L, Franklin, AR
Built 1970 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 25,000
Interstate 40
FairOver: Ditch - Franklin Co.
1.8 MI W JCT SH 23 & 40, Franklin, AR
Built 1971 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 25,000
US Highway 64
FairOver: White Oak Creek - Frank.
5.50 MI NE OF CRAWFORD CO, Franklin, AR
Built 1929 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,781
State Highway 217
FairOver: Doctors Creek-Franklin
0.79 MI N JCT OF SH 22, Franklin, AR
Built 1963 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,300
Pleasant View Road
FairOver: Interstate 40 - Frank.
JCT I-40 & CO.RD.72, Franklin, AR
Built 1969 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 70
Low Bridge Road
FairOver: Mulberry River - Frank.
JCT OF 215 & 84, Franklin, AR
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 11
Washington Drive
FairOver: Ditch-Franklin Co.
125 w of Lincoln st., Franklin, AR
Built 2003 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 197
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