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Fulton County, AR

105 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 39% rated Good, 48.6% Fair, 12.4% Poor.

105
Public bridges
39%
Good condition
12.4%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Fulton 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.

69th
of 75 on Poor share
12.4%
Poor-condition share
105
public highway bridges
1969
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.

Fulton County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Fulton County ranks #69 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 12.4%). Fulton County, Arkansas contains 105 public highway bridges. Roughly 39% are rated “Good,” 48.6% “Fair,” and 12.4% “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

105

Public highway bridges in Fulton County

Good condition

39%

41 of 105 rated 7-9

Fair condition

48.6%

51 of 105 rated 5-6

Poor condition

12.4%

13 of 105 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#69 of 75

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

Condition distribution

Share of 105 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
39% (41)
Fair
48.6% (51)
Poor
12.4% (13)

Fulton County's Poor-condition bridges carry 8,848 vehicle crossings a day

That is 5.8% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 12.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 681 crossings a day against 1,718 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 105 of 105 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

59% of Fulton County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

62 of the 105 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 39% 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 13.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SH 9/Fulton County over HARKLE ROAD CREEK, built 1926, carries 1,200 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 8,848 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Fulton County's bridges were built

105 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 17 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 16.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1969, 11 years older than the Arkansas average of 1980.

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

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

The 5 Arkansas counties nearest Fulton County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 12.4% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1969 against a peer-group mean of 1983 is 14 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Fulton County and the 5 Arkansas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Ashley County 106 0.9%
Bradley County 105 3.8%
Izard County 105 18.1%
Fulton County (this page) 105 12.4%
Dallas County 103 4.9%
Phillips County 101 21.8%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AR (105 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AR (1969 here).

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

All 105 Good 41 Fair 51 Poor 13

All bridges (105)

SH 289/Fulton Co.

Fair

Over: DITCH

3.8 MI N JCT US 62, Fulton, AR

Built 1972 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 450

CR6/Fulton County

Good

Over: BENNETT CREEK

2.3 MI N US62, Fulton, AR

Built 2008 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 250

SH 223/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: WATER

4.9 MI N US 62, Fulton, AR

Built 1963 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 860

SH 223/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: WATER

5.1 MI N US 62, Fulton, AR

Built 1963 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 860

SH 9/Fulton County

Good

Over: CREEK

6.21 MI NE OF JCT US 62, Fulton, AR

Built 1952 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 1,185

SH 9/Fulton County

Good

Over: CREEK

6.59 MI NE OF JCT US 62, Fulton, AR

Built 1952 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 1,185

SH 223/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

4.9MI S JCT US 62, Fulton, AR

Built 2008 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 603

SH 9/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: DITCH

1.7 MI NE IZARD CO LN, Fulton, AR

Built 1951 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 1,200

SH 9/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: HURTON BRANCH

4.39 MI. NE OF JCT US 62, Fulton, AR

Built 1997 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 1,300

US 62 Fulton Co.

Good

Over: MILLER CR.

4.2 M SE OF SH 9, Fulton, AR

Built 1930 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 4,500

SH 289/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: Ditch

12.4 MI N JCT US 62 & 289, Fulton, AR

Built 1970 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 590

SH 87/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: DITCH

7 MI N US 62, Fulton, AR

Built 1976 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 360

CR87/Fulton County

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

1.51M SE HWY 63, Fulton, AR

Built 2006 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 380

CR45/Fulton County

Good

Over: Flat Branch

1.34MI S SH 289, Fulton, AR

Built 2006 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 50

US 62/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: WILD HORSE CR.

3.6 M SE OF SH 289, Fulton, AR

Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,200

SH 289/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: DITCH

0.8 MI N JCT US 62, Fulton, AR

Built 1972 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,300

US 62/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: WORTHINGTON

2.1 MI NE JCT US 167&62, Fulton, AR

Built 1994 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 11,000

US 62/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: Lick Creek

2.2 SE of SH 289, Fulton, AR

Built 2005 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 4,200

SH 395/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: SO FK SPRING RIVER

4.85 NO JCT SH 9, Fulton, AR

Built 1982 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 1,200

CR 64/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: CREEK

.8 MI SW SH 9, Fulton, AR

Built 1989 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 396

SH 9/Fulton County

Good

Over: CREEK

11.89 MI NE OF JCT US 62, Fulton, AR

Built 1952 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 1,100

CR1/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: BRUSHY CREEK

3.25 MI NW SH 223, Fulton, AR

Built 1984 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 229

CR6/Fulton County

Good

Over: BENNETT CREEK

2.5M N US62, Fulton, AR

Built 2008 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 386

AR 289

Good

Over: ditch

16.3 Mi. N US 62, Fulton, AR

Built 2021 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 500

CR 61/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: SOUTH FK SPRING RIVER

1.5 MI W SH 289, Fulton, AR

Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 808

CR44/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: MYATT CREEK

3 MI NW OF SH 9, Fulton, AR

Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 465

SH 87/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

2.4 MI S JCT US62&SH82, Fulton, AR

Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 470

US 63/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: Field Creek

3.30 Miles S. Mo. State, Fulton, AR

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,400

US 63/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: Big Creek

5.6 Miles S Mo.State Line, Fulton, AR

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,700

US 63

Good

Over: Trace Creek

1.4 M S SH 9 WEST, Fulton, AR

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,600

US 63/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: BNSF RAILROAD

.3 MI SO JCT SH 9 WEST, Fulton, AR

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,600

US 63/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: Spring River

0.1 MI S SH 9 WEST, Fulton, AR

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,600

US 63 FULTON

Good

Over: Gut Creek

4.45 Mi. N.SharpCo.Line, Fulton, AR

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,776

AR 289

Good

Over: English Creek

16.2 Mi. N. Jct. US 62, Fulton, AR

Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 500

TONGANOXIE DRIVE

Good

Over: LAKE OMAHA DAM

3.4 MI E SH 289, Fulton, AR

Built 1970 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 189

SH 175/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: AZTEC LAKE

1.83 MI E OF SH 289, Fulton, AR

Built 1964 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 560

CR42/Fulton County

Good

Over: BRANCH

1.0MI E JCT SH289&CR42, Fulton, AR

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30

N.3rd St. Mammoth

Good

Over: Town Branch

0.05 North Highway 9, Fulton, AR

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 787

N 5th Mammoth Spr

Good

Over: Town Branch

0.09 Mi N SH9, Fulton, AR

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 74

SH 289/Fulton Co.

Good

Over: Hubble Branch

2.65 Mi. So. of US 62, Fulton, AR

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,600

SH 9 Fulton Co.

Good

Over: Creek

3.1 Mi. NE Jct. 62 & 9, Fulton, AR

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,300

CR 42

Good

Over: Spring River

1.5 Mi West SH 63, Fulton, AR

Built 2023 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 130

Cr74/Fulton Co.

Poor

Over: SPRING RIVER

2 M SE MAMMOTH SPRINGS, Fulton, AR

Built 1916 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 779

Cr10/Fulton County

Poor

Over: CREEK

.52MI W SH223, Fulton, AR

Built 1948 Load: 4.5 t ADT: 110

CR 281/Fulton Co.

Poor

Over: TRACE CREEK

1.8 M E MAMMOTH SPRINGS, Fulton, AR

Built 1946 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 19

SH 9/Fulton County

Poor

Over: Little Strawberry Creek

0.4 MI N OF Wheeling AR, Fulton, AR

Built 1926 Load: 6.4 t ADT: 1,200

SH 9/Fulton County

Poor

Over: CREEK

1.66 Mi. So. Salem, Fulton, AR

Built 1926 Load: 6.4 t ADT: 1,200

SH 9/Fulton County

Poor

Over: HARKLE ROAD CREEK

2.29 Mi NE of Izard Co Li, Fulton, AR

Built 1926 Load: 7.3 t ADT: 1,200

CR59/Fulton County

Poor

Over: STRAWBERRY RIVER

1.6 M W OF SH 289, Fulton, AR

Built 1938 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 180

SH 223/Fulton Co.

Poor

Over: BIG CREEK

1.0 MI S JCT US 62, Fulton, AR

Built 1919 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 740

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