Total bridges
319
Public highway bridges in Garland County
County profile · official public datasets
Garland County, AR
319 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 43.3% rated Good, 55.8% Fair, 0.9% Poor.
- 319
- Public bridges
- 43.3%
- Good condition
- 0.9%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Garland County posts a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 4%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0.9%
- Poor-condition share
- 319
- public highway bridges
- 1977
- 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.
Garland County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Garland County ranks #3 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0.9%). Garland County, Arkansas contains 319 public highway bridges. Roughly 43.3% are rated “Good,” 55.8% “Fair,” and 0.9% “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
43.3%
138 of 319 rated 7-9
Fair condition
55.8%
178 of 319 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0.9%
3 of 319 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#3 of 75
Among Arkansas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 319 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 43.3% (138)
Fair 55.8% (178)
Poor 0.9% (3)
Garland County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,699 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 0.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 566 crossings a day against 5,575 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 319 of 319 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
48.9% of Garland County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
156 of the 319 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 43.3% 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 58.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
N. Pearcy CR 104 H over MAZARN CREEK, built 1970, carries 1,000 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 1,699 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Garland County's bridges were built
319 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 15
1920–1929
15 bridges
- 1930s 27
1930–1939
27 bridges
- 1940s 13
1940–1949
13 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
30 bridges
- 1960s 22
1960–1969
22 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
72 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
34 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
34 bridges
- 2000s 25
2000–2009
25 bridges
- 2010s 23
2010–2019
23 bridges
- 2020s 24
2020–2029
24 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 72 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1977) matches the Arkansas average (1980).
How Garland County compares with Arkansas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Arkansas counties nearest Garland County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0.9% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1977 against a peer-group mean of 1984 is 7 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 74 Arkansas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County | 336 | 68.8% | 26.2% | 5.1% | 1987 |
| Sebastian County | 331 | 34.4% | 59.8% | 5.7% | 1979 |
| White County | 322 | 44.1% | 50.6% | 5.3% | 1978 |
| Garland County (this page) | 319 | 43.3% | 55.8% | 0.9% | 1977 |
| Mississippi County | 309 | 56.3% | 34.3% | 9.4% | 1982 |
| Union County | 289 | 73% | 26% | 1% | 1992 |
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 Garland 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 Garland County, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AR (319 bridges here).
- Mesa County, CO · 319 bridges
- Adams County, IL · 319 bridges
- Bates County, MO · 319 bridges
- Clermont County, OH · 319 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AR (1977 here).
- San Diego County, CA · avg 1977 · 1,632 bridges
- King County, WA · avg 1977 · 1,238 bridges
- Riverside County, CA · avg 1977 · 1,117 bridges
- Shelby County, TN · avg 1977 · 1,077 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (178)
US 270 Log 18.12
FairOver: US 270B Log 0.07
JCT US 270B & US 270, Garland, AR
Built 1988 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,005
US 270 BYPASS
FairOver: US 70B Log 0.04
JCT US 270 70, Garland, AR
Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 23,000
SH 128-SEC 10
FairOver: OUACHITA RIVER
1.2 MI NO JCT SH 290, Garland, AR
Built 1991 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,900
CR 71-H PEARCY RD
FairOver: SOUTH FORK CREEK
1.14 MI S HWY 70, Garland, AR
Built 1945 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 643
CR 88 SPRING ST
FairOver: GULPHA CREEK
0.2 M E CO RD 280, Garland, AR
Built 1930 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 110
CR 107Whitfield
FairOver: BRANCH OF MAZARN CREEK
.5 S SH 227, Garland, AR
Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 39
CR 118F Owl Cr Rd
FairOver: Bear Creek
0.7 Mi W Brady Mt Rd, Garland, AR
Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 40
CR 54J Cedar Glade
FairOver: BULL BAYOU
2.94 M E JCT SH 227, Garland, AR
Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,200
CR 127 Buckville
FairOver: DALEY CREEK
1.13 Mi S HWY 298, Garland, AR
Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,949
CR 1462 Macy Blvd.
FairOver: Creek
.07MI E HWY 227, Garland, AR
Built 1970 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 49
CR 1621J Chest
FairOver: Clear Creek
JCT CO RD 1621 & 57, Garland, AR
Built 1945 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 552
E RIDGEWAY BLVD
FairOver: GULPHA CREEK
1.8 M E JCT HWY 270, Garland, AR
Built 1958 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,600
WOODLAWN AVE.
FairOver: STOKES CREEK
At Panama Street, Garland, AR
Built 1950 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,611
CR 862 G Co Line
FairOver: DITCH
.8 N OF CO RD 104, Garland, AR
Built 1970 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 21
CR1471 MID AMERICA
FairOver: CREEK
.02 E SH 227/.7 E SH 270, Garland, AR
Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,920
CR 1471 MID AMERIC
FairOver: Creek
.1 E SH 227, Garland, AR
Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,137
CR 51 Wildcat Rd.
FairOver: Bull Bayou Creek
2.1 MI N Cedar Glades Rd., Garland, AR
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 401
US 70-8 Log 3.57
FairOver: LOST CREEK
3.57 MI N HOT SPRING CO L, Garland, AR
Built 1928 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,300
US 70-8 Log 1.81
FairOver: Lost Creek
1.8MI E HOT SPRING COLIN, Garland, AR
Built 1928 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,300
US 270B Log 0.69
FairOver: AR MIDLAND RR
.69MI SE OF JCT US 70, Garland, AR
Built 1976 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,000
US 70B EB Log 1.93
FairOver: GULPHA CREEK
1.93 MI E SH 7, Garland, AR
Built 1958 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,551
US 70B EB Log 3.5
FairOver: Br. GulphaCrk McClendon
3.54 MI E SH7, Garland, AR
Built 1958 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,000
US 70-SEC 9B EB
FairOver: SH 7 Spur
1.89 MI E SH 7 HOT SPRING, Garland, AR
Built 1958 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,000
SH 298 Log 16.85
FairOver: CREEK
16.8 MI E MONTGOMERY CO L, Garland, AR
Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 940
SH 298 Log 17.03
FairOver: CREEK
17.0 MI E MONTGOMERY CO L, Garland, AR
Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 940
SH 298 Log 20.87
FairOver: CREEK
.04 MI W JCT 298 & SH 7, Garland, AR
Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 940
EB OFF RAMP US 270
FairOver: DITCH
AT JCT. OF US 270B, Garland, AR
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 24,850
Blakely Dam Road
FairOver: L.OUACHITA PWRPL CO2 RM
1.5MI.N.OF MOUNTAIN PINE, Garland, AR
Built 1953 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 700
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