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.
All bridges (319)
CR386G NoPearcy
FairOver: Branch of Mazarn Crk
.04 M N CO RD 386 & 104, Garland, AR
Built 1970 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,100
CR105G Crystal Spr
FairOver: Hallmans Creek
9.06 MI, Garland, AR
Built 1970 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 333
GOLF LINKS ROAD
FairOver: HOT SPRINGS CREEK
.36 MI E JCT SH 7, Garland, AR
Built 1973 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 6,800
SH 171-2 Log 1.24
FairOver: COOPER CREEK
1.24 MI NW HOT SPRINGS CO, Garland, AR
Built 1960 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 2,382
CR 74 E/OATS LOOP
FairOver: MIDDLE FORK SALINE RIVER
.6 W SH 7, Garland, AR
Built 1975 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 252
CR 118F Owl Cr Rd
FairOver: CREEK
0.25 Mi E Brady Mt Road, Garland, AR
Built 1970 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 656
CR 73 BEAUDRY CIR
FairOver: BRUSHY CRK
.2 M S CORDS 496 & 73, Garland, AR
Built 1970 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 430
CR 73-D BEAUDRY C
FairOver: ANGLING CREEK
5.1 MI E SH 7, Garland, AR
Built 1974 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 430
CR 387G Caddo Gap
FairOver: Branch of Mazarn Crk
0.04 M E CO RD 387 & 104, Garland, AR
Built 1970 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,182
CR 1311 Sundown
FairOver: Mt. Carmel Creek
.14 M E SH 128, Garland, AR
Built 2001 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 19,000
E B FRONTAGE RD
FairOver: GULPHA CREEK
1.94 MI E OF SH 7 HOT SPR, Garland, AR
Built 1958 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 500
US 70-B FR RD EB
FairOver: Br. Gulpha Creek
3.52 MI E OF SH 7 HOT SPR, Garland, AR
Built 1958 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 500
US 70-WB FRONTAGE
FairOver: GULPHA CREEK
1.94 MI EAST OF SH 7, Garland, AR
Built 1958 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,451
US 70B WB FR RD
FairOver: Br. Gulpha Creek
3.52 MI EAST OF SH 7, Garland, AR
Built 1958 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,451
US 270-5 Log 12.69
FairOver: CRUDINGTON CREEK
7.09 MI W JCT OF US 70, Garland, AR
Built 1931 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 7,972
CR 83C Mill Creek
FairOver: GULPHA CREEK
7.02 MI W CO RD 83&HWY128, Garland, AR
Built 1938 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 240
CR 104G Caddo Gap
FairOver: BRANCH MAZARN CR
3.34 MONTGOMERY CO.LINE, Garland, AR
Built 1965 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 1,182
CR 584F Gillham Rd
FairOver: ROYAL CREEK
.1 N US 270, Garland, AR
Built 1975 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 183
CR 706C Mulberry
FairOver: MIDDLE BR GULPHA CREEK
.63MI N CR 705, Garland, AR
Built 1970 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 10
CR 79 D VAUGHAN
FairOver: NORTH FORK CREEK
0.3 MI NW of Danville Rd, Garland, AR
Built 1973 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 328
CR 106G Old Dallas
FairOver: MEYERS CREEK
JCT OF CO RDS 106 & 103, Garland, AR
Built 1968 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 730
CR 387G Caddo Gap
FairOver: Branch of Mazarn Crk
1.88 MI JCT 104, Garland, AR
Built 1976 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 1,182
CR 538 Frona Ln
FairOver: Creek
.4 North Jct 227 & 270, Garland, AR
Built 1989 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 414
US270 Log 2.80
FairOver: Branch
2.80 Mi E Montg. Co line, Garland, AR
Built 2013 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 3,300
US 270 Log 5.85
FairOver: Branch
5.85 E of Co. Line, Garland, AR
Built 2013 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 3,500
FDR 107
FairOver: M FORK SALINE RIVER
.3 MI W OF HWY 7, Garland, AR
Built 1951 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 25
CR 73 BEAUDRY CIR
FairOver: ANGLING CREEK
4.6 Mi E SH 7, Garland, AR
Built 1974 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 430
CR 73 D / BEAUDRY
FairOver: BR OF ANGLING CR
JCT CR 73 & 1404, Garland, AR
Built 1970 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 32
SH 7-10 Log 6.99
FairOver: CREEK
6.99 MI NW OF JCT SH 5, Garland, AR
Built 1950 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 6,300
SH 290-1 Log 8.39
FairOver: CREEK
8.39 MI SE JCT SH 7 & 290, Garland, AR
Built 1971 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 3,000
SH 290-1 Log 9.93
FairOver: COOPERS CREEK
0.10 MI W JCT SH 290 &171, Garland, AR
Built 1971 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 3,000
SH 290-1 Log 4.78
FairOver: WHITE OAK CREEK
4.78 MI SE JCT SH 7 & 290, Garland, AR
Built 1971 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 2,100
SH 7-10 Log 11.00
FairOver: COLEMAN CREEK
1.00 MI N JCT OF SH 298, Garland, AR
Built 1933 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 1,851
US 270
FairOver: OUACHITA RIVER
6.22 MI WEST JCT US 70B, Garland, AR
Built 1994 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 8,700
CR130Rock Sprgs Rd
FairOver: Cedar Fourche Creek
2.41MI S SH298, Garland, AR
Built 1955 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 1,650
SH 298 Log 13.70
FairOver: CREEK
13.7 MI E MONTGOMERY CO L, Garland, AR
Built 1971 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 940
US 270-5 Log 17.54
FairOver: BULL BAYOU
2.20 MI W JCT OF US 70, Garland, AR
Built 1931 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 34,000
SH 7-10 Log 2.32
FairOver: SOUTH FORK SALINE RIVER
2.32 MI NW JCT OF SH 5, Garland, AR
Built 1950 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,900
US 70B WB log 1.93
FairOver: GULPHA CREEK
1.93 MI E JCT OF SH 7, Garland, AR
Built 1958 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,451
US 70B WB Log 3.54
FairOver: Br. GulphaCrk McClendon
3.54 MI E JCT OF SH 7, Garland, AR
Built 1958 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,451
US 70- 9B WB 1.89
FairOver: SH 7 Spur
1.89 MI E SH 7 JCT, Garland, AR
Built 1958 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,500
Mill Creek Road
FairOver: US 70B Log 2.78
2.78 MI E SH 7, Garland, AR
Built 1958 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 820
West GLAZYPEAU
FairOver: GLAZYPEAU CREEK
4.9 MI W OF JCT SH 7, Garland, AR
Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 319
SH 290-1 Log 0.79
FairOver: FOURCHE A LOUPE
.79 MI E JCT SH 7, Garland, AR
Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,800
SH 290- 1 Log 2.65
FairOver: MOUNT CARMEL CREEK
2.65 MI E JCT SH 290 & 7, Garland, AR
Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,162
SH 298 Log 3.81
FairOver: NORTH FORK CREEK
3.8 Mi E Mont. Co. Line, Garland, AR
Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 280
BELDING STREET
FairOver: HOT SPRING CREEK
JCT OF SHADY GROVE RD, Garland, AR
Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,000
US 70
FairOver: LAKE HAMILTON
2 SW JCT SH 270, Garland, AR
Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 34,000
SH 128- 11 Log 1.3
FairOver: SMITH CREEK
1.4 MI W JCT US 70, Garland, AR
Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,800
SH 5 - 6 Log 0.87
FairOver: S FORK SALINE RIVER
.87 MI NE JCT SH 7N, Garland, AR
Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,800
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