Total bridges
174
Public highway bridges in Hempstead County
County profile · official public datasets
Hempstead County, AR
174 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 42% rated Good, 54.6% Fair, 3.4% Poor.
- 174
- Public bridges
- 42%
- Good condition
- 3.4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Hempstead County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 36%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 3.4%
- Poor-condition share
- 174
- 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.
Hempstead County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Hempstead County ranks #27 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.4%). Hempstead County, Arkansas contains 174 public highway bridges. Roughly 42% are rated “Good,” 54.6% “Fair,” and 3.4% “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.
Good condition
42%
73 of 174 rated 7-9
Fair condition
54.6%
95 of 174 rated 5-6
Poor condition
3.4%
6 of 174 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#27 of 75
Among Arkansas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 174 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 42% (73)
Fair 54.6% (95)
Poor 3.4% (6)
Hempstead County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,881 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 314 crossings a day against 2,322 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 174 of 174 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
54.6% of Hempstead County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
95 of the 174 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 42% 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 41.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SH 32 - 07- 6.82 over BODCAW REL., built 1963, carries 780 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 6-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 1,881 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Hempstead County's bridges were built
174 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 15
1930–1939
15 bridges
- 1940s 2
1940–1949
2 bridges
- 1950s 10
1950–1959
10 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
54 bridges
- 1970s 20
1970–1979
20 bridges
- 1980s 16
1980–1989
16 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
28 bridges
- 2000s 12
2000–2009
12 bridges
- 2010s 14
2010–2019
14 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 54 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 31% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1977) matches the Arkansas average (1980).
How Hempstead County compares with Arkansas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Arkansas counties nearest Hempstead County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.4% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1977 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 74 Arkansas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lonoke County | 187 | 55.6% | 39.6% | 4.8% | 1981 |
| Independence County | 184 | 39.1% | 52.2% | 8.7% | 1975 |
| Hempstead County (this page) | 174 | 42% | 54.6% | 3.4% | 1977 |
| Sevier County | 164 | 55.5% | 37.8% | 6.7% | 1977 |
| Johnson County | 162 | 46.3% | 51.9% | 1.9% | 1972 |
| Ouachita County | 162 | 34.6% | 59.3% | 6.2% | 1973 |
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 Hempstead 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 Hempstead County, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AR (174 bridges here).
- Eagle County, CO · 174 bridges
- Washington County, IN · 174 bridges
- Lac qui Parle County, MN · 174 bridges
- Sussex County, NJ · 174 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 (174)
C.R. 2 ZONE E-7.69
GoodOver: CANEY CREEK
2 M W OF HOPE, Hempstead, AR
Built 1996 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 610
US 67- 02- 16.91
GoodOver: PHILLIPS CREEK
.25 M NE SH 174, Hempstead, AR
Built 2011 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 2,300
SH 174 SEC.01-4.00
GoodOver: GARLAND CREEK
4.00 NE JCT US 67, Hempstead, AR
Built 1979 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 800
US 278- 5 - 26.06
GoodOver: CREEK
1.45 M. N. OF JCT. 67&278, Hempstead, AR
Built 1990 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 6,600
CO RD 2 -E- 8.50
GoodOver: CREEK
1.25 MI W HOPE, Hempstead, AR
Built 1992 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 610
SH 27-03-4.28
GoodOver: CREEK
4.28 M NE OF HOWARD COL, Hempstead, AR
Built 1932 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 3,200
US 67 - 02 - 14.46
GoodOver: CREEK
0.2 MI W JCT SH 278 & 67, Hempstead, AR
Built 1931 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 6,707
SH 355 - 04 - 4.66
GoodOver: CREEK
4.66 MI E JCT SH 29, Hempstead, AR
Built 1973 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 280
US 371- 03- 15.25
GoodOver: HALEY BR
1.5 MI S JCT SH 195 SC 5, Hempstead, AR
Built 1948 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,700
US 67 SEC.02-2.76
GoodOver: CREEK
2.76 MI NE MILLER CO LI, Hempstead, AR
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,900
SH 174 SEC.01-2.80
GoodOver: TERRE ROUGE
2.91MI NE JCT US 67, Hempstead, AR
Built 1979 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 800
SH 73- 02 - 11.80
GoodOver: BLACK BOIS DARC RELIEF
1.33 M W JCT SH 73 SH 278, Hempstead, AR
Built 1996 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,388
S.H.174 SEC.0-5.60
GoodOver: CREEK
.65 MI. S. OF JCT. S.H.67, Hempstead, AR
Built 2005 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,100
SH 355 - 02- 3.16
GoodOver: YELLOW CREEK
3.3 MI. S.E. OF SARATOGA, Hempstead, AR
Built 1956 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,700
C.R. 3 Patmos Road
GoodOver: Black Branch (City)
0.47 M S of 29 Bypass, Hempstead, AR
Built 1983 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,400
US 371 - 03 - 5.53
GoodOver: CREEK
5.53 M E OF HOWARD COL, Hempstead, AR
Built 1956 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,699
I-30-SEC.12- 31.65
GoodOver: CREEK
0.9MI NE JCT SH 29 & 30, Hempstead, AR
Built 1968 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 30,000
US 371- 03- 20.92
GoodOver: HOWARD CREEK
1 MI JCT SH 195&US 371, Hempstead, AR
Built 1995 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,303
SH 355 - 04 - 8.16
GoodOver: BODCAW CREEK
.14 MI W NEVADA CO.LINE, Hempstead, AR
Built 1970 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 280
SH 195 - 01- 7.06
GoodOver: CREEK
7.1 MI N.E. OF FULTON, Hempstead, AR
Built 1967 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 330
US 371 -3- 2.64
GoodOver: OZAN CREEK RELIEF
3.6 M FROM SH 27, Hempstead, AR
Built 2013 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 2,800
US 371 -03-2.91
GoodOver: OZAN CREEK
3.9 M FROM SH 27, Hempstead, AR
Built 2013 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 2,800
US 371- 03 - 1.62
GoodOver: POND RUN CREEK
1.62 M E OF HOWARD C.LINE, Hempstead, AR
Built 1956 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 2,800
SH195 SEC.01-12.35
GoodOver: HIGH CREEK
1.3 MI SW JCT OF SH 4 195, Hempstead, AR
Built 1972 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 290
S.H.73 - 02 -11.98
GoodOver: BLACK BOIS DARC RELIEF
2.25 N W JCT. S 473 & S H, Hempstead, AR
Built 1996 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,388
C.R. 333-C- 7.23
GoodOver: MID FORK OZAN CREEK
1 MI. NORTH OF OZAN, Hempstead, AR
Built 1983 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 218
CO RD 23-E-3.21
GoodOver: TERRE ROUGE CREEK
3.21 MI N JCT SH 32&CD 23, Hempstead, AR
Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 710
C.R. 27- C- 3.97
GoodOver: NORTH FORK OF OZAN CREEK
1 MILE SOUTH OF BINGEN, Hempstead, AR
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 230
SH 299-SEC 0- 0.17
GoodOver: I 30-SEC 12- 36.34
3.17 MI W US 67 JCT, Hempstead, AR
Built 1971 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 170
SH 29 SEC. 03-0.84
GoodOver: FLAT BOIS DARC CREEK
.5 MI NE LAFAYETTE CO LN, Hempstead, AR
Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,900
SH 174 - 00 - 0.55
GoodOver: GOSS CREEK
.55 MI N JCT SH 355, Hempstead, AR
Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,900
SH 174 - 0 - 3.58
GoodOver: BLACK BRANCH
3.6 MI N JCT SH 355, Hempstead, AR
Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,900
US 278 SEC 5-27.03
GoodOver: UP RR & PRIVATE RD
.2 MI N JCT US278 & US 67, Hempstead, AR
Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,600
US 278-5-11.89
GoodOver: SO FK OZAN CREEK
1.75 MI SO OZAN CREEK, Hempstead, AR
Built 1992 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,500
SH 27 SEC 3 - 0.67
GoodOver: CARY CREEK
0.7 MI NE OF HOWARD CO LI, Hempstead, AR
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,600
SH 27- 03- 2.40
GoodOver: N. FORK OZAN CREEK
2.4 NE HOWARD CO LINE, Hempstead, AR
Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,600
SH 73 - 02 - 11.75
GoodOver: BLACK BOIS DARC CREEK
2.5MI.W.JCT SH 73 & SH278, Hempstead, AR
Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,388
US 371- 03 -16.17
GoodOver: OZAN CREEK
3 MI S JCT SH 195, Hempstead, AR
Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,700
SH 73 - 02 - 6.20
GoodOver: SANDY BOIS DARC
1.5 MI W JCT SH73 & SH195, Hempstead, AR
Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,000
278-05-23.95 HEMP.
GoodOver: I-30 SEC. 12 LM 29.99
JCT 278 & I30 HOPE AR, Hempstead, AR
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,800
S.H. 195 -01-0.50
GoodOver: UNION PACIFIC RR SPUR
0.50 MI NE OF FULTON, Hempstead, AR
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 330
US 67-02-L.M 15.46
GoodOver: UNION PACIFIC RR
0.5MI E JCT 67 & 278, Hempstead, AR
Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,700
US 67-02-L.M 16.02
GoodOver: PATE CREEK
0.75M NE SH 278, Hempstead, AR
Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,700
US 67-02-L.M 19.49
GoodOver: TERRE ROUGE CREEK
2.43MI SW NEVADA CO LN, Hempstead, AR
Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,300
U.S 67-02-LM 19.95
GoodOver: TERRE ROUGE RELIEF
3.2 M FROM SH 174, Hempstead, AR
Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,300
US 67 - 02 -20.10
GoodOver: GARLAND CREEK
2.04 MI SW NEVADA CO LN, Hempstead, AR
Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,300
I 30-SEC 12- 17.10
GoodOver: CR 176/River Rd
0.2 MI NE MILLER CO LINE, Hempstead, AR
Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5
CO RD 210-B-1.09
GoodOver: DEANN CREEK
2 MI. SO DEANN, Hempstead, AR
Built 1992 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 178
C.R. 47 - C - 1.90
GoodOver: MARLBROOK CREEK
2 MI E BLEVINS, Hempstead, AR
Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 176
CO RD 48-D-2.61
GoodOver: BRANCH OF GIBSON CREEK
3.5 SE COLUMBUS, Hempstead, AR
Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 315
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