Total bridges
136
Public highway bridges in Jackson County
County profile · official public datasets
Jackson County, AR
136 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 49.3% rated Good, 42.6% Fair, 8.1% Poor.
- 136
- Public bridges
- 49.3%
- Good condition
- 8.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Jackson County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 58th
- of 75 on Poor share
- 8.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 136
- 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.
Jackson County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Jackson County ranks #58 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 8.1%). Jackson County, Arkansas contains 136 public highway bridges. Roughly 49.3% are rated “Good,” 42.6% “Fair,” and 8.1% “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
49.3%
67 of 136 rated 7-9
Fair condition
42.6%
58 of 136 rated 5-6
Poor condition
8.1%
11 of 136 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#58 of 75
Among Arkansas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 136 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 49.3% (67)
Fair 42.6% (58)
Poor 8.1% (11)
Jackson County's Poor-condition bridges carry 13,626 vehicle crossings a day
That is 5.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 8.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,239 crossings a day against 2,065 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 136 of 136 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
40.4% of Jackson County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
55 of the 136 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 49.3% 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 28.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SH 17/Jackson Co. over VILLAGE CREEK, built 1948, carries 3,852 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 11-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 13,626 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Jackson County's bridges were built
136 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
23 bridges
- 1940s 4
1940–1949
4 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
17 bridges
- 1960s 8
1960–1969
8 bridges
- 1970s 8
1970–1979
8 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
19 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
24 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
23 bridges
- 2010s 6
2010–2019
6 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 24 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 17.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1977) matches the Arkansas average (1980).
How Jackson County compares with Arkansas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Arkansas counties nearest Jackson County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 8.1% Poor share is the 3rd-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County | 143 | 25.2% | 65.7% | 9.1% | 1965 |
| Jackson County (this page) | 136 | 49.3% | 42.6% | 8.1% | 1977 |
| Nevada County | 133 | 38.3% | 57.1% | 4.5% | 1974 |
| Columbia County | 131 | 54.2% | 43.5% | 2.3% | 1983 |
| Cross County | 129 | 38% | 50.4% | 11.6% | 1979 |
| Lawrence County | 126 | 55.6% | 35.7% | 8.7% | 1979 |
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 Jackson 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 Jackson County, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AR (136 bridges here).
- Bullock County, AL · 136 bridges
- Perry County, IL · 136 bridges
- Lincoln County, KY · 136 bridges
- Morehouse County, LA · 136 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.
Poor-condition bridges (11)
CR 4 / Jackson Co.
PoorOver: DEPARTEE CREEK
0.3 MI E JCT CR 4 & UPRR, Jackson, AR
Built 1997 Load: 4.5 t ADT: 504
SH 17/Jackson Co.
PoorOver: VILLAGE CREEK
1.0 MI E JCT SH 224, Jackson, AR
Built 1948 Load: 6.4 t ADT: 3,852
SH 367/Jackson Co.
PoorOver: DEPARTEE CREEK
1.63 MI S Independence Co, Jackson, AR
Built 1935 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 1,800
SH 367/Jackson Co.
PoorOver: WHITE RIVER RELIEF
6.95MI N WHITE CO LINE, Jackson, AR
Built 1936 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 1,800
SH 37/Jackson Co.
PoorOver: POMPEYS CREEK
1.92 MI W JCT US 67, Jackson, AR
Built 1930 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 1,300
SH 37/Jackson Co.
PoorOver: HATCHETT DITCH
2.33MI W JCT US 67 & 37, Jackson, AR
Built 1930 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 1,300
SH 37 / Jackson Co
PoorOver: EIGHT MILE CREEK
2.80 MI S JCT SH 145, Jackson, AR
Built 1951 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 400
SH 37 / Jackson Co
PoorOver: CREEK
.80 MI S JCT OF SH 14, Jackson, AR
Built 1951 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 290
SH 42 / Jackson Co
PoorOver: CREEK
0.6 MI E JCT SH 42 & 145, Jackson, AR
Built 1962 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 350
SH 37/ Jackson Co.
PoorOver: CACHE RIVER RELIEF
.10 MI S JCT SH 37 & 18, Jackson, AR
Built 1954 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 230
SH 367/Jackson Co.
PoorOver: DEPARTEE CREEK RELIEF
1.60 MI S IND CO LINE, Jackson, AR
Built 1935 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 1,800
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