Total bridges
187
Public highway bridges in Lonoke County
County profile · official public datasets
Lonoke County, AR
187 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 55.6% rated Good, 39.6% Fair, 4.8% Poor.
- 187
- Public bridges
- 55.6%
- Good condition
- 4.8%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Lonoke County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 48%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 4.8%
- Poor-condition share
- 187
- public highway bridges
- 1981
- 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.
Lonoke County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Lonoke County ranks #36 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.8%). Lonoke County, Arkansas contains 187 public highway bridges. Roughly 55.6% are rated “Good,” 39.6% “Fair,” and 4.8% “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
55.6%
104 of 187 rated 7-9
Fair condition
39.6%
74 of 187 rated 5-6
Poor condition
4.8%
9 of 187 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#36 of 75
Among Arkansas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 187 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 55.6% (104)
Fair 39.6% (74)
Poor 4.8% (9)
Lonoke County's Poor-condition bridges carry 14,686 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,632 crossings a day against 6,775 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 187 of 187 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
41.2% of Lonoke County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
77 of the 187 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 55.6% 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 44.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SH 13-SEC 10 over I 40-SEC 41 LOG 182.51, built 1964, carries 6,600 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 9-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 14,686 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Lonoke County's bridges were built
187 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s
1930–1939
15 bridges
- 1940s 6
1940–1949
6 bridges
- 1950s 9
1950–1959
9 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
35 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
17 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
21 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
32 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
35 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
14 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 35 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1981) matches the Arkansas average (1980).
How Lonoke County compares with Arkansas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Arkansas counties nearest Lonoke County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.8% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1981 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is 5 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 74 Arkansas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery County | 199 | 40.2% | 57.8% | 2% | 1975 |
| Scott County | 198 | 26.8% | 66.7% | 6.6% | 1971 |
| Poinsett County | 194 | 41.8% | 42.3% | 16% | 1982 |
| Pope County | 188 | 39.4% | 59.6% | 1.1% | 1975 |
| Lonoke County (this page) | 187 | 55.6% | 39.6% | 4.8% | 1981 |
| Independence County | 184 | 39.1% | 52.2% | 8.7% | 1975 |
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 Lonoke 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 Lonoke County, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AR (187 bridges here).
- Huntington County, IN · 187 bridges
- Grundy County, MO · 187 bridges
- Henry County, TN · 187 bridges
- Chesapeake city County, VA · 187 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AR (1981 here).
- Franklin County, OH · avg 1981 · 922 bridges
- Greenville County, SC · avg 1981 · 635 bridges
- Montgomery County, OH · avg 1981 · 632 bridges
- McLean County, IL · avg 1981 · 624 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (74)
CR 348/Grayhawk Rd
FairOver: Two Prairie Bayou
1.5 Mi N of SH 5, Lonoke, AR
Built 2006 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 4,000
Hamilton Log 7.04
FairOver: BAYOU METO
.7 MI E OF SH 13, Lonoke, AR
Built 1979 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 170
SH 15 Log 0.36
FairOver: BAYOU METO
0.36 MI N OF US 70, Lonoke, AR
Built 1972 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 1,200
US 67 SB Log 5.58
FairOver: FOUR MILE CREEK
5.58 MI NE PULASKI CO LIN, Lonoke, AR
Built 1966 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 17,000
US 67 NB Log 5.59
FairOver: FOUR MILE CREEK
5.59 MI NE PULASKI CO LI, Lonoke, AR
Built 1966 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 17,000
US 165 log 1.18
FairOver: DENNIS SLOUGH
1.18 W OF PRAIRIE CL, Lonoke, AR
Built 1949 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,700
SH 232 Log 7.01
FairOver: BIG DITCH
.25 MI W JCT SH 13, Lonoke, AR
Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 220
CR 61- Kerr Road
FairOver: BAYOU METO
2 M No I-40, Lonoke, AR
Built 1981 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,800
CR 86-F Mt. Spring
FairOver: FOUR MILE CREEK
.18 MI E SH 5, Lonoke, AR
Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 34
CR71-Graham Rd.
FairOver: TWO PRAIRIE BAYOU
3.1 MI WEST SH 89, Lonoke, AR
Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,521
SH 5 Log 4.72
FairOver: FOUR MILE CREEK
2.5 MI N OF JCT SH 5 & 89, Lonoke, AR
Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 17,000
SH 5 Log 6.39
FairOver: MAGNESS CREEK
4.0 MI N OF JCT SH 5 & 89, Lonoke, AR
Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 17,000
SH 5 Log 8.98
FairOver: CYPRESS BAYOU
1.0 MI N OF JCT SH 319, Lonoke, AR
Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,425
SH 5 Log 0.14
FairOver: US 67-SEC 11Log 0.71
SH 5 AT US 67, Lonoke, AR
Built 1971 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,000
SH 89 Log 18.51
FairOver: US 67 SEC 11 log 3.48
JCT SH 89 & US 67, Lonoke, AR
Built 1971 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 21,000
SH 31Log 1.33
FairOver: BAYOU TWO PRAIRIE
0.3 MI SO OF I-40, Lonoke, AR
Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,100
US 67 SB Log 2.15
FairOver: TWO PRAIRIE BAYOU
2.15 MI NE PULASKI CO LIN, Lonoke, AR
Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 19,000
US 67 SB Log 10.09
FairOver: CYPRESS CREEK
0.03 MI SO WHITE CO LINE, Lonoke, AR
Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15,000
US 67 SB Log 9.99
FairOver: CYPRESS CREEK RELIEF
0.75 MI NE OF SH 319, Lonoke, AR
Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15,000
US 67 NB Log 2.15
FairOver: TWO PRAIRIE BAYOU
2.15 MI NE PULASKI CO LI, Lonoke, AR
Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 19,000
US 67 NB Log 7.78
FairOver: FOUR MILE CREEK
7.78 MI NE PULASKI CO LI, Lonoke, AR
Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,001
US 67 NB Log 10.10
FairOver: CYPRESS CREEK
0.03 MI SO WHITE CO LINE, Lonoke, AR
Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15,000
US 67 NB Log 9.99
FairOver: CYPRESS CREEK RELIEF
0.75 MI NE OF SH 319, Lonoke, AR
Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15,000
SH 381 log 3.48
FairOver: SKINNERS BRANCH
3.5 MI S OF SH 70, Lonoke, AR
Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 530
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