Total bridges
216
Public highway bridges in Miller County
County profile · official public datasets
Miller County, AR
216 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 64.4% rated Good, 32.9% Fair, 2.8% Poor.
- 216
- Public bridges
- 64.4%
- Good condition
- 2.8%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Miller County pairs a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 23%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 2.8%
- Poor-condition share
- 216
- public highway bridges
- 1986
- 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.
Miller County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Miller County ranks #17 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.8%). Miller County, Arkansas contains 216 public highway bridges. Roughly 64.4% are rated “Good,” 32.9% “Fair,” and 2.8% “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
64.4%
139 of 216 rated 7-9
Fair condition
32.9%
71 of 216 rated 5-6
Poor condition
2.8%
6 of 216 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#17 of 75
Among Arkansas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 216 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 64.4% (139)
Fair 32.9% (71)
Poor 2.8% (6)
Miller County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,747 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 458 crossings a day against 5,124 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 216 of 216 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
35.2% of Miller County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
76 of the 216 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 64.4% 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 26.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SH 237 SEC.01-9.83 over SULPHUR RIVER, built 1963, carries 730 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 2,747 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Miller County's bridges were built
216 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 9
1920–1929
9 bridges
- 1930s 3
1930–1939
3 bridges
- 1940s 9
1940–1949
9 bridges
- 1950s 8
1950–1959
8 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
35 bridges
- 1970s 21
1970–1979
21 bridges
- 1980s 11
1980–1989
11 bridges
- 1990s 22
1990–1999
22 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
70 bridges
- 2010s 25
2010–2019
25 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 70 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 32.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1986, 6 years newer than the Arkansas average of 1980.
How Miller County compares with Arkansas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Arkansas counties nearest Miller County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.8% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1986 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is 12 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 74 Arkansas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yell County | 227 | 54.6% | 44.1% | 1.3% | 1971 |
| Hot Spring County | 222 | 22.1% | 73% | 5% | 1972 |
| Polk County | 221 | 20.8% | 66.5% | 12.7% | 1965 |
| Faulkner County | 219 | 56.6% | 42% | 1.4% | 1987 |
| Miller County (this page) | 216 | 64.4% | 32.9% | 2.8% | 1986 |
| Clark County | 202 | 43.1% | 54% | 3% | 1974 |
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 Miller 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 Miller County, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AR (216 bridges here).
- Coffee County, AL · 216 bridges
- Ascension County, LA · 216 bridges
- Clinton County, MI · 216 bridges
- Choctaw County, OK · 216 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AR (1986 here).
- El Paso County, TX · avg 1986 · 783 bridges
- Caddo County, LA · avg 1986 · 682 bridges
- Weld County, CO · avg 1986 · 614 bridges
- Polk County, IA · avg 1986 · 545 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (71)
SH 134SEC.01-13.44
FairOver: BERNICE BAYOU
3.0 MI S JCT SH 196 & 134, Miller, AR
Built 1974 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 190
SH 196 SEC.01-6.17
FairOver: CREEK
4.8 MI E OF TEXARKANA, Miller, AR
Built 1969 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 4,700
AR BLVD &JEFFERSON
FairOver: BRANCH NIX CREEK (CITY)
0.8 MI.E.OF STATELINE AVE, Miller, AR
Built 1950 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 12,000
I 49 Mn Lns
FairOver: BRANCH
2.63 M E JCT US HWY 71, Miller, AR
Built 1998 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 16,000
US 82 SEC.01-10.81
FairOver: DITCH
11.0 MI E JCT 67 & 82, Miller, AR
Built 1948 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 3,700
US 71 SEC.01- 0.45
FairOver: WESTFORK KELLY BAYOU
.5MI. N. LOUISIANA S.L., Miller, AR
Built 1927 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 330
US 82 SEC.01-13.08
FairOver: MCKINNEY BAYOU
3.5 MI W JCT SH 296, Miller, AR
Built 1964 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,700
US 71-SEC.01-15.20
FairOver: BOGGY CREEK
.20 MI N JCT WITH SH 134, Miller, AR
Built 1970 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,396
SH 196SEC.01-16.84
FairOver: DITCH
0.62 MI W OF JCT SH 134, Miller, AR
Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 420
US 82-SEC 1 Miller
FairOver: Red River- Distrist 3
.25 MI E Garland City, Miller, AR
Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,000
CR 50-D (S. MOSELY
FairOver: FORKY DEER CREEK
.72 MI N JCT CO RD 16, Miller, AR
Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 506
C.R 70 - D - 2.55
FairOver: FORKY DEER CREEK
.85 M U.S.82 & CO RD 70, Miller, AR
Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,032
C.R. 70 - D - 2.30
FairOver: MILL CREEK
1.2 M US 82 & CO RD 70, Miller, AR
Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,032
I-30 -11- 4.89-WB
FairOver: MCKINNEY BAYOU
4.89 MI E JCT US 71, Miller, AR
Built 1964 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,128
I-30- 11-5.63- WB
FairOver: PAUPS BAYOU
5.63 MI E TEXAS STATE LIN, Miller, AR
Built 1964 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,128
I 30-11-15.09WB LN
FairOver: CO RD 111
1.8 MI SW HEMPSTEAD CO LN, Miller, AR
Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,000
I-30- 11- 4.89 EB
FairOver: MCKINNEY BAYOU
4.89 MI E JCT US 71, Miller, AR
Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,128
I-30- 11- 5.64 EB
FairOver: PAUPS BAYOU
5.64 MI E TEXAS ST LINE, Miller, AR
Built 1964 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,128
I 30 EB LNS-13.81
FairOver: GILLESPIE DITCH
3.08 MI SW HEMPSTEAD COLN, Miller, AR
Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,000
I 30-SEC 11 EB LN
FairOver: CO RD 111
0.8 MI SO OF HEMPSTEAD CO, Miller, AR
Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,000
I 49-01-24.97
FairOver: Branch of 4 Mile Creek
1.61 MI. JctSH 237 &I 49, Miller, AR
Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,700
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