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Montgomery County, AR

199 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 40.2% rated Good, 57.8% Fair, 2% Poor.

199
Public bridges
40.2%
Good condition
2%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Montgomery County pairs a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

Top 16%
lowest Poor share in state
2%
Poor-condition share
199
public highway bridges
1975
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.

Montgomery County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Montgomery County ranks #12 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2%). Montgomery County, Arkansas contains 199 public highway bridges. Roughly 40.2% are rated “Good,” 57.8% “Fair,” and 2% “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.

Total bridges

199

Public highway bridges in Montgomery County

Good condition

40.2%

80 of 199 rated 7-9

Fair condition

57.8%

115 of 199 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2%

4 of 199 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#12 of 75

Among Arkansas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 199 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
40.2% (80)
Fair
57.8% (115)
Poor
2% (4)

Montgomery County's Poor-condition bridges carry 810 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 203 crossings a day against 862 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 199 of 199 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

48.2% of Montgomery County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

96 of the 199 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 40.2% 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 86.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

State Highway 240 over Caddo River-Montgomery, built 1966, carries 700 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 4-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 810 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Montgomery County's bridges were built

199 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 32 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 16.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1975, 5 years older than the Arkansas average of 1980.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

How Montgomery County compares with Arkansas's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Arkansas counties nearest Montgomery County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1975 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 74 Arkansas counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Montgomery County and the 5 Arkansas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Clark County 202 3%
St. Francis County 202 6.4%
Clay County 200 9.5%
Montgomery County (this page) 199 2%
Scott County 198 6.6%
Poinsett County 194 16%

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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AR (199 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AR (1975 here).

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 199 Good 80 Fair 115 Poor 4

Good-condition bridges (80)

Liberty Rd

Good

Over: Collier Creek

5 M E Jct SH 8, Montgomery, AR

Built 1983 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 250

Manfred Rd

Good

Over: Hyatt Creek

2.20 mi. W of jct sh 8, Montgomery, AR

Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10

Brushy Road -D

Good

Over: Brushy Creek

1 Mi North of Oden, Montgomery, AR

Built 1991 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 251

Oak Grove Rd.

Good

Over: S. Fk. of Caddo River

2.60 MI SW JCT SH 240, Montgomery, AR

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 117

Thunder Mtn Rd - E

Good

Over: So. Fork Caddo River

0.80 Mi. SE Jct Co. Rd. 5, Montgomery, AR

Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 225

Old Caddo Gap Rd.

Good

Over: Mazarn Creek

11 mi. E Caddo Gap, Montgomery, AR

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 174

SH 379

Good

Over: S FK Ouachita River

4.75 MI W JCT US 270, Montgomery, AR

Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 340

SH 379

Good

Over: S Fk Ouachita River

3.51 MI S JCT US 270, Montgomery, AR

Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 340

SH 8

Good

Over: Gap Creek

4.8 MI NW PIKE CO LINE, Montgomery, AR

Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,800

US 270

Good

Over: Rogers Creek

2.67 M E of Mt. Ida, Montgomery, AR

Built 1988 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,600

US 270

Good

Over: Shady Creek

5.95 M E of Mt. Ida, Montgomery, AR

Built 1988 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,600

ST Hwy 369-4-0.03

Good

Over: Blocker Creek

Montgomery Co. Line, Montgomery, AR

Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 80

US 270-Sec. 3

Good

Over: Sweet Water Creek

1.3 Mi. E. Scott Co Line, Montgomery, AR

Built 1991 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,100

US 270-SEC 3

Good

Over: Brushy Creek

2.43 Mi. E Scott Co Line, Montgomery, AR

Built 1991 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,100

US 270-SEC 3

Good

Over: W. Fiddler Creek

4.28 MI E Scott Co Line, Montgomery, AR

Built 1991 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,100

US 270-SEC 3

Good

Over: Polk Creek

7.8 Mi. E Scott Co Line, Montgomery, AR

Built 1991 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,100

US 270

Good

Over: S. Fork Ouachita River

0.2 MILES E OF JCT 27, Montgomery, AR

Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,800

US 270

Good

Over: Denby Creek

5.06 M W of Garland Co L, Montgomery, AR

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,900

SH 8

Good

Over: Lick Creek

1.0 M W OF SH 27, Montgomery, AR

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,300

State Highway 27

Good

Over: OuachitaRiver-Montgomery

2.0 Mi S Jct of SH 88, Montgomery, AR

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,300

SH 27

Good

Over: Deer Creek

.1 MI S JCT SH 88, Montgomery, AR

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 990

Old Caddo Gap Rd

Good

Over: Water Fork Creek

9 Mi E 1.5 Mi N Caddo Gap, Montgomery, AR

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 174

Mtn Home Rd

Good

Over: Caney Creek

1.45 M N Jct CR 34 & 36, Montgomery, AR

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 203

Murphy Rd

Good

Over: Dry Fork Creek

3.36 M W Jct CR 17, Montgomery, AR

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 120

CR 26/ Liberty Rd.

Good

Over: Smith Creek

8.60 E. of jct. S.H. 8, Montgomery, AR

Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 250

Sims Loop Rd

Good

Over: Rainy Creek

0.2 M E Jct CR 65, Montgomery, AR

Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 200

Liberty Rd.

Good

Over: Smith Creek

3 M.N. Caddo Gap, Montgomery, AR

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 52

Old Caddo Gap Rd.

Good

Over: Caney Creek

5 M N of Glenwood, Montgomery, AR

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 400

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: FIDDLERS CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Montgomery, AR

Built 2012 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 100

Hole in the Gnd Rd

Good

Over: Hole In Ground Creek

1 M N Jct SH 88, Montgomery, AR

Built 2023 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 82

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