Total bridges
188
Public highway bridges in Pope County
County profile · official public datasets
Pope County, AR
188 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 39.4% rated Good, 59.6% Fair, 1.1% Poor.
- 188
- Public bridges
- 39.4%
- Good condition
- 1.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Pope County pairs a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 8%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 1.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 188
- 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.
Pope County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Pope County ranks #6 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.1%). Pope County, Arkansas contains 188 public highway bridges. Roughly 39.4% are rated “Good,” 59.6% “Fair,” and 1.1% “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
39.4%
74 of 188 rated 7-9
Fair condition
59.6%
112 of 188 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1.1%
2 of 188 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#6 of 75
Among Arkansas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 188 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 39.4% (74)
Fair 59.6% (112)
Poor 1.1% (2)
Pope County's Poor-condition bridges carry 897 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 449 crossings a day against 4,660 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 188 of 188 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
46.8% of Pope County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
88 of the 188 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 39.4% 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 98.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SH 124 over Clear Creek, built 1962, carries 887 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 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 897 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Pope County's bridges were built
188 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1930s 11
1930–1939
11 bridges
- 1940s
1940–1949
22 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
13 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
27 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
30 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
23 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
15 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
16 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
22 bridges
- 2020s 5
2020–2029
5 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 30 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 16% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1975, 5 years older than the Arkansas average of 1980.
How Pope County compares with Arkansas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Arkansas counties nearest Pope County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.1% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1975 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is in line with the group.
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 (this page) | 188 | 39.4% | 59.6% | 1.1% | 1975 |
| Lonoke County | 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 Pope 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 Pope County, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AR (188 bridges here).
- Kennebec County, ME · 188 bridges
- Coos County, NH · 188 bridges
- Socorro County, NM · 188 bridges
- Baker County, OR · 188 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AR (1975 here).
- San Bernardino County, CA · avg 1975 · 1,422 bridges
- Lane County, OR · avg 1975 · 1,010 bridges
- Fulton County, GA · avg 1975 · 775 bridges
- Westmoreland County, PA · avg 1975 · 620 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (188)
SH 27
FairOver: Mud Branch
3.78 MI NE SH 7, Pope, AR
Built 1951 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,700
Buttermilk Rd - B
FairOver: Creek
4.25 M S St. Hwy. 124, Pope, AR
Built 1941 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 240
White Oak Mtn Rd-C
FairOver: East Fk Illinios Bayou
3.5 MI SE SH 27, Pope, AR
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 289
Smyrna Rd. - C
FairOver: Middle Fk Illinois Bayou
3.8 MI E SH 27 At Nogo, Pope, AR
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 210
I-40
FairOver: Creek
1.4 M E Jct SH 105 & 40, Pope, AR
Built 1967 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 33,012
SH 27
FairOver: Gum Creek
1.61 M NE SH 7, Pope, AR
Built 1951 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,700
SH 247
FairOver: Gum Log Creek Relief
1.81 M NE Jct of SH 105, Pope, AR
Built 1962 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,200
SH 105
FairOver: Horsehead Creek
2.72 M S Jct US 64, Pope, AR
Built 1969 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 589
Old Hwy. 7
FairOver: BRANCH
1.61 M NE CO RD 14 &SH164, Pope, AR
Built 1940 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 309
SH 124
FairOver: Poll Creek
5.67 M E JCT SH 105 124, Pope, AR
Built 1936 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 887
SH 872/Glenwood Av
FairOver: Engineers Creek
0.30 Mi. SW. Jct. SH 7, Pope, AR
Built 1940 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 436
SH 124
FairOver: Mountain Creek
4.32 Mi W. of Conway Co., Pope, AR
Built 1962 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 887
SH 164
FairOver: Branch
3.0 M NW Jct hwy 7 & 164, Pope, AR
Built 1940 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,100
US 64
FairOver: Mill Creek
5.30 M E of Johnson Co. L, Pope, AR
Built 1964 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 8,000
Granny Gap Rd - D
FairOver: N FK Illinois Bayou
2 MI.NE JCT CO RDS 19&20, Pope, AR
Built 1987 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 232
US 64
FairOver: Illinios Bayou
6.59 M E Johnson Co. line, Pope, AR
Built 1964 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 9,777
Pleasent View Rd-E
FairOver: Illinios Bayou Lk Dardnl
0.63 M. W. SH 7, Pope, AR
Built 1981 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 1,500
Victor Rd.- D
FairOver: N Fk Illinois Bayou
4.9 E SH 7, Pope, AR
Built 1952 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 62
Granny Gap Rd. 1
FairOver: Mill Creek
4.05 M from end of SH 164, Pope, AR
Built 1940 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 232
Pless School Rd
FairOver: Cedar Creek
.45 N Co Rd 79, Pope, AR
Built 1940 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 168
Galla Park Rd.
FairOver: I 40-SEC 22
0.12 Mi North of US 64, Pope, AR
Built 1967 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 33
S. Union Grove Rd.
FairOver: I 40-SEC 22
0.62 M N St. Hwy. 64, Pope, AR
Built 1967 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 190
Talley Lane
FairOver: I 40-SEC 22
0.35 Mi N of Jct US64, Pope, AR
Built 1967 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 466
SH 7
FairOver: Whig Creek
1.52 M NE of Yell Co., Pope, AR
Built 1950 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 23,000
State Highway 7
FairOver: Whig Creek-Pope
0.5 M NE of Yell Co, Pope, AR
Built 1950 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 23,000
George Town Rd
FairOver: I 40-SEC 22
1.25 M E Johnson Co Line, Pope, AR
Built 1964 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 254
US 64
FairOver: Union Pacific RR
.10 M N of Jct 326, Pope, AR
Built 1936 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12,000
E. O Street
FairOver: I 40-SEC 22
At Jct I-40 & O St., Pope, AR
Built 1964 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,362
SH 363-SEC 1
FairOver: I 40-SEC 22
0.08 M N Jct SH 64, Pope, AR
Built 1967 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,336
SH 105-SEC 1
FairOver: I 40-SEC 22
Jct I-40 & St. Hwy. 105, Pope, AR
Built 1967 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,844
Pleasent View Rd-E
FairOver: Illinois Bayou/Lk Dardnl
0.5 M. W. SH 7, Pope, AR
Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,500
SH 7
FairOver: Prairie Creek
0.18 M N of Jct US 64, Pope, AR
Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15,000
SH 164
FairOver: Big Piney Creek Relief
2.93 M E Johnson Co Line, Pope, AR
Built 1973 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,100
SH 164
FairOver: Big Piney Creek
3.01 M E Johnson Co Line, Pope, AR
Built 1973 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,100
US 64-SEC 6
FairOver: 2 City Sts RR
0.11 M E Jct SH 7 & 64, Pope, AR
Built 1976 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15,000
SH 331
FairOver: Whig Creek
3.40 W OF SH 247, Pope, AR
Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,700
SH 247
FairOver: W Point Remove Cr Relief
5.2 MI NE SH 105, Pope, AR
Built 1981 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 404
SH 105
FairOver: Galla Creek
4.94 M S of Atkins, Pope, AR
Built 1981 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 150
SH 7
FairOver: Mccoy Creek
9.89 M N Jct US 64, Pope, AR
Built 1982 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,500
SH 105
FairOver: Gum Log Relief
4.75 M N of Jct US 64, Pope, AR
Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,797
SH 27
FairOver: Illinois Bayou
3.37 MI N SH 105, Pope, AR
Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 260
SH 27
FairOver: Midl. Fk. Illinols Bayou
7.0 MI NE WH 105, Pope, AR
Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 260
SH 331 SEC 1
FairOver: I-40 SEC 22
I-40 & SH 331, Pope, AR
Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 17,000
Buck Mt. Rd. - D
FairOver: Isabell Creek
0.3 M N CO RD 26 & SH 124, Pope, AR
Built 1942 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,312
Peaceful Valley Rd
FairOver: Linker Creek
0.17 W jct. SH 7, Pope, AR
Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 281
Welcome Home Rd.
FairOver: Anderson Creek
.47 M NE CO RD 55 & 422, Pope, AR
Built 1981 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 223
Victor Rd. - D
FairOver: Creek
5.1 E SH 7, Pope, AR
Built 1981 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 62
Bradfield Rd - B
FairOver: Isabell Creek
3.25 SE SH 105, Pope, AR
Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 77
Hogan Roberts - B
FairOver: Gum Log Creek
.25 M S of Jct SH 326, Pope, AR
Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 368
Bradley Cove Rd- B
FairOver: Cove Creek
1.8 MI E SH 331, Pope, AR
Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,900
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