Total bridges
721
Public highway bridges in Pulaski County
County profile · official public datasets
Pulaski County, AR
721 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 49.2% rated Good, 48.4% Fair, 2.4% Poor.
- 721
- Public bridges
- 49.2%
- Good condition
- 2.4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Pulaski County posts a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across large county bridge inventory.
- Top 19%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 2.4%
- Poor-condition share
- 721
- public highway bridges
- 1980
- 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.
Pulaski County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Pulaski County ranks #14 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.4%). Pulaski County, Arkansas contains 721 public highway bridges. Roughly 49.2% are rated “Good,” 48.4% “Fair,” and 2.4% “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
49.2%
355 of 721 rated 7-9
Fair condition
48.4%
349 of 721 rated 5-6
Poor condition
2.4%
17 of 721 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#14 of 75
Among Arkansas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 721 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 49.2% (355)
Fair 48.4% (349)
Poor 2.4% (17)
Pulaski County's Poor-condition bridges carry 556,194 vehicle crossings a day
That is 4.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 32,717 crossings a day against 13,292 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 721 of 721 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
42.3% of Pulaski County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
305 of the 721 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 49.2% 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 21.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
I-30 Log 141.70 over UNION PACIFIC RR, built 1961, carries 119,000 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 17-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 556,194 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Pulaski County's bridges were built
721 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 4
1910–1919
4 bridges
- 1920s 10
1920–1929
10 bridges
- 1930s 34
1930–1939
34 bridges
- 1940s 16
1940–1949
16 bridges
- 1950s 52
1950–1959
52 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
120 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
140 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
70 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
89 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
93 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
73 bridges
- 2020s 20
2020–2029
20 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 140 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1980) matches the Arkansas average (1980).
How Pulaski County compares with Arkansas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Arkansas counties nearest Pulaski County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.4% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1980 against a peer-group mean of 1987 is 7 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 74 Arkansas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulaski County (this page) | 721 | 49.2% | 48.4% | 2.4% | 1980 |
| Washington County | 449 | 22.3% | 70.8% | 6.9% | 1982 |
| Craighead County | 442 | 65.8% | 31% | 3.2% | 1995 |
| Benton County | 410 | 49% | 47.1% | 3.9% | 1992 |
| Jefferson County | 336 | 68.8% | 26.2% | 5.1% | 1987 |
| Sebastian County | 331 | 34.4% | 59.8% | 5.7% | 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 Pulaski 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 Pulaski County, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AR (721 bridges here).
- Pinal County, AZ · 716 bridges
- Champaign County, IL · 727 bridges
- McLennan County, TX · 714 bridges
- Madison County, AL · 710 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AR (1980 here).
- Tulsa County, OK · avg 1980 · 1,135 bridges
- Miami-Dade County, FL · avg 1980 · 1,057 bridges
- Hinds County, MS · avg 1980 · 663 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (349)
I-30 EB Log 136.10
FairOver: LITTLE FOURCHE CREEK
3.90 MI NE OF US 70, Pulaski, AR
Built 1959 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 89,000
EUREKA GARDEN RD
FairOver: I-40 LOG 157.29
Eureka Gar. RD&I-40/I-6, Pulaski, AR
Built 1962 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,472
SH 391 GALLOWAY
FairOver: I 40 LOG 160.81
I-40 & SH 391, Pulaski, AR
Built 1962 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 19,000
CR 79 Valentine
FairOver: I-40 Log 162.39
I-40 Log 162.39, Pulaski, AR
Built 1962 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,861
Young Rd.
FairOver: I-40 LOG 148.75
.55 MI E CRYSTAL HILL, Pulaski, AR
Built 1963 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 560
Burns Park Dr.
FairOver: I 40 LOG 149.50
1.6 MI SE OF I-430/I-5, Pulaski, AR
Built 1963 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 106
I-530 SB Log 0.36
FairOver: I-530 / I-30 SW RAMP
SO TERMINAL INTCHG, Pulaski, AR
Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 45,000
I-30 EASTBOUND
FairOver: I-30 WEST from 40
1.4 MI N SH 70/I-5, Pulaski, AR
Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 38,000
I-30 TO I-40 H 107
FairOver: I 40-SEC 33 LOG 153.22
1.6 MI N SH 70, Pulaski, AR
Built 1961 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 24,000
I-30 WB 142.69
FairOver: I-40 EB 153.37
0.2 MI E SH 107/I-5, Pulaski, AR
Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 38,000
SH 107 Rmp off I30
FairOver: I 40-SEC 33 LOG 153.22
0.07 MI N JCT I 40/I-5, Pulaski, AR
Built 1963 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 24,000
FAIR PARK BLVD
FairOver: I-630 LOG 4.09
4.3 MI E OF I-30, Pulaski, AR
Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,375
CEDAR STREET
FairOver: I 630 SEC 21 LOG 3.14
3.35 MI W INT I-30, Pulaski, AR
Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,946
PINE STREET
FairOver: I 630 SEC 21 LOG 3.08
3.29 MI W OF I-30, Pulaski, AR
Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,588
MARSHALL STREET
FairOver: I 630-SEC 21 Log 1.64
.02 M SO JCT 7TH ST, Pulaski, AR
Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 920
DR MARTIN L. KING
FairOver: I 630-SEC 21 Log 1.45
1.7 MI W OF JCT I-30, Pulaski, AR
Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,000
CHESTER STREET
FairOver: I 630-SEC 21 Log 1.10
1.3 MI W JCT I-30, Pulaski, AR
Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,633
STATE STREET
FairOver: I 630-SEC 21 Log 0.97
1.2 MI W JCT I-30, Pulaski, AR
Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,126
CENTER STREET
FairOver: I 630-SEC 21 Log 0.60
.82 MI W JCT I-30, Pulaski, AR
Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,000
LOUISIANA ST.
FairOver: I 630-SEC 21 Log 0.49
0.49 MI W JCT I-30&I-630, Pulaski, AR
Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,200
MAIN STREET
FairOver: I 630-SEC 21 Log 0.46
.7 MI W JCT I-30, Pulaski, AR
Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,000
SCOTT STREET
FairOver: I 630-SEC 21 Log 0.39
.6 MI W OF I-30, Pulaski, AR
Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,532
CUMBERLAND STREET
FairOver: I 630-SEC 21 Log 0.35
.53 MI W JCT I-30, Pulaski, AR
Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,900
COMMERCE STREET
FairOver: I 630-SEC 21 Log 0.16
.34 M W OF I-30, Pulaski, AR
Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 430
SH 300 Log 0.40
FairOver: BRODIE CREEK
1 MI E OF I-430, Pulaski, AR
Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,500
SH 338
FairOver: FOURCHE CREEK
0.08 M E OF SH5, Pulaski, AR
Built 1964 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,000
BOWMAN RD
FairOver: BRODIE CREEK
0.8 M N Col. Glenn Rd., Pulaski, AR
Built 1964 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,700
CR41 Ferndale Ctof
FairOver: LITTLE MAUMELLE
2.9 SO SH 10, Pulaski, AR
Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,800
LINDSEY ROAD
FairOver: FOURCHE CREEK
0.1 M N I-440, Pulaski, AR
Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,784
CHENAL PWY W.B.
FairOver: ROCK CREEK
2.1 MI W I 430, Pulaski, AR
Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 39,000
FOURCHE DAM PIKE
FairOver: FOURCHE CREEK
1.3 E OF END SH 338, Pulaski, AR
Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 706
SO SHACKLEFORD RD
FairOver: PANTHER/BRODIE CREEK
.20MI S OF W 36TH ST, Pulaski, AR
Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,700
CR67-Batesville Pk
FairOver: KELLOGG CREEK
.5 MI N KELLOGG RD, Pulaski, AR
Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,900
KANIS RD (12TH ST)
FairOver: ROCK CREEK
1.2 MI W UNIVERSITY, Pulaski, AR
Built 1991 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,000
Otter Creek Road
FairOver: FOURCHE CREEK
0.75 MI W OF I-30, Pulaski, AR
Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,000
Tournament Dr
FairOver: White Oak Bayou
Burns Park South, Pulaski, AR
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 35
SH 5/MAIN STREET
FairOver: AR Rvr/R/R/SH10/Rvrft Dr
SH 5 RIVER BR AT L.R., Pulaski, AR
Built 1973 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,000
I-430 Log 0.001
FairOver: I-30 LOG 129.23
0.6 MI S OF SH 338, Pulaski, AR
Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 70,000
SH 5 Log 3.28
FairOver: I 430-LOG 1.24
1 MI N OF I-30, Pulaski, AR
Built 1972 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 21,818
CR 756 Bridgeway
FairOver: I-430 LOG 12.08
.74 MI S OF I-40, Pulaski, AR
Built 1972 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,700
I-430 SB
FairOver: I-40 LOG 147.34
I-430 & I-40 INTERCHANGE, Pulaski, AR
Built 1972 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20,000
I-30 WB FRONTAGE
FairOver: I-430 LOG 0.22
2.8 MI SW JCT SH 338, Pulaski, AR
Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,985
SH 365 Log 1.56
FairOver: FOURCHE CREEK
0.2 MI N I-440, Pulaski, AR
Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,100
JOHN BARROW ROAD
FairOver: I 630-LOG 6.25
1.1MI E OF I 430, Pulaski, AR
Built 1977 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 22,435
SH 107 Log 2.75
FairOver: FIVE MILE CREEK
2.75 N OF I-40, Pulaski, AR
Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 24,000
CR 14 BINGHAM RD
FairOver: I 530 MN LNS Log 8.90
I 530 LM 8.90, Pulaski, AR
Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,200
SH 5 Log 7.63
FairOver: ROCK CREEK
0.1M W OF 36TH ST I-8, Pulaski, AR
Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 25,111
I-530 SW RAMP
FairOver: I-30 I-440 EW LNS
SO TERMINAL INT, Pulaski, AR
Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,500
SH 440 SW RAMP
FairOver: I 40 Log 159.07
1.7 W OF GALLOWAY (I-6), Pulaski, AR
Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,100
SH 300 Log 16.96
FairOver: BIG MAUMELLE RIVER
3.3 MI N JCT SH 10, Pulaski, AR
Built 1981 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,400
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