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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.

Total bridges

721

Public highway bridges in Pulaski County

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

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).

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

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Pulaski County and the 5 Arkansas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Pulaski County (this page) 721 2.4%
Washington County 449 6.9%
Craighead County 442 3.2%
Benton County 410 3.9%
Jefferson County 336 5.1%
Sebastian County 331 5.7%

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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AR (1980 here).

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

All 721 Good 355 Fair 349 Poor 17

Good-condition bridges (355)

SH 365

Good

Over: Parkway Drive

1.39 Mi N I-40, Pulaski, AR

Built 2017 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 8,600

I 630 EB Log 5.48

Good

Over: Miss Ave Rushing Creek

1.7 E OF I-430, Pulaski, AR

Built 2019 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 100,565

TAYLOR LOOP ROAD

Good

Over: HICKORY CREEK

.6 MI SO SH 10, Pulaski, AR

Built 1990 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 4,000

BOND STREET

Good

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

0.10 M NO OF ROOSEVELT RD, Pulaski, AR

Built 1991 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 2,900

LANDSKI DRIVE

Good

Over: CREEK

.1 E OF SH 365(I-5), Pulaski, AR

Built 1976 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 373

NORTH GATE DRIVE

Good

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

.1 MI S JP WRIGHT LOOP, Pulaski, AR

Built 1986 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,872

CR 26 Lawson

Good

Over: McHenry Creek

1.9 M W of I-430, Pulaski, AR

Built 2006 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 6,400

Counts Massie Road

Good

Over: White Oak Bayou

2.5 miles NE of Hwy 100, Pulaski, AR

Built 2017 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 100

SH 176

Good

Over: Shilcotts Bayou

1.7M N of I40, Pulaski, AR

Built 2020 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 11,000

Onedia Drive

Good

Over: Kellogg Creek

1 Mi S of Jx Cutoff, Pulaski, AR

Built 2020 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 1,900

US 67 Mn Lns

Good

Over: WILDWOOD AVE

3.24 MI N OF I-40, Pulaski, AR

Built 1993 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 76,603

SH 70

Good

Over: MCHENRY CREEK

0.5 MI NE OF I-430, Pulaski, AR

Built 2013 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 12,000

AR 365 Log 0.00

Good

Over: Palarm Creek

.01 MI S FAUL CO I-F, Pulaski, AR

Built 2021 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 4,300

9th St.

Good

Over: I 30-log 140.04

0.37 N of I-630, Pulaski, AR

Built 2022 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 5,600

CR122/ Roberts Rd.

Good

Over: Alneta Creek

2.86 M N Kanis, Pulaski, AR

Built 2003 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 512

Russ Street

Good

Over: Ison creek

0.05 S Cantrell, Pulaski, AR

Built 2019 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 83

Hutsell Road

Good

Over: Creek

0.5 ML E of Geyer Springs, Pulaski, AR

Built 2019 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 142

W MARKHAM ST.

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

1.25 MI W I -430, Pulaski, AR

Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 28,000

SH 338-1 Log 0.45

Good

Over: OTTER CREEK

0.49 MI E JCT SH 5, Pulaski, AR

Built 1964 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,000

CR 13 145TH STR

Good

Over: FISH CREEK

1.0 MI W SH 365, Pulaski, AR

Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,400

CHENAL PWY EB LANE

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

3.2 MI WEST JCT I-430, Pulaski, AR

Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,000

FRAZIER PIKE

Good

Over: FOURCHE CREEK

.05 MI S RSEVELT RD, Pulaski, AR

Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,485

JACKSONVILLE CUTOF

Good

Over: BAYOU METO

2.75 MI W US 67 I-1, Pulaski, AR

Built 1991 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,800

Otter Creek Road

Good

Over: OTTER CREEK

0.30 MI W OF I-30, Pulaski, AR

Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,000

Southeastern Rd

Good

Over: BAYOU METO

.67 MI S SH 294, Pulaski, AR

Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 48

CR 92A WAYNE RD

Good

Over: PLUM BAYOU

3.28 MI E JCT 161, Pulaski, AR

Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 381

MABELVALE PIKE

Good

Over: YOUNG CREEK

0.3 M W OF CHICOT, Pulaski, AR

Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,000

CR 26 (LAWSON RD)

Good

Over: FOURCHE CREEK

1.0 M E SALINE CO.LINE, Pulaski, AR

Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,300

CR67-Batesville Pk

Good

Over: Bridge Creek

.5 Mi S of Jx. Conway Rd, Pulaski, AR

Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,300

BATESVILLE PIKE

Good

Over: BAYOU METO

2 MI W JCT SH 107, Pulaski, AR

Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,800

Mabelvale Pike

Good

Over: South Fourche Creek

1.0 M E University Ave., Pulaski, AR

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,564

Mablevale Pike

Good

Over: North Fourche Creek

0.5 M So. Asher Ave., Pulaski, AR

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,564

Mabelvale Pike

Good

Over: Coleman Creek

0.3 M So. Asher Ave., Pulaski, AR

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,564

David O. Dodd Rd

Good

Over: I 430-LOG 0.88

1 MI N SH 5, Pulaski, AR

Built 1972 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,084

SH 100 Log 6.90

Good

Over: I-430 LOG 11.62

JCT I-430 & CRYSTAL HILL, Pulaski, AR

Built 1972 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 47,885

I430 NB TO I40 WB

Good

Over: I-40 Log 147.57

I-430 & I-40 INTERCHANGE, Pulaski, AR

Built 1972 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 71,676

I-630 RAMP L -15th

Good

Over: I 30-SEC 23 log 139.67

JCT OF I-630&I-30, Pulaski, AR

Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,900

IR 30 ENT. RAMP A

Good

Over: I30 EXIT RAMP E

I 30&I 630 INTCH(I8), Pulaski, AR

Built 1981 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 23,000

SH 300 Log 12.80

Good

Over: MILL BAYOU

7.5 MI NO SH 10 JCT, Pulaski, AR

Built 1981 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,900

I-40 F.R. / I-440

Good

Over: SH 440 LOG 10.55

.25 MI N JCT I40 & SH440, Pulaski, AR

Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 451

I630 RAMP 1-E.B.

Good

Over: I-30 Log 139.58

JCT OF I-630&I-30, Pulaski, AR

Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 23,000

I630RAMP L Barber

Good

Over: I630 RAMP A BARBER ST

I630& I630 RAMP A, Pulaski, AR

Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,900

30 EB TO 630 WB

Good

Over: I630 RAMPS I30-SEC 23

JCT I-630&I-30, Pulaski, AR

Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 89,205

SH 161-5 Log 14.81

Good

Over: PLUM BAYOU

4.8 Mi W of England, Pulaski, AR

Built 1992 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 370

SH 107 Log 4.95

Good

Over: WOODRUFF CREEK

.75 MI N OF KIEHL, Pulaski, AR

Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 21,287

SH 107 Log 8.14

Good

Over: KELLOG CREEK

8.14 MI N OF I-40, Pulaski, AR

Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 25,000

SH 107 Log 9.92

Good

Over: BAYOU METO

.1 MI N OF GRAVEL RIDGE, Pulaski, AR

Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,000

W 3RD STREET

Good

Over: UPRR CREEK 2ND ST

1.22 MI W OF BROADWAY, Pulaski, AR

Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,000

US 70 Fourche

Good

Over: FOURCHE CREEK

UNIVERSITY AVE, Pulaski, AR

Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 34,640

US 70B Rock Creek

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

UNIVERSITY AVE, Pulaski, AR

Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 41,000

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