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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)

JESSE ROAD

Good

Over: ALLSOPP DITCH

100 ft E. Riverfront Dr., Pulaski, AR

Built 1982 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,754

CHENAL VALLEY DR

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

0.7 MI W CHENAL PKWY, Pulaski, AR

Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,000

CO RD 15 (SINGLEY

Good

Over: BREWER BRANCH

0.31 M W SH 367, Pulaski, AR

Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 550

W Roderweise Rd

Good

Over: BAYOU METO

0.2 Mi E of Batesville Pk, Pulaski, AR

Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 316

CO RD 103 GOODSON

Good

Over: BRANCH OF NOWLIN CRK

.8 MI W S H 10, Pulaski, AR

Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,003

CR86/Upr Stl Bend

Good

Over: SCOTT BAYOU

.6 MI W SH 161, Pulaski, AR

Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 242

CR 187 Alpine Ln

Good

Over: MCHENRY CREEK

.5 MI S COL GLENN, Pulaski, AR

Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 297

CR91/Clear Lake Rd

Good

Over: NORTH BAYOU

.5 M N. OF CR 92, Pulaski, AR

Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 63

CR 123-H WALNUT Gr

Good

Over: FLETCHER CREEK

0.75 M So. Kanis, Pulaski, AR

Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10

DEAUVILLE DR

Good

Over: BRANCH

.2 MI S OF MONTELIER, Pulaski, AR

Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,052

FOUNTAIN BLEAU DRI

Good

Over: BRANCH

.05 MI S /CNTRY CLUB BLVD, Pulaski, AR

Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 905

CR 549-J (McDonald

Good

Over: Fish Creek

0.5M. WEST SH365, Pulaski, AR

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 592

CR 549-J (McDonald

Good

Over: CANE CREEK

0.5M.WEST SH365, Pulaski, AR

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 592

Roland Cut-off

Good

Over: Creek

2.9 M W of SH 300, Pulaski, AR

Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 982

Republican 70

Good

Over: Jacks Bayou

3 mi N of Tonyville, Pulaski, AR

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,220

Buckland Drive

Good

Over: Creek

0.2 M No Hwy 10, Pulaski, AR

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 449

Orleans Drive

Good

Over: Branch

.5 mi N of Maumelle Blvd, Pulaski, AR

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,332

Geyer Springs Rd.

Good

Over: Smith Creek

1.4 MI S Baseline, Pulaski, AR

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,000

CR 92A Wayne Rd.

Good

Over: Plum Bayou

0.8 Mi E of SH 161, Pulaski, AR

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 381

CR 92A Wayne Rd.

Good

Over: Plum Bayou

2.2 Mi E of SH 161, Pulaski, AR

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 381

Old Hwy 30

Good

Over: Wolfe Bayou

W of Walkers Corner, Pulaski, AR

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 92

Dorado Beach Drive

Good

Over: Creek

0.01 M West of Hinson Rd., Pulaski, AR

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,634

Sweetgrass Drive

Good

Over: Brodie Creek

0.10 M So. Mossey Cr. Dr., Pulaski, AR

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,789

Sweetgrass Drive

Good

Over: Payne Branch

0.12 M So. Mossey Cr. Dr., Pulaski, AR

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,789

CR 28 Marsh Rd

Good

Over: McHenry Creek

0.3 M So. Col. Glenn, Pulaski, AR

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,700

Hunters Chase

Good

Over: Creek

0.12 MI N Loop Road, Pulaski, AR

Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 387

Woodlands Trail

Good

Over: Panther Creek

0.24 Mi South Kanis Rd, Pulaski, AR

Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,269

Fairway Ave.

Good

Over: Five Mile Creek

1.0 M North McCain Blvd., Pulaski, AR

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 230

Lee Ave.

Good

Over: Woodruff Creek

0.31 E SH 107, Pulaski, AR

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 41

Kirk RD

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

.02 MI. South of Chenal, Pulaski, AR

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,586

Overcreek Pass

Good

Over: BRODIE CREEK

0.8 MI. South of Kanis, Pulaski, AR

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 725

Jx / Conway Road

Good

Over: Bayou Meto

1.5 ML W Jct SH 107, Pulaski, AR

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,084

JP Wright Loop Rd

Good

Over: Creek

1.62 Mi E SH 161, Pulaski, AR

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,558

REMOUNT ROAD

Good

Over: FIVE MILE CREEK

3.7 MI N I-40, Pulaski, AR

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12,000

Waterside Dr

Good

Over: Ison Creek

0.3 Mi N of Hwy 10, Pulaski, AR

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

Davis Ranch Rd

Good

Over: Creek

0.3 Mi N Tates Mill, Pulaski, AR

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 242

Marche Road

Good

Over: White Oak Bayou

1MI SO of SH 365, Pulaski, AR

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 850

CR 41Ferndale CO

Good

Over: BR OF LTL MAUMELLE RVR

3.2 MI SO SH10, Pulaski, AR

Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,900

Geyer Springs Road

Good

Over: Union Pacific Rail Road

0.2 Miles N of W 65 St, Pulaski, AR

Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,300

Colonel Maynard Rd

Good

Over: Bayou Meto Canal

2.85 MI S SH165, Pulaski, AR

Built 2020 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,300

Faulkner Lake Rd.

Good

Over: slough

0.3 Mi W of SH 391, Pulaski, AR

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,400

I-30 EB Log 127.52

Good

Over: CROOKED CREEK

1.2 MI E SH 111, Pulaski, AR

Built 1959 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50,283

I-40 WB log 146.46

Good

Over: NEWTON CREEK

1.0 MI N JCT I-430 & I-40, Pulaski, AR

Built 1963 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 39,000

I-630 WB log 1.96

Good

Over: PARK STREET

2.2 MI W OF JCT I-30, Pulaski, AR

Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 55,000

UNIVERSITY AVE SB

Good

Over: CLOVERDALE DRAIN

0.4 MI S OF I-30, Pulaski, AR

Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,501

I 630 WB Log 5.80

Good

Over: ROCK CREEK

1.6MI E OF I 430, Pulaski, AR

Built 1977 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,650

I-30 EB log 128.02

Good

Over: OTTER CREEK

1.8 MI E JCT SH 111, Pulaski, AR

Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 46,000

SH440 SB Log 13.40

Good

Over: SH 161

3.0 MI N OF I 40, Pulaski, AR

Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,254

SH440 SB Log 13.92

Good

Over: Union Pacific RR

3.8 Mi N I40, Pulaski, AR

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,254

I-40 WB Log 156.50

Good

Over: SH 161

1.5 Mi E of SH 67, Pulaski, AR

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 23,000

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