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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

All bridges (721)

SH 391 Log 1.61

Good

Over: SCOTT BAYOU

2.0 MI S JCT US 70 & 391, Pulaski, AR

Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,500

Spring Hill O.P.

Good

Over: I-40 Log 155.93

SPRINGHILL DR/I-40JCT/I-6, Pulaski, AR

Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,430

US 67 SB RAMP/40

Good

Over: I-40 & US67 RAMPS

.3 MI SO MCCAIN BLVD, Pulaski, AR

Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,800

SH 365 Morgan

Good

Over: I-40 LOG 142.37

I-40 LOG 142.37 (I-3), Pulaski, AR

Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,942

Main Jacksonville

Good

Over: SH 161 UPRR Spring St

0.5 Mi E of SH 67, Pulaski, AR

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,000

Vimy Ridge Road

Good

Over: I-30 Log 128.01

I-30 Log 128.01, Pulaski, AR

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,149

SH 440 NB Ramp

Good

Over: Ditch

SH440 & US 67 Jct., Pulaski, AR

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,066

SH 440 ES ramp

Good

Over: US 67 LOG 6.46

JCT SH 440 & US 67 (I-8), Pulaski, AR

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,208

SH 440 WS Ramp

Good

Over: Ditch

US67 & SH 440 WS Ramp, Pulaski, AR

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,208

SH 338 (Baseline)

Good

Over: U.P.R.R.

0.8 M East I-30, Pulaski, AR

Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 21,000

Mablevale West Dr.

Good

Over: I-30 SEC 23 Log 128.660

2.43 M N. SH 111, Pulaski, AR

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15,000

SH 100 Log 8.67

Good

Over: I-40 Log 148.20

I-40 Log 148.20, Pulaski, AR

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,900

SH 107 JFK Blvd.

Good

Over: I-40 LOG 152.89

Jct of I-40 and SH 107, Pulaski, AR

Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 34,000

Mablevale Pike

Good

Over: I-30 Mn Lns & Fr Rds

I-30 Sec 23 Log 130.42, Pulaski, AR

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,102

McCain Crossover

Good

Over: US 67 LOG 1.20

1 Mi N of I-40, Pulaski, AR

Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11

US 67 Log 2.21

Good

Over: Five Mile Creek & SR

2 Mi N of I-40, Pulaski, AR

Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 82,000

US 67 Log 3.84

Good

Over: Woodruff Creek

3.8 Mi N of I-40, Pulaski, AR

Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 76,603

US 67 Flyover Ramp

Good

Over: US 67

0.4 Mi S of Kiehl Ave., Pulaski, AR

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,949

SH 176 Kiehl Ave.

Good

Over: US 67 Log 4.95

5 Mi N of I-40, Pulaski, AR

Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,000

US 67 NB Log 7.56

Good

Over: Bayou Meto

7.55 Mi. N of I-40, Pulaski, AR

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 75,000

South Loop RD.

Good

Over: UNION PACIFIC RR

0.6 MI EAST OF I-30, Pulaski, AR

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4

SH 5-9 Log 0.44

Good

Over: Fourche Creek

0.44 M E Saline Co. Line, Pulaski, AR

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,000

SH 5-9 Log 0.58

Good

Over: Fourche Creek Relief

0.58 M E Saline Co Line, Pulaski, AR

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,000

I-630 Log 7.50

Good

Over: Shackleford Road

I-630 and Shackleford Rd., Pulaski, AR

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11

I430SB to I630EB

Good

Over: I- 630 &I-430

6.5 mile north of I- 30, Pulaski, AR

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 17,000

I430 NB to I630 EB

Good

Over: I-630 Log 7.30

Jct I-430/I-630, Pulaski, AR

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,700

I630 WB to I430 SB

Good

Over: I-630 EB & I-430

7.10 mile west I-30, Pulaski, AR

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15,000

Baptist Health Dr

Good

Over: I-630 Log 6.82

I-630 Log 6.82, Pulaski, AR

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,500

US 70/Roosevelt Rd

Good

Over: Rice St. & UPRR

1 MI E of Jct Asher Rd, Pulaski, AR

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,000

E. McCain Blvd

Good

Over: UPRR & Roundtop Rd.

3 M E SH 107, Pulaski, AR

Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,700

US 70-District 6

Good

Over: SH10SH100 ARKRIV-Pulaski

ARK RIV-BROADWAYST-US70, Pulaski, AR

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 24,268

US70 Ramp to SH10

Good

Over: Arch Street-District 6

S. of AR River, Pulaski, AR

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,300

SH 10 off ramp

Good

Over: Arch St.

So. appr. Brdwy. Br., Pulaski, AR

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,300

SH 367

Good

Over: West 34th ST RR

0.3 MI N I-30, Pulaski, AR

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,000

CR 54 Marche Rd

Good

Over: I-40 Sec 33 Log 144.02

1.9 M NW SH 365, Pulaski, AR

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 850

Norman Rd/CR737

Good

Over: I-40 147.07

0.5 M W Crystal Hill, Pulaski, AR

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 78,000

HUGHES STREET

Good

Over: I-630 LOG 5.00

2.4 E mi of I-430, Pulaski, AR

Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,000

US 67 SB LM12.84

Good

Over: Jacks Bayou

1.5 Mi N of Vandenberg RD, Pulaski, AR

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 53,466

White Oak Crossing

Good

Over: I-40 145.95

1.9miles NE of Hwy 100, Pulaski, AR

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 80,000

ramp

Good

Over: Ramps 18 and 19

.15 M W of Hwy10/I430, Pulaski, AR

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,100

Ar Hwy 10

Good

Over: pleasant ridge rd

.45 mi west of I430, Pulaski, AR

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 59,000

AR Hwy 10

Good

Over: features

SH10 .5 MI West of JCT I-, Pulaski, AR

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 59,000

6th St. LR

Good

Over: I-30

1.33 MI NUS 70, Pulaski, AR

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,732

TEXAS AVE

Good

Over: Drainage Ditch

.24 E MILITARY RD.(I-5), Pulaski, AR

Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 516

GREENVALLEY DRIVE

Good

Over: DITCH

0.10 M N OF W 58TH Street, Pulaski, AR

Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 535

AUTUMNBROOK CR

Good

Over: BRANCH

.3 Mi N of SH176, Pulaski, AR

Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 583

Sumner Cemetry Rd

Good

Over: BR OF BAYOU TWO PRAIRIE

.4 MI N SH 89, Pulaski, AR

Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 898

CHICOT RD

Good

Over: CREEK

0.4 MI S OF I-30, Pulaski, AR

Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,900

CR 285 Harper Rd

Good

Over: FOURCHE BAYOU

0.3 MI E SH 365, Pulaski, AR

Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 180

JESSE ROAD

Good

Over: ALLSOPP DITCH

100 ft E. Riverfront Dr., Pulaski, AR

Built 1982 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,754

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