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Randolph County, AR

151 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 39.1% rated Good, 57.6% Fair, 3.3% Poor.

151
Public bridges: 39.1%
Good condition: 3.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Randolph County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 35%
lowest Poor share in state: 3.3%
Poor-condition share: 151
public highway bridges: 1976
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.

Randolph County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Randolph County ranks #26 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.3%). Randolph County, Arkansas contains 151 public highway bridges. Roughly 39.1% are rated “Good,” 57.6% “Fair,” and 3.3% “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

151

Public highway bridges in Randolph County

Good condition

39.1%

59 of 151 rated 7-9

Fair condition

57.6%

87 of 151 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.3%

5 of 151 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#26 of 75

Among Arkansas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 151 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

39.1% (59)

Fair

57.6% (87)

Poor

3.3% (5)

Randolph County's Poor-condition bridges carry 11,397 vehicle crossings a day

That is 3.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,279 crossings a day against 2,748 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 151 of 151 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

43% of Randolph County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

65 of the 151 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 39.1% 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 57.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US 67-19- LM 3.40 over FOURCHE, built 1928, carries 6,600 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 5-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 11,397 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1920s

17
1930s

12
1940s

5
1950s

11
1960s

16
1970s

12
1980s

11
1990s

17
2000s

35
2010s

8
2020s

7

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 35 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1976) matches the Arkansas average (1980).

How Randolph County compares with Arkansas's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Arkansas counties nearest Randolph County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.3% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1976 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 74 Arkansas counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Randolph County and the 5 Arkansas counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Arkansas County	154	43.5%	53.9%	2.6%	1980
Logan County	152	19.1%	72.4%	8.6%	1961
Randolph County (this page)	151	39.1%	57.6%	3.3%	1976
Drew County	149	54.4%	41.6%	4%	1986
Madison County	149	22.1%	62.4%	15.4%	1978
Franklin County	143	25.2%	65.7%	9.1%	1965

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 Randolph 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 Randolph County, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AR (151 bridges here).

Pasco County, FL · 151 bridges
St. Lucie County, FL · 151 bridges
Hall County, GA · 151 bridges
Richland County, IL · 151 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AR (1976 here).

Marion County, IN · avg 1976 · 958 bridges
Mohave County, AZ · avg 1976 · 641 bridges
Comanche County, OK · avg 1976 · 593 bridges
Prince George's County, MD · avg 1976 · 576 bridges

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

All 151 Good 59 Fair 87 Poor 5

Good-condition bridges (59)

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Randolph County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Randolph County's Poor-condition bridges carry 11,397 vehicle crossings a day

43% of Randolph County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 57.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Randolph County compares with Arkansas's closest counties by inventory size

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

Good-condition bridges (59)

CR. 93-A- LM 0.90

CR 15-G- OAK RIDGE

CR 15-G-Oak Ridge

SH 93-01- LM 2.79

US 62-19- LM 0.83

SH 93-01- LM 3.54

CR 15-G-Oak Ridge

HIGHLAND BLVD./F

West Pyburn St

CR 48-E-WARM SPRGS

SH 90-05- LM 10.51

SH 115-01-LM 3.34

CR 95-A-SWINNEY RD

SH 93-01- LM 1.29

SH 328-01- LM 5.09

SH 90-07- LM 1.49

SH 166-02- LM 2.14

SH 231-06- LM 4.62

CR 4-H(BLACKS FERR

US 62-19- LM 8.82

SH 90-05- LM 5.45

US 67-19- LM 1.79

CR 2-G(UP JANES CR

CR 1-H- L WILLIAMS

SH 166-02- LM 1.21

SH 328-00- LM 5.57

AR Hwy 115

SH90-6-LM10.44

CR 22-F-PYBURN EXT

CR 23-I- Newberry

UPPER JANES CR-G

CR 73-C(FOWLER RD)

CR 76-C- COX RD

CR48-E Warm Spring

SH 328-01- LM 1.36

US 67SB-18-LM 7.23

SH 251-01-LM 12.92

SH 361-03- LM 0.74

SH 34-02- LM 1.94

US 67-18- LM 1.16

SH 251-01- LM 2.50

US 67

CR 55-E-SIMINGTON

CR 74-C BUXTON RD

CR 2-G-UPPER JANES

CR 53-E-BLACKWELL

CR 62-A- VILLAGE

CR 55-E

CR 3-H-OLD JACKSON

CR79-POLUCA Rd

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