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Saline County, AR

231 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 56.7% rated Good, 39.4% Fair, 3.9% Poor.

231
Public bridges
56.7%
Good condition
3.9%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Saline County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

Top 41%
lowest Poor share in state
3.9%
Poor-condition share
231
public highway bridges
1990
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.

Saline County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Saline County ranks #31 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.9%). Saline County, Arkansas contains 231 public highway bridges. Roughly 56.7% are rated “Good,” 39.4% “Fair,” and 3.9% “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

231

Public highway bridges in Saline County

Good condition

56.7%

131 of 231 rated 7-9

Fair condition

39.4%

91 of 231 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.9%

9 of 231 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#31 of 75

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

Condition distribution

Share of 231 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
56.7% (131)
Fair
39.4% (91)
Poor
3.9% (9)

Saline County's Poor-condition bridges carry 13,766 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,530 crossings a day against 6,754 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 231 of 231 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

27.3% of Saline County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

63 of the 231 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 56.7% 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 87.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US 167-SEC 12 NB over I 530 SB LNS Log 10.00, built 1963, carries 12,000 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 9-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 13,766 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Saline County's bridges were built

231 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 43 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1990, 10 years newer than the Arkansas average of 1980.

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

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

The 5 Arkansas counties nearest Saline County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.9% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1990 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is 15 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Saline County and the 5 Arkansas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Crittenden County 235 7.7%
Saline County (this page) 231 3.9%
Yell County 227 1.3%
Hot Spring County 222 5%
Polk County 221 12.7%
Faulkner County 219 1.4%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AR (231 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AR (1990 here).

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

All 231 Good 131 Fair 91 Poor 9

All bridges (231)

CR 48 Lk Winona Rd

Good

Over: TRACE CREEK

.2 M WEST SH 9, Saline, AR

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 60

CR 48 Lk Winona Rd

Good

Over: SALINE RIVER RELIEF

.8MI W SH9, Saline, AR

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 60

Dodson Creek Rd

Good

Over: Dodson Creek

0.10 Mi east of SH 229, Saline, AR

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 324

Milan Rd.

Good

Over: Hurricane Creek

0.04m to Worth Ave., Saline, AR

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 355

Ira Williams Rd.

Good

Over: Ditch

0.6 MI N JCT US 70, Saline, AR

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 110

Avilla East

Good

Over: Creek

.71 E of Congo Rd, Saline, AR

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,200

Creekside Drive

Good

Over: Creek

0.6 miles NE from HWY 5, Saline, AR

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

Bryant Parkway

Good

Over: creek

0.85 miles N of Shobe Rd., Saline, AR

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,900

Shenandoah RD

Good

Over: Salt Creek

.02 mi E of Salt Creek RD, Saline, AR

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,400

south alexander rd

Good

Over: Brier Lick Branch

0.8 mi N of W sardis rd., Saline, AR

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,700

Genesis RD

Good

Over: creek

0.3 M N Edison Ave, Saline, AR

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30

I-30 Log 113.64

Good

Over: U.S. 67

3 MI SW SH 5 BENTON, Saline, AR

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 39,000

I-30

Good

Over: SALINE RIVER RELIEF

2.7 MI SW OF SH 5 @BENTON, Saline, AR

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 39,000

I-30

Good

Over: Saline River

2.6 MI SW of SH 5, Saline, AR

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 31,500

I-30

Good

Over: CR32;US 70 EB & WB;CRK

5.9 MI SW SH 5 @ BENTON, Saline, AR

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 37,000

I-30 Off ramp

Good

Over: Saline River Relief

3.0 MI SW SH 5 @ Benton, Saline, AR

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,800

SH 5-7 Log 12.35

Good

Over: WILLIAMS CR RELIEF

5 MI EAST JCT SH 9, Saline, AR

Built 1988 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,200

Frontage Rd B I-30

Good

Over: Ditch

0.12M W of JCT Hwy 229, Saline, AR

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 700

SH 5-7 Log 12.00

Good

Over: Dotson Creek

12.01 M E Garland Co line, Saline, AR

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,200

SH 5-7 Log 0.35

Good

Over: South Fork Saline

0.35 M East Garland Co, Saline, AR

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,900

I-30

Good

Over: Saline River

2.6 MI SW SH 5 AT BENTON, Saline, AR

Built 2023 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 82,000

I-30

Good

Over: Saline River Relief

2.7 MI SW OF SH 5 @ BENTO, Saline, AR

Built 2023 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 82,000

CR 72 D Unity Road

Poor

Over: Lees Creek

2.5 Mi. W SH 9, Saline, AR

Built 2002 Load: 4.5 t ADT: 226

CR 59D Danville Rd

Poor

Over: MIDDLE FORK SALINE RIVER

10.4 M W SH 9, Saline, AR

Built 1997 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 208

CR 57 Mt. Ida Road

Poor

Over: LITTLE ALUM FORK

.3 SO OF JCT CR 74, Saline, AR

Built 1997 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 10

CR 74 Mt.Ida Road

Poor

Over: ALUM FORK RELIEF

9.44 W JCT SH 9, Saline, AR

Built 1960 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 10

CR 74 Mt Ida Rd

Poor

Over: ALUM FORK SALINE RVR

9.3 M W JCT CO RD 48, Saline, AR

Built 1969 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 10

Sulpher Springs RD

Poor

Over: MIDDLE FK SALINE RIVER

JCT CR 57 & 59, Saline, AR

Built 1992 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 90

SH 9 -5 Log 4.68

Poor

Over: ALUM FORK

4.7 MI N OF CROWS, Saline, AR

Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,200

CR 17 Zone F

Poor

Over: I-30 Log 106.35

I-30 Log 106.35, Saline, AR

Built 1963 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12

US 167-SEC 12 NB

Poor

Over: I 530 SB LNS Log 10.00

@ INTERCH I 530 & 167, Saline, AR

Built 1963 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12,000

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