Total bridges
65
Public highway bridges in Searcy County
County profile · official public datasets
Searcy County, AR
65 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 41.5% rated Good, 55.4% Fair, 3.1% Poor.
- 65
- Public bridges
- 41.5%
- Good condition
- 3.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Searcy County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 29%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 3.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 65
- public highway bridges
- 1970
- 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.
Searcy County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Searcy County ranks #22 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.1%). Searcy County, Arkansas contains 65 public highway bridges. Roughly 41.5% are rated “Good,” 55.4% “Fair,” and 3.1% “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.
Good condition
41.5%
27 of 65 rated 7-9
Fair condition
55.4%
36 of 65 rated 5-6
Poor condition
3.1%
2 of 65 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#22 of 75
Among Arkansas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 65 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 41.5% (27)
Fair 55.4% (36)
Poor 3.1% (2)
Searcy County's Poor-condition bridges carry 206 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 103 crossings a day against 1,378 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 65 of 65 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
49.2% of Searcy County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
32 of the 65 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 41.5% 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 87.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
CR 70 Searcy over TICK CREEK, built 1960, carries 181 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 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 206 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Searcy County's bridges were built
65 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s
1930–1939
14 bridges
- 1940s 2
1940–1949
2 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
10 bridges
- 1960s 3
1960–1969
3 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
13 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
8 bridges
- 1990s 5
1990–1999
5 bridges
- 2000s 4
2000–2009
4 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
6 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 14 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1970, 10 years older than the Arkansas average of 1980.
How Searcy County compares with Arkansas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Arkansas counties nearest Searcy County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.1% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1970 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is 5 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 74 Arkansas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone County | 73 | 39.7% | 47.9% | 12.3% | 1973 |
| Lafayette County | 72 | 62.5% | 34.7% | 2.8% | 1987 |
| Marion County | 65 | 44.6% | 50.8% | 4.6% | 1966 |
| Newton County | 65 | 47.7% | 49.2% | 3.1% | 1977 |
| Searcy County (this page) | 65 | 41.5% | 55.4% | 3.1% | 1970 |
| Cleburne County | 53 | 41.5% | 52.8% | 5.7% | 1973 |
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 Searcy 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 Searcy County, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AR (65 bridges here).
- Sierra County, CA · 65 bridges
- Pierce County, GA · 65 bridges
- Payette County, ID · 65 bridges
- Newaygo County, MI · 65 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AR (1970 here).
- Hamilton County, OH · avg 1970 · 783 bridges
- Yavapai County, AZ · avg 1970 · 543 bridges
- Garfield County, OK · avg 1970 · 504 bridges
- San Luis Obispo County, CA · avg 1970 · 401 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (36)
CR 55 Searcy
FairOver: LITTLE CREEK
2.9 MI N LESLIE, Searcy, AR
Built 1940 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 190
Marshall N.Center
FairOver: BRUSH CREEK
0.5 Miles North of US 65, Searcy, AR
Built 1959 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 54
SH 27 Searcy
FairOver: DITCH
1MI SW JCT SH 333, Searcy, AR
Built 1956 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 488
CR 8 Searcy
FairOver: SCHOOL HOUSE BRANCH
7.0 MI S OF CANAAN, Searcy, AR
Built 1957 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 174
US 65 Searcy
FairOver: CEDAR CREEK
4.34 MI E NEWTON CO LN, Searcy, AR
Built 1930 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 5,000
SH 27 Searcy Co.
FairOver: BEAVER CREEK
2.18 M N OF US 65, Searcy, AR
Built 1952 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 1,224
CR 1 Searcy
FairOver: Falling Water Creek
2.52 North Pope Co. Line, Searcy, AR
Built 1934 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 15
SH 27 Searcy Co.
FairOver: DITCH
.8 M E of SH 333, Searcy, AR
Built 1956 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 314
SH 27 Searcy
FairOver: Forest Creek
4MI NE JCT SH 333, Searcy, AR
Built 1956 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 314
US 65 Searcy
FairOver: Creek
10.09 MI E NEWTON CO LN, Searcy, AR
Built 1930 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 5,000
CR 427 Searcy
FairOver: DITCH
0.6MI E JCT US 65, Searcy, AR
Built 1931 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 30
US 65 Searcy
FairOver: DITCH
3.89 MI SE NEWTON CO LN, Searcy, AR
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,007
SH 74 Searcy
FairOver: DITCH
6.35MI W JCT US 65, Searcy, AR
Built 1975 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 660
SH 74 Searcy
FairOver: CREEK
11.12 MI E JCT 74-SH 27, Searcy, AR
Built 1979 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 380
US 65 Searcy
FairOver: HOLDER CREEK
3 MI N JCT SH74, Searcy, AR
Built 1999 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,700
CR 1 Searcy
FairOver: RICHLAND CREEK
6.5 mi N of Pope Cty Line, Searcy, AR
Built 1935 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 15
CR 8 Searcy
FairOver: LITTLE RED CREEK
7.5 mi S of CANAAN, Searcy, AR
Built 1978 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 158
SH 27 Searcy
FairOver: COTTON HOLLOW
5.1MI SW JCT SH 333, Searcy, AR
Built 1956 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 170
SH 27 Searcy
FairOver: HALSTEAD CREEK
3.1MI SW OF JCT SH 333, Searcy, AR
Built 1956 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 170
Searcy SH 333
FairOver: FOREST CREEK
0.74 MI N JCT SH 27 & 333, Searcy, AR
Built 1942 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 620
US 65 Searcy
FairOver: BRANCH
1.2 MI S JCT SH 74, Searcy, AR
Built 2007 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 5,200
SH 74 Searcy
FairOver: LONG CREEK
1.5 MI WEST JCT 74 & 66, Searcy, AR
Built 1986 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 150
CR 32 Searcy Co.
FairOver: TOMAHAWK CREEK
5 M E ST JOE ON CR 32, Searcy, AR
Built 1939 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 3
SH 14 Searcy
FairOver: BIG CREEK
2.25MI E OF JCT SH 27, Searcy, AR
Built 1963 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 380
SH 74 Searcy
FairOver: LONG CREEK
11.2 MI E JCT SH 74-27, Searcy, AR
Built 1979 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 380
US 65 Searcy
FairOver: LITTLE RED RIVER
1.2 MI SE JCT 66 LESLIE, Searcy, AR
Built 1931 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 4,500
SH 74 Searcy
FairOver: BIG CREEK
9.07 MI E JCT SH 27-74, Searcy, AR
Built 1979 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 380
CR 28 Searcy Co.
FairOver: TOMAHAWK CREEK
4 MI NE ST JOE, Searcy, AR
Built 1981 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 166
SH 66 Searcy
FairOver: COVE CREEK
0.003 MI E JCT 65 LESLIE, Searcy, AR
Built 1930 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 2,500
SH 74 Searcy Co.
FairOver: CALF CREEK
7 MI W OF JCT US 65, Searcy, AR
Built 1975 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 660
SH 74 Searcy
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
0.01MI W JCT US 65 & 74, Searcy, AR
Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 660
US 65 Searcy
FairOver: HALF-BR SPAN SLIDE AREA
1.10 MI SO JCT SH 27, Searcy, AR
Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,900
SH 74 Searcy
FairOver: LONG CREEK
10 MI E JCT SH 27-74, Searcy, AR
Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 380
CR 9 Searcy
FairOver: BRANCH
3.81 M WEST OF US 65, Searcy, AR
Built 1988 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 19
SH 27 Searcy
FairOver: DITCH
2.1 M NE OF SH 333, Searcy, AR
Built 1956 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 314
Grassy Road/CR 58
FairOver: BIG CREEK /SD DRAIN
5.20 MI East of SH 27, Searcy, AR
Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 108
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