Total bridges
449
Public highway bridges in Washington County
County profile · official public datasets
Washington County, AR
449 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 22.3% rated Good, 70.8% Fair, 6.9% Poor.
- 449
- Public bridges
- 22.3%
- Good condition
- 6.9%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Washington County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 51st
- of 75 on Poor share
- 6.9%
- Poor-condition share
- 449
- public highway bridges
- 1982
- 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.
Washington County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Washington County ranks #51 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6.9%). Washington County, Arkansas contains 449 public highway bridges. Roughly 22.3% are rated “Good,” 70.8% “Fair,” and 6.9% “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.
Good condition
22.3%
100 of 449 rated 7-9
Fair condition
70.8%
318 of 449 rated 5-6
Poor condition
6.9%
31 of 449 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#51 of 75
Among Arkansas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 449 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 22.3% (100)
Fair 70.8% (318)
Poor 6.9% (31)
Washington County's Poor-condition bridges carry 44,785 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 6.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,445 crossings a day against 7,949 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 449 of 449 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
29.4% of Washington County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
132 of the 449 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 22.3% 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 29% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
East Huntsville Rd over Spout Spring Br. - Fay., built 1940, carries 13,000 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 31-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 44,785 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Washington County's bridges were built
449 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 1
Built before 1900
1 bridges
- 1920s 13
1920–1929
13 bridges
- 1930s 30
1930–1939
30 bridges
- 1940s 13
1940–1949
13 bridges
- 1950s 14
1950–1959
14 bridges
- 1960s 28
1960–1969
28 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
74 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
76 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
95 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
59 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
44 bridges
- 2020s 2
2020–2029
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 95 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1982) matches the Arkansas average (1980).
How Washington County compares with Arkansas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Arkansas counties nearest Washington County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 6.9% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1982 against a peer-group mean of 1986 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 74 Arkansas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County (this page) | 449 | 22.3% | 70.8% | 6.9% | 1982 |
| Craighead County | 442 | 65.8% | 31% | 3.2% | 1995 |
| Benton County | 410 | 49% | 47.1% | 3.9% | 1992 |
| Jefferson County | 336 | 68.8% | 26.2% | 5.1% | 1987 |
| Sebastian County | 331 | 34.4% | 59.8% | 5.7% | 1979 |
| White County | 322 | 44.1% | 50.6% | 5.3% | 1978 |
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 Washington 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 Washington County, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside AR (449 bridges here).
- Sioux County, IA · 449 bridges
- Barton County, KS · 449 bridges
- Grady County, OK · 449 bridges
- Dauphin County, PA · 449 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside AR (1982 here).
- Oklahoma County, OK · avg 1982 · 1,216 bridges
- Jackson County, MO · avg 1982 · 930 bridges
- Milwaukee County, WI · avg 1982 · 893 bridges
- Champaign County, IL · avg 1982 · 727 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (318)
Greasy Valley Road
FairOver: Fly Creek - Wash Co.
6.98MI SO OF US62, Washington, AR
Built 1935 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 1,718
Little Road
FairOver: Ballard Creek - Wash. Co
0.78 MI SW CO RD 457, Washington, AR
Built 1939 Load: 6.4 t ADT: 416
West Water Street
FairOver: Otter Creek -Elm Springs
0.57 MI W SH 112, Washington, AR
Built 1940 Load: 6.4 t ADT: 1,500
Double Springs Rd.
FairOver: Farmington Branch-Wash
1.2 MI N OF US 62, Washington, AR
Built 1940 Load: 7.3 t ADT: 3,800
East Black Oak Rd.
FairOver: Middle Fork White River
8.70 MI SE SH 16, Washington, AR
Built 1969 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 1,400
Double Springs Rd.
FairOver: Goose Creek - Farmington
1.50MI N OF JCT U.S. 62, Washington, AR
Built 1978 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 3,800
Greasy Valley Road
FairOver: Buckley Branch-Wash. Co.
7.4 MI S SH 45, Washington, AR
Built 1977 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 1,718
Greasy Valley Road
FairOver: Lurch Creek-Wash. Co.
1.0 MI E MORROW, Washington, AR
Built 1973 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 90
Brentwood Mountain
FairOver: White River - Wash. Co.
0.25 MI W OF US 71, Washington, AR
Built 1974 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 270
Stokenbury Road
FairOver: Alexander Br. - Elkins
0.86MI NW CORD 32, Washington, AR
Built 1976 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 4,000
S Whitehouse Rd.
FairOver: Greasy Creek-Washington
Jct of Co Rd 118 & 43, Washington, AR
Built 1974 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 103
Olive Road - Wash.
FairOver: Middle Fork White River
1.6 MI SE OF CR 47, Washington, AR
Built 1982 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 227
S. Appleby Rd
FairOver: Hale Creek - Farmington
0.1 Mi S Hwy 170, Washington, AR
Built 1978 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 109
Paschal Road
FairOver: Greasy Creek - Wash. Co.
6.3 M E JCT HWY 71, Washington, AR
Built 1977 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 115
N Sunshine Road
FairOver: Hamestring Creek
0.9 MI NORTH SH 16, Washington, AR
Built 1976 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 1,200
Parker Branch Road
FairOver: Parker Branch-Washington
0.35 MI S CO RD 32, Washington, AR
Built 1986 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 300
Olive Road - Wash.
FairOver: Middle Fork White River
2.2 MI SE CO RD 47, Washington, AR
Built 1988 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 227
Old Cincinnati Rd
FairOver: Cincinnati Creek - Wash.
0.6 MI E JCT SH 59, Washington, AR
Built 1967 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 250
S. Whitehouse Road
FairOver: M.F. White River
8.94 MI NE US 71, Washington, AR
Built 1949 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 160
Bridgewater Lane
FairOver: Mud Creek - Wash. Co.
0.2 MI EAST CO RD 87, Washington, AR
Built 1981 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 224
Daugherty Rd.
FairOver: Muddy Fork - Wash. Co.
1 MI W PRAIRIE GROVE, Washington, AR
Built 1982 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 322
Greasy Valley Road
FairOver: Moore Creek-Washington
0.2 MI SOUTH CR 10, Washington, AR
Built 1973 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 90
McKnight Street
FairOver: Creek-Washington Co.
1.02MI SO OF SH 170, Washington, AR
Built 1940 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 60
Spring Valley Road
FairOver: Brush Creek - Wash. Co.
0.08 W SH 303 MAYFIELD, Washington, AR
Built 1976 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 235
S. Cove Creek Road
FairOver: Garrett Hollow -Wash Co.
6.2 MI SO OF CO RD 21, Washington, AR
Built 1977 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 386
Parker Branch Road
FairOver: London Creek
1.7NO US71(.02MI N CRD103, Washington, AR
Built 1974 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 300
S. Garland Ave.
FairOver: Town Creek
0.1 S BOONE ST, Washington, AR
Built 1940 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 911
Illinois Chapel Rd
FairOver: Illinois River-Wash. Co.
3.0 MI EAST PRAIRIE GROVE, Washington, AR
Built 1986 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 1,800
Hale Mountain Road
FairOver: Evansville Creek-Wash Co
2.0 MI E SH 59, Washington, AR
Built 1978 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 360
CR 22 (Butler Rd.)
FairOver: Ditch Wash. Co.
2.05 M E of Prairie Grove, Washington, AR
Built 1991 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 25
State Highway 45
FairOver: Creek - Washington Co.
150 E INT SH 265&45, Washington, AR
Built 1987 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 10,065
Stonewall Road
FairOver: Alaxander Creek-Wash
0.2MI E CO RD 33, Washington, AR
Built 1960 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 784
Hummingbird Road
FairOver: Dog Run Hollow-Wash Co.
0.58 MI N OF SH 74, Washington, AR
Built 1976 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 873
Illinois Chapel Rd
FairOver: Hickory Branch - Wash Co
4.97 E PRAIRIE GROVE, Washington, AR
Built 1982 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 1,800
Illinois Chapel Rd
FairOver: Alexander Creek-Wash Co.
2.14 MI E PRAIRIE GROVE, Washington, AR
Built 1970 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 1,800
SH 16-Wash Co.
FairOver: Stream
2.0 MI S JCT SH 74 & 16, Washington, AR
Built 1960 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 7,720
State Highway 45
FairOver: Stream Washington Co.
8.38 MI NE JCT SH 59 & 45, Washington, AR
Built 1950 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 1,900
SH 45-Wash. Co.
FairOver: Creek
2.6 MI SW JCT SH 303 & 45, Washington, AR
Built 1951 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 3,900
US 62 - Wash. Co.
FairOver: S. Fork Farmington Br.
4.0 M W OF I540, Washington, AR
Built 1984 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 28,000
US 71 - Washington
FairOver: Ditch
11.25 MI NE OF SH 74, Washington, AR
Built 1930 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 5,800
US 71 - Washington
FairOver: Ditch
4.75 MI SE SH 265, Washington, AR
Built 1930 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 5,800
North Gregg Avenue
FairOver: Skull Creek
0.57 MI. NW JCT 71B, Washington, AR
Built 2007 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 22,000
Bush Valley Road
FairOver: Creek-Washington Co.
3.59 MI SO OF LINCOLN, Washington, AR
Built 1942 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 500
SE Campbell Road
FairOver: Lee Branch - Wash. Co.
1MI N OF WEST FORK, Washington, AR
Built 1967 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 170
Dutch Mills Road
FairOver: Whitaker Branch - Wash.
0.7 MI S DUTCH MILLS, Washington, AR
Built 1936 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 175
Black Nursery Road
FairOver: Illinois River - Wash.
0.73 MI N JCT US 62, Washington, AR
Built 1923 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 26
Robinson Road-Wash
FairOver: Illinois River
3.4 MI N JCT SH 16, Washington, AR
Built 1926 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 90
Reed Valley Road
FairOver: Little Wildcat Creek
2.46MI W OF SH 112, Washington, AR
Built 1976 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 1,100
Goff Farm Road
FairOver: Turner Tee Creek - Wash.
0.4 MI E DEAD HORSE MT RD, Washington, AR
Built 1860 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 2,163
Little Elm Rd.
FairOver: Goose Creek-Wash. Co.
1.6 MI SO JCT SH 16, Washington, AR
Built 1982 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 1,687
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