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.
All bridges (449)
Huntsville Avenue
FairOver: Spring Creek-Springdale
0.4 MI E SH 71B-17B, Washington, AR
Built 2008 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 19,275
I-49 SB LNS
FairOver: US 412-SEC 2
4.9 N INT I-49 & SH 71B, Washington, AR
Built 1984 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 34,995
State Highway 16
FairOver: Stream - Wash. Co.
E OF JCT SH 265 & 16/3, Washington, AR
Built 1930 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 19,147
SH 16-Wash Co.
FairOver: Stream
5.43 MI NW OF MADISON CO, Washington, AR
Built 1960 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 3,700
State Highway 45
FairOver: Jordan Creek - Wash. Co.
6.8 MI NE JCT SH 59 & 45, Washington, AR
Built 1957 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 1,297
US Highway 62
FairOver: Ditch - Wash. Co.
0.93 M E OF OKLAHOMA SL, Washington, AR
Built 1929 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 2,300
US 71
FairOver: Ditch - Washington Co.
6.0 MI NE OF SH 74, Washington, AR
Built 1930 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 2,800
US Highway 62
FairOver: Ditch - Wash. Co.
0.11 mi South of CR 22, Washington, AR
Built 2012 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 8,644
Blue Springs Road
FairOver: Mill Branch-Goshen
0.47 M NW JCT SH 45, Washington, AR
Built 1965 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 304
Hogeye Road
FairOver: Illinois River-Wash. Co.
0.05 M JCT SH 156 & 265, Washington, AR
Built 1972 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 1,900
S.Whitehouse Rd/43
FairOver: Alee Branch - Wash. Co.
4.5 E OF US 71, Washington, AR
Built 1974 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 160
Wayne Sellers Road
FairOver: Creek - Fayetteville
0.1 MI E Dbl Sprgs Rd, Washington, AR
Built 1979 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 60
Trace Branch Road
FairOver: Trace Creek - Wash. Co.
8 MI E OF US 71, Washington, AR
Built 1982 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 499
Shiloh Drive
FairOver: Creek - Washington Co.
0.1 M S PORTER RD, Washington, AR
Built 1986 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 5,700
SH 59-Wash Co.
FairOver: Baron Fork Creek
0.05 Mi. S Jct Hwy 45, Washington, AR
Built 1935 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,791
Parsons Road
FairOver: Friendship Creek-Wash
2.58 M E SH265 SPUR, Washington, AR
Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 690
US71B & Futrall Dr
FairOver: Scull Creek - Wash. Co.
300 E OF N GREGG AV, Washington, AR
Built 1971 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 41,000
Greasy Valley Road
FairOver: Creek-Wash. Co.
3.61MI SO SH 62, Washington, AR
Built 1976 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,718
W. Steele Road
FairOver: Little Wildcat Creek
2.9 MI W SH 112, Washington, AR
Built 1942 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,000
Lake Sequoyah Dr
FairOver: Lake Sequoyah - Fayette.
1.1 Mi N Hwy 16, Washington, AR
Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 221
W Leroy Pond 873
FairOver: College Branch -Wash.
0.1 E RAZORBACK RD., Washington, AR
Built 1977 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,211
West Main Street
FairOver: Flood Creek - Johnson
0.34 MI W HEWITT STREET, Washington, AR
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 10,000
S Whitehouse Road
FairOver: Clock Creek - Wash. Co.
INTER CO RD 40 & 43, Washington, AR
Built 1986 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 403
S. Whitehouse Road
FairOver: Savage Branch - Wash. Co
0.7 MI SOUTH CO RD 40, Washington, AR
Built 1986 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 160
Front Street
FairOver: Mud Creek - Wash. Co.
0.2 MI SO STEARNS ST., Washington, AR
Built 1972 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,928
Johnson Avenue
FairOver: Spring Creek-Washington
0.48 E US 71-A, Washington, AR
Built 1974 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,546
S. College Avenue
FairOver: Spout Spring Branch
0.2 S. SH 71-B, Washington, AR
Built 1993 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,365
South Tomato Road
FairOver: Cove Creek-Washington Co
Jct Co Rd 215 & 285, Washington, AR
Built 1996 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 190
Stubblefield Road
FairOver: Creek
0.01 W OF OLD MISSOURI RD, Washington, AR
Built 1995 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,064
Van Asche Dr - Fay
FairOver: Mud Creek Tributary
0.1 Mi. W. Jct. Mall Ave., Washington, AR
Built 2001 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,000
State Highway 16
FairOver: Stream - Wash. Co.
2.1 MI E JCT SH 265 & 16, Washington, AR
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 15,872
SH 16-Wash Co.
FairOver: Stream
1.82 MI NW OF MADISON CO, Washington, AR
Built 1960 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,700
SH 45 - Wash Co.
FairOver: Budd Kidd Creek
0.1 MI S JCT US 62 & 45, Washington, AR
Built 1950 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,900
SH 59-Wash Co.
FairOver: Funkhouser Branch
8.4 M S OF BENTON COL, Washington, AR
Built 1952 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,500
US 62 - Wash. Co.
FairOver: Creek
0.9 M W OF I540, Washington, AR
Built 1983 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 32,966
US 71
FairOver: Ditch - Washington Co.
5.50 MI NE OF SH 74, Washington, AR
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,800
US 71-Wash Co.
FairOver: Ditch
8.09 MI NE OF SH 74, Washington, AR
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,800
State Highway 16
FairOver: College Branch - Wash co
0.2 MI W JCT US 71B & 16, Washington, AR
Built 1968 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 11,000
I-49 Main Lanes
FairOver: Brush Creek-Washington
0.9 N JCT US 412, Washington, AR
Built 1983 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 67,000
US 71-16
FairOver: Ditch-Wash Co.
JCT US 71 & CO RD 45, Washington, AR
Built 1930 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,800
US Highway 62
FairOver: Ditch-Washington Co.
1.1 mi East of S Mock St, Washington, AR
Built 2012 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 8,644
Bush Vally Road
FairOver: Baron Fork - Wash. Co.
5.98 M S LINCOLN, Washington, AR
Built 1970 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 500
State Highway 244
FairOver: Cinncinnati Creek
1.46 E JCT SH 59 & 244, Washington, AR
Built 1979 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 350
Parker Branch Rd.
FairOver: Creek
1.6NO OF 71(.04MI S CR103, Washington, AR
Built 1974 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 300
So. Park Avenue
FairOver: Spring Creek-Washington
0.24 MI N MT VIEW AVE, Washington, AR
Built 1978 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 849
Latta Road
FairOver: Fly Creek - Wash. Co.
E. EDGE OF MORROW, Washington, AR
Built 1981 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 490
US 62-Wash Co.
FairOver: Ditch
6.38 M E OF OKLAHOMA SL, Washington, AR
Built 1929 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 3,699
SH 74-Wash Co.
FairOver: Tuttle Creek
1.34 MI W OF MADISON CO, Washington, AR
Built 1959 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,200
SH 303-Washington
FairOver: Whitener Creek
2.24 Mi N of Jct SH45, Washington, AR
Built 1985 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 650
Butterfield Coach
FairOver: Clear Creek - Wash. Co.
1.3 MI S US 412, Washington, AR
Built 1965 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 5,800
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