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White County, AR

322 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 44.1% rated Good, 50.6% Fair, 5.3% Poor.

322
Public bridges
44.1%
Good condition
5.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

43rd
of 75 on Poor share
5.3%
Poor-condition share
322
public highway bridges
1978
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.

White County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, White County ranks #43 of 75 Arkansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 5.3%). White County, Arkansas contains 322 public highway bridges. Roughly 44.1% are rated “Good,” 50.6% “Fair,” and 5.3% “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

322

Public highway bridges in White County

Good condition

44.1%

142 of 322 rated 7-9

Fair condition

50.6%

163 of 322 rated 5-6

Poor condition

5.3%

17 of 322 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#43 of 75

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

Condition distribution

Share of 322 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
44.1% (142)
Fair
50.6% (163)
Poor
5.3% (17)

White County's Poor-condition bridges carry 42,272 vehicle crossings a day

That is 3.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 5.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,487 crossings a day against 2,666 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 319 of 322 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

45.7% of White County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

147 of the 322 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 44.1% 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 31.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US 67 NB WHITE over CYPRESS REL, built 1969, carries 13,391 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 17-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 42,272 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When White County's bridges were built

322 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 74 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1978) matches the Arkansas average (1980).

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

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

The 5 Arkansas counties nearest White County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 5.3% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1983 is 5 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for White County and the 5 Arkansas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Jefferson County 336 5.1%
Sebastian County 331 5.7%
White County (this page) 322 5.3%
Garland County 319 0.9%
Mississippi County 309 9.4%
Union County 289 1%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside AR (322 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside AR (1978 here).

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

All 322 Good 142 Fair 163 Poor 17

All bridges (322)

SH13 Searcy Bypass

Good

Over: Deener Creek

3.24 mi W SH 16, White, AR

Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12

SH13 Searcy Bypass

Good

Over: Ditch

.10 East SH 16, White, AR

Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12

SH13 Searcy Bypass

Good

Over: Creek

.43 West of Main Street, White, AR

Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12

SH13 Searcy Bypass

Good

Over: Rocky Branch

0.15 mi W of Main Street, White, AR

Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12

AR Hwy 87

Good

Over: creek

.15 Mi NW SH11, White, AR

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 460

CR 66 White Co.

Poor

Over: LITTLE RED RIVER

.25MI SO OF 385 @ JUDSONI, White, AR

Built 1924 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 67

SH 310/White Co.

Poor

Over: CREEK

2.1 MI NE JCT SH 36, White, AR

Built 1938 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 401

SH 367 White Co.

Poor

Over: GLAISE CREEK

N EDGE OF RUSSELL, White, AR

Built 1937 Load: 7.3 t ADT: 1,200

SH 367 WHITE CO.

Poor

Over: CYPRESS CR

.00 MI OF LONOKE CO LINE, White, AR

Built 1950 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 3,500

SH 31 White County

Poor

Over: CYPRESS BAYOU

.1 MI N OF LONOKE CO LINE, White, AR

Built 1955 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 4,059

SH 16 White County

Poor

Over: BIG CREEK RELIEF

.50 MI N JCT SH 310, White, AR

Built 1958 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 5,400

SH 31 White County

Poor

Over: CYPRESS CREEK RELIEF

2.9 MI S JCT 67B, White, AR

Built 1955 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 3,700

SH 36 White County

Poor

Over: BARBERS LAKE

6.4 MI SE JCT SH 323, White, AR

Built 1956 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 470

SH 31/White Co.

Poor

Over: CYPRESS CREEK RELIEF

2.6 MI S OF US 67B, White, AR

Built 1955 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 3,700

CR180 White County

Poor

Over: OATS CREEK

.70MI NW US 67, White, AR

Built 1940 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 200

SH 323 White Co

Poor

Over: CREEK

1.1 MI N JCT US 67 & 323, White, AR

Built 1940 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 1,300

SH 323 White Co.

Poor

Over: CREEK

2.45 MI N JCT US 67 & 323, White, AR

Built 1940 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 940

SH 305 White Co.

Poor

Over: BAYOU DES ARC

3.3 MI SW JCT SH 36, White, AR

Built 1968 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 980

SH 157 / White Co.

Poor

Over: TEN MILE CREEK

4.1 MI N JCT SH 258, White, AR

Built 1960 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,700

CR/447 White Co.

Poor

Over: DITCH

.1 M N JCT CO RD 52, White, AR

Built 1976 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,155

CR 16 White County

Poor

Over: BRANCH

1.8 MI E SH 5, White, AR

Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 109

US 67 NB WHITE

Poor

Over: CYPRESS REL

0.21MI NO LONOKE CO LINE, White, AR

Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,391

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.