State profile · Below median Poor share

Arkansas bridge safety

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition shares for every public highway bridge in Arkansas.

12,974
Public bridges
45.8%
Good condition
5.4%
Poor condition

Arkansas holds 12,974 public highway bridges (#23 of 52 by inventory) with a 5.43% Poor share (#30 of 52 by Poor share).

That is 5.4% of the state's inventory, against an average of 7.5% across the 54 states and territories with Poor-rated bridges on file, which places it 23 of 54 ordered from the lowest Poor share upward. A bridge is rated Poor when its weakest applicable component scores 4 or below on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, so the category is a maintenance and funding signal rather than a closure order or a live crossing-safety verdict.

Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026

Total Bridges

12,974

Public highway bridges in Arkansas

Good Condition

45.8%

5,940 bridges rated 7-9

-4.2pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

5.4%

704 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

-2.1pp vs national avg 7.5%

Arkansas vs national bridge condition

Arkansas - Good condition share 45.8%
National avg

Share of bridges rated 7-9 on the FHWA 0-9 scale (deck, superstructure, substructure all good).

Arkansas - Poor-condition share 18.1%
National avg

Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.5%.

Arkansas in the national condition pattern

Each point is a state or territory in the FHWA NBI; the highlighted point is this profile.

Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Arkansas has 12,974 bridges and a 5.4% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #23 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold. Scatter plot of 54 data points. 0%10%20%30%40% 0k20k40k60k Public bridges in inventory (thousands) Poor-condition share (%) AR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.43%AL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.35%AK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.89%AZ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.15%CA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 25.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.91%CO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.82%CT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.72%DE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.26%DC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.95%FL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.79%GA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.59%GU, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.77%HI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.53%ID, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.9%IL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.35%IN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.22%IA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 19.16%KS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.26%KY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.37%LA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 12.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.48%ME, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.41%MD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.56%MA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.88%MI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 11.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.27%MN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.44%MS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.03%MO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.95%MT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.81%NE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.9%NV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.14%NH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.51%NJ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 6.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.01%NM, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.51%NY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 17.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.43%NC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.76%ND, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 10.98%OH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.74%OK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 22.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.7%OR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.61%PA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.58%PR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 13.92%RI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.2%SC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.17%SD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 16.36%TN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 20.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.41%TX, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 56.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.23%UT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.91%VT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.9%VI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 29.17%VA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.39%WA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.45%WV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 7.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 18.64%WI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.52%WY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.51%
Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Arkansas has 12,974 bridges and a 5.4% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #23 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold.

Arkansas vs all states by public bridge inventory

Where this state's FHWA NBI public-highway bridge count sits among every state and territory on PlainBridges

12,974 23rd of 54 higher than 31 of 54 states

States and territories, banded by public bridge inventory size

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · 2024

Read the rank neighborhood for Arkansas

The highlighted point is Arkansas: 12,974 bridges and 5.43% in Poor condition, rank #23 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The five jurisdictions immediately above and below Arkansas on that same Poor-share ordering:

  • Indiana: 19,495 bridges · 5.22% Poor
  • Kansas: 24,894 bridges · 5.26% Poor
  • Arkansas: 12,974 bridges · 5.43% Poor
  • Washington: 8,474 bridges · 5.45% Poor
  • California: 25,848 bridges · 5.91% Poor

The full national sortable table lives on the rankings page.

Material families in Arkansas

Exclusive FHWA material families across all 12,974 bridges in this state; continuous variants fold into the parent family. Orthogonal to the Poor-share scatter above.

Who maintains Arkansas’s inventory

State agency holds 57.1% of the 12,974 public highway bridges filed under Arkansas in the 2024 NBI, the agency-of-record split for this state, not a condition verdict.

When Arkansas’s bridges were built

Pre-1950 construction accounts for 13.5% of the 12,974 bridges with a recorded original year in Arkansas. Era bands are orthogonal to the Poor-share ranking above.

Condition Distribution

Arkansas45.8%48.8%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - Arkansas (FHWA NBI)

Counties (75)

Arkansas 154 Ashley 106 Baxter 91 Benton 410 Boone 98 Bradley 105 Calhoun 114 Carroll 119 Chicot 88 Clark 202 Clay 200 Cleburne 53 Cleveland 79 Columbia 131 Conway 122 Craighead 442 Crawford 248 Crittenden 235 Cross 129 Dallas 103 Desha 83 Drew 149 Faulkner 219 Franklin 143 Fulton 105 Garland 319 Grant 119 Greene 251 Hempstead 174 Hot Spring 222 Howard 116 Independence 184 Izard 105 Jackson 136 Jefferson 336 Johnson 162 Lafayette 72 Lawrence 126 Lee 94 Lincoln 110 Little River 83 Logan 152 Lonoke 187 Madison 149 Marion 65 Miller 216 Mississippi 309 Monroe 85 Montgomery 199 Nevada 133 Newton 65 Ouachita 162 Perry 118 Phillips 101 Pike 95 Poinsett 194 Polk 221 Pope 188 Prairie 88 Pulaski 721 Randolph 151 Saline 231 Scott 198 Searcy 65 Sebastian 331 Sevier 164 Sharp 110 St. Francis 202 Stone 73 Union 289 Van Buren 98 Washington 449 White 322 Woodruff 79 Yell 227

Arkansas vs nearby ranks

Adjacent states by Poor-condition share (lower share = better)

States are ranked by the share of bridges whose lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below. This describes recorded condition; it does not measure funding effectiveness or live crossing safety. States here sit immediately above and below Arkansas on the same metric.

IN

Indiana

5.22% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$19,495

KS

Kansas

5.26% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$24,894
Selected

AR

Arkansas

5.43% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$12,974

WA

Washington

5.45% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$8,474

CA

California

5.91% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$25,848

Bridges Needing Most Attention in Arkansas

Six lowest-condition bridges in Arkansas, ranked by the portal's composite display score. Inspection intervals are risk-based under current NBIS rules.

CR 870-H OLD US 63

Poor

Over: DITCH 123

.10 MI E JCT SH 14, Poinsett, AR

Built 1933 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 667

SH 140-02- LM 9.08

Poor

Over: NATIONAL DITCH

1.7 MI E JCT SH 77, Mississippi, AR

Built 1967 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 2,900

Bucklake/Z-Ew/3.10

Poor

Over: Ditch Number 21

3.1 Miles West Of Sh 50, Crittenden, AR

Built 1955 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 360

CR20 -G 911- 108

Poor

Over: Union Pacific Railroad

0.91 M E Jct. SH 349, Craighead, AR

Built 1957 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 174

Cr74/Fulton Co.

Poor

Over: SPRING RIVER

2 M SE MAMMOTH SPRINGS, Fulton, AR

Built 1916 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 779

BOWEN BR. C.R. 244

Poor

Over: LITTLE MO RIVER

.75 M S SH 301, Hempstead, AR

Built 1944 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 9

All Bridges in Arkansas

FDR 33

Good

Over: DRAIN

5.4 MI N OF HWY 33, Scott, AR

Built 1976 ADT: 50

FDR 17

Good

Over: FOUR MILE CREEK

7.2 MI E OF FDR 33, Yell, AR

Built 1957 ADT: 50

FDR 177

Good

Over: DRAIN

6.2 MI E OF HWY 27, Montgomery, AR

Built 1987 ADT: 50

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: PERRY BRANCH

NO DATA ENTERED, Franklin, AR

Built 1971 ADT: 50

FSR 1677

Good

Over: WICKED CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Logan, AR

Built 2006 ADT: 100

Bethel RD

Good

Over: creek

.98 E SH 113, Perry, AR

Built 2021 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 1,100

Springfield Rd

Good

Over: Creben Creek

0.40 E OF SPRINGFIELD, Conway, AR

Built 1942 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 235

CR W1004 - G

Good

Over: DITCH #40

1.5 Mi S of Dyess, Mississippi, AR

Built 2002 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 58

CR N343 - D

Good

Over: LEFT HAND CHUTE

5 Mi SW of Dell, Mississippi, AR

Built 2010 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 10

Bennett Road-CR

Good

Over: Little Lagrue Bayou

1.70 Mi E SH 130-Almyra, Arkansas, AR

Built 2007 Load: 4.5 t ADT: 55

CR 126-TWIN BRIDGE

Good

Over: WALNUT SPRINGS CREEK

0.01 MI E JCT CR125 & 126, Sevier, AR

Built 1999 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 120

CR16 White County

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

2.0MI SW SH31, White, AR

Built 2009 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 350

Clark CR 123 Z-B

Good

Over: WAGGLE CREEK

0.19 MI W JCT 123 & 17, Clark, AR

Built 2018 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 16

Dallas CR 68 Z-C

Good

Over: WEST FORK TULIP CREEK

.7 M W CR 68 & 69, Dallas, AR

Built 2009 Load: 6.4 t ADT: 76

CR 38(Cantrell Rd)

Good

Over: BIGSBY CREEK

.28 MILES N. OF HWY 84, Pike, AR

Built 2015 Load: 6.4 t ADT: 206

Goad Rd.

Good

Over: Oats Creek

0.20 Mi N SH 87, White, AR

Built 2018 Load: 7.3 t ADT: 316

CR W102 - J

Good

Over: DITCH NO. 2

2 MI NE OF LEACHVILLE, Mississippi, AR

Built 1987 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 94

Cr-229/Z-F/L5.13

Good

Over: Telico Creek

.2 Miles South Jct Sh 261, St. Francis, AR

Built 1990 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 117

CR. 93-A- LM 0.90

Good

Over: Ltl Running Water Crk

.90 M N. of County Line, Randolph, AR

Built 2010 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 34

CR 615-F-Malcom

Good

Over: Flag Slough

1.3 M S of SH 14, Poinsett, AR

Built 2011 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 12

CR 836-G Barnes Ln

Good

Over: Hydrick Creek

1.5 M S Jct Cr. 836 & 214, Poinsett, AR

Built 2011 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 107

Park Drive

Good

Over: WHITE OAK BAYOU EAST FK

Jct Joe Poch & Laman Dr, Pulaski, AR

Built 1972 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 108

CR 269 - G

Good

Over: DITCH

2.3 MI S OF KNOBEL, Clay, AR

Built 2002 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 40

Proctor/Z-B/L-9.90

Good

Over: Ditch Number 20

5.2 Miles West Int Sh 147, Crittenden, AR

Built 2010 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 50

Wolf Branch Rd

Good

Over: Wolf Branch

1.5 Mi NW of Guy, Faulkner, AR

Built 2020 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 41

Nicholson Rd.

Good

Over: creek

1 MI SO HWY 36, White, AR

Built 2022 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 1,000

CR 97-C (911=310)

Good

Over: POPLAR CREEK

2.7 Mi E of Hwy 139, Clay, AR

Built 2001 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 149

Bull Creek Rd.

Good

Over: Bull Creek

0.25 MI NW WHITE CO LINE, Faulkner, AR

Built 2005 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 35

Dallas CR 55 Z-A

Good

Over: Bryant Creek

.5 M E CR 55 & 229, Dallas, AR

Built 2009 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 75

Pin Oak Rd-CR 226

Good

Over: Big Creek

0.78 Mi W SH 1-St Charles, Arkansas, AR

Built 2017 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 10

CR277/White Co.

Good

Over: Dogwood Creek

2.7 S SH 11, White, AR

Built 2021 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 29

Naylor Rd

Good

Over: Bull Creek

2.84 MI S SH 36, Faulkner, AR

Built 1956 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 434

Dallas Cr 8 Z-D

Good

Over: BUSHY CREEK

1.48 W CO RD 8 & 33, Dallas, AR

Built 1991 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 73

Dallas CR 58 Z-A

Good

Over: Moro Creek

1.11 MI E JCT SH 167 & 58, Dallas, AR

Built 2009 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 120

CR175 Bridge Crk R

Good

Over: BRIDGE CREEK

5.5 MI. EAST OF HORATIO, Sevier, AR

Built 2006 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 330

Grn Fr 5th St

Good

Over: Yocum Creek

.21 Miles South US 62, Carroll, AR

Built 2014 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 157

CR 508 - A

Good

Over: WHITE WALNUT CREEK

1 MI SE OF RECTOR, Clay, AR

Built 1994 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 312

Hinkley/Z-C/L-0.73

Good

Over: Ditch

0.75 Mi N CR 18, Crittenden, AR

Built 2002 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 457

CO RD 12 Zone H

Good

Over: McNeeley Creek

0.25 MI. W JCT SH 51 & 12, Clark, AR

Built 2016 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 38

WillieJacksonRd-CR

Good

Over: Wabbaseka Bayou

@LongBell Rd-Altheimer, Jefferson, AR

Built 2018 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 1

EAST ROOSEVELT

Good

Over: AIRPORT OUTFALL DITCH

.3 MI WEST OF BANKHEAD, Pulaski, AR

Built 1974 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 5,900

BRADLEY CR 6 Z -E

Good

Over: LAIGLE CREEK

0.6 MI NE JCT CR 66, Bradley, AR

Built 1979 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 7

CR 10/Jackson Co.

Good

Over: DITCH

JCT CO RD 10 & 12, Jackson, AR

Built 1997 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 23

Old Caddo Gap Rd.

Good

Over: Creek

6 MI E OF SH 8, Montgomery, AR

Built 1998 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 174

CR 131 - F

Good

Over: Cypress Ditch

5 Mi E of Reyno, Clay, AR

Built 2001 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 57

Fraizer Pike/ CR83

Good

Over: Fourche Bayou

1.5 M E SH 365, Pulaski, AR

Built 2003 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 297

CR 418 - I

Good

Over: Creek

3 Mi NW Rector, Clay, AR

Built 2006 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 50

CR 9 White County

Good

Over: Bull Creek

.9 m SW CR 115, White, AR

Built 2012 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 1,330

Doughboy Rd-CR59

Good

Over: Point Deluce Bayou

0.5 Mi E US 165-LaFargue, Arkansas, AR

Built 2017 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 48

Sawmill Rd

Good

Over: White Oak Creek

.07 W SH 107, Faulkner, AR

Built 1976 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 11

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Data sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI), latest released cycle. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges.

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