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

SH 84 SEC 0

Good

Over: Rolling Fork in Polk Co.

0.7 MI W JCT US 71, Polk, AR

Built 1985 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 200

SH 84 - Polk Co.

Good

Over: East Fork Rolling Fork

0.1 MI W JCT US 71, Polk, AR

Built 1985 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 200

SH 309

Good

Over: LITTLE PINEY CREEK

.72 MI N JCT SH 10 & 309, Yell, AR

Built 1985 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 180

SH 128- Log 6.42

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

6.6 MI W JCT US 70, Garland, AR

Built 1985 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,800

SH 128 Log 1.04

Good

Over: WILLIAMS CREEK

1.10 MI W JCT US 70, Garland, AR

Built 1985 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,800

SH 13 WHITE COUNTY

Good

Over: FLAT CREEK

.8 MI N SH 137, White, AR

Built 1985 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 620

US 63 RAMP 2

Good

Over: US63/SH190 Ramps 4 6 8&9

@ SE Interchange-PineBluf, Jefferson, AR

Built 1999 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 7,300

SH 101 Marion

Good

Over: CROOKED CREEK

1.97 MI SE of US 62, Marion, AR

Built 1991 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,100

US67 Rmp I; SB

Good

Over: US 67 off ramp F

300 N Jct 412&67, Lawrence, AR

Built 2001 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 3,485

SH 60

Good

Over: US65B RRBent.-Sevr. Rd

JCT US 65B SH 365, Faulkner, AR

Built 1996 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 34,000

SH 69/Indepen Co.

Good

Over: CREEK / LONG SLOUGH

6.6 MI E JCT SH 122 & 69, Independence, AR

Built 2004 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 3,727

Hwy 282- Crawford

Good

Over: Hurricane Creek

5.91 Mi N Jct Hwy US 71, Crawford, AR

Built 2011 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 189

SH 41 - 02 -0.001

Good

Over: LITTLE RIVER

ON SEVIER CO LINE, Little River, AR

Built 2018 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 2,400

AR Hwy 8

Good

Over: ALSOBROOK SLOUGH

10.58 MI EAST OF SH 7, Dallas, AR

Built 2022 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 261

Military Rd.

Good

Over: CREEK

0.35 Mi N Jct I-30, Hot Spring, AR

Built 1965 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,300

CR 15 RED BRIDGE R

Good

Over: DOTY CREEK

2.12 MI N JCT CO RD 2, Sevier, AR

Built 1965 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 660

CO RD 29 PROVO RD.

Good

Over: CANEY CREEK

.43 MI S JCT HWY 70, Sevier, AR

Built 1965 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,324

CR 5440

Good

Over: Morgan Hollow

7.03 E JCT CR 34 & 36, Johnson, AR

Built 1936 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 50

Harrison Prospect

Good

Over: DRY JORDAN CREEK

CITY OF HARRISON, Boone, AR

Built 1963 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 4,700

LANDSKI DRIVE

Good

Over: CREEK

.1 E OF SH 365(I-5), Pulaski, AR

Built 1976 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 373

NORTH GATE DRIVE

Good

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

.1 MI S JP WRIGHT LOOP, Pulaski, AR

Built 1986 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,872

Kingston Rd.

Good

Over: Gilkey Creek

.69 MI NE JCT SH 27, Yell, AR

Built 1986 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 587

South Road

Good

Over: Russell Branch

.4 MI SW JCT SH 10, Yell, AR

Built 1982 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 200

CR 11 Baxter

Good

Over: CREEK

.07 MI North of SH 178W, Baxter, AR

Built 1988 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 367

Rayhan Road-CR

Good

Over: Creek

1.7 Mi S SH 54-SulphurSpr, Jefferson, AR

Built 1994 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 428

Rayhan Road-CR

Good

Over: Creek

1.2 Mi S SH 54-SulphurSpr, Jefferson, AR

Built 1994 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 428

CR 214-B

Good

Over: KINNEMORE SLOUGH DITCH

1MS & ME CHILDRESS, Craighead, AR

Built 1994 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 17

S.4th St./Heber Sp

Good

Over: SULPHUR CREEK

.25 M SOUTH JCT SH 25B, Cleburne, AR

Built 1994 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 850

CR 496-D (911=761)

Good

Over: CREEK

.75 MI W US 49, Craighead, AR

Built 1995 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 414

CR 105 - E

Good

Over: DITCH

1 W & 2.5 S OF SUCCESS, Clay, AR

Built 1998 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 11

Hino Rd/Z-E/L-2.07

Good

Over: Fifteen Mile Bayou

.8 Mi W Sh 118 & Cr 520, Crittenden, AR

Built 1998 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 7,800

Bradley CR 69 Z-F

Good

Over: CHARIVARI CREEK

.8 MI S CO RD 137, Bradley, AR

Built 1972 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 70

CR 704-C

Good

Over: LITTLE BAY DITCH

3.21MI W JCT US63 & CR704, Poinsett, AR

Built 1999 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 40

CR W442 - D

Good

Over: BIG LAKE FLOODWAY DITCH

2.5 MI SO OF SH 18, Mississippi, AR

Built 2002 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 15

CR E506 - D

Good

Over: DITCH # 31

1.0 M W US 61, Mississippi, AR

Built 2004 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 71

Rogers Stoney Br

Good

Over: BRANCH

0.9 MI W HORSE BARN RD, Benton, AR

Built 2005 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 4,000

CR 26 Lawson

Good

Over: McHenry Creek

1.9 M W of I-430, Pulaski, AR

Built 2006 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 6,400

CR W122 - C

Good

Over: Ditch # 21

7 Mi N of Dell, Mississippi, AR

Built 2007 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 42

Hob Nob Rd.

Good

Over: Creek

0.34 Mi E. Jct of SH 326, Pope, AR

Built 2010 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,600

CR 265-A (911=884)

Good

Over: Honey Ditch

3.5 Mi S of Caraway, Craighead, AR

Built 2014 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 45

CR348 White County

Good

Over: Pine Creek

.47 N CORD 347, White, AR

Built 2013 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 114

Harrison Speer Dr

Good

Over: Branch of Dry Jordan Crk

0.15 MI N of Industrial P, Boone, AR

Built 1992 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,148

CR 46 Baxter

Good

Over: BENNETTS BAYOU

7.25 mi N of 62 E, Baxter, AR

Built 1997 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 188

Counts Massie Road

Good

Over: White Oak Bayou

2.5 miles NE of Hwy 100, Pulaski, AR

Built 2017 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 100

CR 37 Newton

Good

Over: Ditch

1.6 mi S. Jct. SH 74, Newton, AR

Built 2018 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 129

Pleasant Grove Rd.

Good

Over: Osage Creek

0.31 mi E of Hwy 112, Benton, AR

Built 2019 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 3,400

CR79 (Danville Rd)

Good

Over: Unnamed Creek

1.2 miles North of Hwy 5, Garland, AR

Built 2019 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 458

CR 959 - C

Good

Over: Birch Creek Ditch

1.75 NO & 3 W DIXIE, Craighead, AR

Built 2019 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 37

CR 959 - C

Good

Over: BIRCH CREEK DITCH

5 MI N W DIXIE, Craighead, AR

Built 2019 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 37

CR 959-C

Good

Over: BIRCH CREEK DITCH

3.5 MI WEST OF DIXIE, Craighead, AR

Built 2019 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 37

Showing 9,251-9,300 of 12,974 bridges

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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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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Arkansas Good/Fair/Poor shares and county rollups on this page are computed from the same NBI extract as the national boards; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2024 NBI release. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.