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

County Road 23

Poor

Over: Buffalo Creek - Polk Co.

4.0 MI E OF US 71 COVE, Polk, AR

Built 1940 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 100

Cr36 / Indepen. Co

Poor

Over: MILL CREEK

.75MI NO SH106, Independence, AR

Built 1954 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 258

SIEBERT STREET

Poor

Over: CREEK (CITY)

4BK E US71 5BK N DUDLEY, Miller, AR

Built 1970 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 171

Old River/Z-Dn/1.4

Poor

Over: Bellhammer Slough

1.48 Mi E Int Cr 30 & 6, Crittenden, AR

Built 1983 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 115

US 412 Benton 2

Poor

Over: Illinois River/West Crsg

Benton Co8.19 MI W OK LN, Benton, AR

Built 1995 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 10,000

SH 31-01 LM 1.88

Poor

Over: Waterloo Ditch

1.88 Mi N US 79B-Sherrill, Jefferson, AR

Built 1955 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 790

Madison Co. SH 23

Poor

Over: CREEK

0.53 MI NO OF FRANKLIN CO, Madison, AR

Built 1963 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 770

US 270B Log 2.23

Poor

Over: FRONT ST UPRR &1ST

.38 M N OF US 67 & SH 9, Hot Spring, AR

Built 1955 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 18,000

US 63-03B-LM 0.37

Poor

Over: VILLAGE CREEK

1.56 MI NW OF US 67, Lawrence, AR

Built 1948 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 930

Us-79/Sec-15/L1.86

Poor

Over: Big Piney Creek

1.86 Mi North Monroe Co, Lee, AR

Built 1952 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 580

US 62-20- LM 2.58

Poor

Over: BLACK RIVER

2.58 MI E US 67, Clay, AR

Built 1956 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 4,200

SH 150-01- LM 1.52

Poor

Over: I55 SEC 12

1.52 MI E US 61 JCT, Mississippi, AR

Built 1960 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,402

CR 61 KERR RD

Poor

Over: I-40 LOG 164.81

I-40 Log 164.81, Lonoke, AR

Built 1963 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 280

SH 289/Fulton Co.

Poor

Over: MYATT CREEK

13.1 MI N JCT US 62, Fulton, AR

Built 1970 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 590

CR 71-D Military

Poor

Over: RAYBURN CREEK

JCT CO RDS 70 & 71, Hot Spring, AR

Built 1987 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 254

CR 98/Sullivan Rd

Poor

Over: Seven Mile Creek

0.37 Mi NW CR97-RockSprgs, Drew, AR

Built 2007 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 50

US 67 Log 3.11

Poor

Over: UNION PACIFIC RR

.70 MI NE JCT OF US 270, Hot Spring, AR

Built 1931 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 4,500

SH 367/Jackson Co.

Poor

Over: DEPARTEE CREEK RELIEF

1.60 MI S IND CO LINE, Jackson, AR

Built 1935 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 1,800

Us-79/Sec-16/L8.95

Poor

Over: Cow Bayou Relief

3.4 Mi South Of Brickeys, Lee, AR

Built 1948 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 1,800

Us-49/Sec-11/L0.08

Poor

Over: RR

.25 Mi W Miss. Ri Toll St, Phillips, AR

Built 1961 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 3,900

SH 158-01- LM 5.37

Poor

Over: I 55-SEC 12

JCT SH 158 & I 55, Mississippi, AR

Built 1960 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 1,134

SH 59 Benton 2

Poor

Over: ILLINOIS RIVER

.64 MI N WASHINGTON CO, Benton, AR

Built 1963 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 3,000

Independence CR 42

Poor

Over: CREEK

0.7 MI N OF SH 25, Independence, AR

Built 1995 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 12

Prince Road

Poor

Over: Creek - Wash. Co.

1.05 MI S CO RD 10, Washington, AR

Built 1995 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 79

W Ladyback Dr

Poor

Over: College Branch-Wash

0.16 Mi E Hwy 112, Washington, AR

Built 1996 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 1,202

Sh-1/Sec-14/L10.02

Poor

Over: Wolfe Creek

10 Mi North Jct W Us 64, Cross, AR

Built 1950 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 4,400

SH 153-00 LM 0.74

Poor

Over: Little LaGrue Bayou

0.74 Mi E SH 130-RiceCntr, Arkansas, AR

Built 1966 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 430

US 79-09 LM 5.40

Poor

Over: Big Creek

0.5 Mi S SH 54-Faith, Jefferson, AR

Built 1948 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 3,519

CR 434 - C

Poor

Over: JOHNSON CREEK

2.5 miles NE of Marmaduke, Greene, AR

Built 1986 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 93

I 30-EB log 138.28

Poor

Over: FRONTAGE RD & U.P.R.R.

0.6 MI S OF SH 365, Pulaski, AR

Built 1960 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 89,000

I-40FW/Se52/272.73

Poor

Over: Ditch Number 10

1.63 Miles East Of Sh 147, Crittenden, AR

Built 1958 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 149

SH 98 S-1 LM 7.11

Poor

Over: OREAR CREEK

.90 MI W JCT OF US 79, Columbia, AR

Built 1936 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 1,100

US 70 SEC. 01-0.82

Poor

Over: CANE CREEK

.82 MI E OF OKLAHOMA LINE, Sevier, AR

Built 1947 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 3,600

SH 283-3 Log 0.25

Poor

Over: I-30 Log 82.59

1.14 MI N JCT US 67, Hot Spring, AR

Built 1967 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 890

Ferda Road-CR 80

Poor

Over: Main Canal No. 9

1.2 Mi W SH 15-Ferda, Jefferson, AR

Built 1992 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 187

CR 71-I (911-484)

Poor

Over: Ditch

2 MI NW HARGRAVE CORNER, Clay, AR

Built 2001 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 40

Cypress St.

Poor

Over: CARR LAKE RELIEF

.23 M W WHITE RIVER, Prairie, AR

Built 1931 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 357

US 70 SEC. 01-2.99

Poor

Over: MUD CREEK

2.99 MI E OKLAHOMA ST LIN, Sevier, AR

Built 1947 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,235

Us-79/Sec16/L11.51

Poor

Over: Alligator Bayou

.7 Mi South Of Brickeys, Lee, AR

Built 1949 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,800

US 64 WB-Crawford

Poor

Over: Frog Bayou Relief

0.5 W JCT US 71&64 Crawf, Crawford, AR

Built 1950 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,683

Scott Hamilton

Poor

Over: I 30-LOG 134.22

2.0 MI E OF US 70, Pulaski, AR

Built 1961 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,600

SH 31 Overpass

Poor

Over: I-40 LOG 174.58

1.64 MI N US 70, Lonoke, AR

Built 1964 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,485

Military Road

Poor

Over: I-40 (BURNS PARK)

0.72 W SH365 JCT, Pulaski, AR

Built 1963 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,100

CR 17 Zone F

Poor

Over: I-30 Log 106.35

I-30 Log 106.35, Saline, AR

Built 1963 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12

US 167-SEC 12 NB

Poor

Over: I 530 SB LNS Log 10.00

@ INTERCH I 530 & 167, Saline, AR

Built 1963 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12,000

SH 23-Logan Co.

Poor

Over: Petit Jean River Relief

0.61 MI N JCT SH 23 & 116, Logan, AR

Built 1961 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,900

Us-49/Sec-9/L-0.29

Poor

Over: 7th St SLSW RR

.29 Mi East Of Jct Us 70, Monroe, AR

Built 1962 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,700

SH 24 SEC.01-8.05

Poor

Over: COSSATOT RIVER RELIEF

1.50 MI W OF LOCKSBURG, Sevier, AR

Built 1962 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,664

SH 282-SEC 1

Poor

Over: I 40-SEC 11-Crawford Co.

0.35 MI N US 64, Crawford, AR

Built 1963 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,500

Park Avenue

Poor

Over: I 540-SEC 1 Seb. Co.

6.76 MI S OF I-40-11, Sebastian, AR

Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,554

Showing 12,851-12,900 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.