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

LaFargue Rd-CR 72

Fair

Over: Point Deluce Bayou

0.2 Mi E US 165-DeWitt, Arkansas, AR

Built 1990 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 55

Cr-747/Z-C/L-0.40

Fair

Over: Branch Hawkins Creek

.4 Miles North Of Sh 131, Lee, AR

Built 1990 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 2

CR 30/Fulton Co.

Fair

Over: SO FORK SPRING RIVER

0.02 MI E SH 398, Fulton, AR

Built 1985 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 32

CR 21/Klondike Rd

Fair

Over: Creek Relief

0.5 Mi N DrewCo-Cornervil, Lincoln, AR

Built 1991 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 135

Old hwy 63/Z-D/L-0

Fair

Over: Little Cypress Bayou

0.65 Mi North Jct Sh 77, Crittenden, AR

Built 1992 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 11

County Road 17

Fair

Over: Hickory Creek - Polk Co.

1.6 MI W U S 71, Polk, AR

Built 1992 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 80

Clear point Brasko

Fair

Over: CLEAR POINT CREEK

1.5 MI. W. US 63, Prairie, AR

Built 1993 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 242

CR 24-D 911=EVANS

Fair

Over: LATERAL CREEK

1 MI W & 3 MIN HARRISBURG, Poinsett, AR

Built 1993 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 360

CR 178 D (ZIEGLER)

Fair

Over: MIddle Fork Saline

1.7 M SE CO RD 55, Saline, AR

Built 1994 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 198

DeberryLeveeRd-CR

Fair

Over: Big Creek

0.9 Mi S SH 153-Ethel, Arkansas, AR

Built 1995 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 270

CR 51/Lancaster Rd

Fair

Over: Lyle Creek

1.5 Mi N DrewCo-RelfsBluf, Lincoln, AR

Built 1997 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 160

CR 122/Longview Rd

Fair

Over: Chance Creek

1.0 Mi S SH 54-LitGarnett, Lincoln, AR

Built 1997 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 264

CR 437-C

Fair

Over: SLAVENS CREEK

0.75 MI N SH 34, Greene, AR

Built 1997 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 248

Bradford Road-CR

Fair

Over: Creek

1.99 Mi S SH 153-CrckBlff, Arkansas, AR

Built 1998 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 72

Widener Road-CR

Fair

Over: Big Creek

1.5 Mi W SH 153-CrckBlff, Arkansas, AR

Built 1998 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 10

CO RD 1 (WEST LINE

Fair

Over: ROCK CREEK BRANCH

3 MI N OF SH 24, Sevier, AR

Built 1999 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 109

CR 77 Gourdneck Rd

Fair

Over: COVE CREEK

1.3 MI N OF SH 51, Hot Spring, AR

Built 2000 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 636

CR 98/Fulton Co.

Fair

Over: Big Creek

3.7 M S of US 62, Fulton, AR

Built 2003 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 190

Lancing/Z-E west

Fair

Over: Ditch C

1.12 Miles East Of Cr 17, Crittenden, AR

Built 2008 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 173

Cr-600/Z-G/L-5.89

Fair

Over: Little Cypress

0.3 Miles West Of Sh 39, Phillips, AR

Built 2005 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 14

Cr-503/Z-C/L-2.93

Fair

Over: Blackfish Bayou

2.87 Mi E Cr 503 & Sh 75, St. Francis, AR

Built 2006 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 30

CR 46-C-1.38-BAKER

Fair

Over: MUDD LICK CREEK

1.0 MI E. OF GLENWOOD, Pike, AR

Built 2010 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 641

CR 5099

Fair

Over: Ford Creek

5.1 Mi N of Jct SH 215, Johnson, AR

Built 1975 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 70

Gin Creek Rd

Fair

Over: Ditch-Ft. Chaffee BR 047

0.31 mi W of Rattlesnake, Sebastian, AR

Built 1941 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 10

Cr-126/Z-I/L-2.26

Fair

Over: Spring Creek

2.2 Mi Jct Lee 109 & 119, Lee, AR

Built 1984 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 102

SH 33 Log 3.15

Fair

Over: HONEY CREEK

5.3 MI S JCT US 70, Prairie, AR

Built 1957 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 600

SH 276-01 LM 1.68

Fair

Over: Creek

1.68 Mi S US 165-LodgeCrn, Arkansas, AR

Built 1963 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 220

SH 217-Franklin Co

Fair

Over: Turkey Creek

0.8 MI W JCT SH 215 & 217, Franklin, AR

Built 1941 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 221

Sh-50/Sec-4/L-8.42

Fair

Over: Ditch Number 9

8.42 Mi Ne Of Jct Us 64, Crittenden, AR

Built 1930 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 200

SH 141-03- LM 4.89

Fair

Over: SUGAR CREEK

2.50 MI NE OF STANFORD, Greene, AR

Built 1961 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 650

I 430-SEC 21

Fair

Over: RIVER MT RD RR ARK RIVER

3 MI S I-40, Pulaski, AR

Built 1974 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 87,000

CR 35 Boone

Fair

Over: BRANCH CREEK

1.52MI NE JCT CR 50, Boone, AR

Built 1919 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 173

CR 524 Carroll

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF DRY FORK

1.95MI W JCT. SH 21, Carroll, AR

Built 1942 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 263

CR 219 Carroll

Fair

Over: BRUSH CREEK

1.57MI S of JCT. SH 143, Carroll, AR

Built 1948 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 570

Tyronza River Rd/G

Fair

Over: Tyronza River Cutoff

2.34 Mi North Jct Sh 42, Crittenden, AR

Built 1967 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 67

CR 268C Owensvil

Fair

Over: SO FORK SALINE RIVER

.26 M N JCT CORD 268 & 80, Garland, AR

Built 1938 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 350

Southside Rd

Fair

Over: Clear Creek

1.86 M W Jct SH 379, Montgomery, AR

Built 1950 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 80

Logan Gap Rd

Fair

Over: Mazarn Creek Branch

3.4 M SE Jct Co Rd 28, Montgomery, AR

Built 1938 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 270

W MAIN ST

Fair

Over: BAYOU METO

2 Mi E of SH 107, Pulaski, AR

Built 1939 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 680

CR 31-G-Upper Jane

Fair

Over: JANES CREEK

5MI NE OF WIRTH, Randolph, AR

Built 1960 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 89

County Road 4

Fair

Over: Briar Patch Creek Seb Co

2.04 W CO.RD 9, Sebastian, AR

Built 1940 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 239

Co. Rd. 67 Seb. Co

Fair

Over: Mill Creek Tributary

0.54 M SE SH 96, Sebastian, AR

Built 1940 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 97

CR 51Sharp County

Fair

Over: Rock Creek

3.40 M NW SH 58, Sharp, AR

Built 1935 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 30

CR 450 - I

Fair

Over: DITCH

4 W PIGGOTT, Clay, AR

Built 1941 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 889

Old Dallas Rd.

Fair

Over: Tea Creek

2.4 M W Garland Co. Line, Montgomery, AR

Built 1968 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 247

CR150/ L. Blkly Cr

Fair

Over: LITTLE BLAKELY CREEK

4.89 M W SH 7, Garland, AR

Built 1965 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 847

Fairview Road

Fair

Over: SOUTH FORK TOWN CREEK

.04 M W US 62 & SH 9, Fulton, AR

Built 1950 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 510

County Road 94

Fair

Over: Mill Creek - Polk Co

0.19 MI W JCT CORD 127, Polk, AR

Built 1985 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 256

CR 405 Benton Co.

Fair

Over: CREEK

2 MI E of MAYSVILLE, Benton, AR

Built 1988 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 62

CR 314 Madison Co.

Fair

Over: WHITE RIVER

.1 MI NORTH PATRICK, Madison, AR

Built 1991 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 270

Showing 401-450 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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