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US 79b-09 Lm 0.23 over Bayou Bartholomew

Jefferson County, Arkansas · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

US 79b-09 Lm 0.23 over Bayou Bartholomew in Jefferson County, Arkansas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1938 and reconstructed in 1979, making it 87 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 14,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 87 of the 336 inventoried bridges in Jefferson County rated fair (25.9%); 16 (4.8%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 172 ft
Location	0.23 Mi NE I-530-PineBluf
NBI structure number	000000000002093
Condition class	Fair

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Arkansas department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-530 Ml Lm 23.86 over Creek (Jefferson Exit)	1975	24,977	Good
I-530 Ml Lm 23.27 over Simpson Creek	1976	22,000	Good
I-530 Ml Lm 30.49 over Arnold Creek	1975	21,000	Good
I-530 Ml Lm 28.24 over South Fork Caney Bayou	1977	19,188	Good
I-530 Ml Lm 26.41 over Ditch	1975	19,188	Good
I-530 NB Lm 40.94 over Old Warren Road	1998	17,449	Good