Sh-78/Sec-1/L-5.1 over I-40/Sec-51/L-220.85

St. Francis County, Arkansas · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

• Sh-78/Sec-1/L-5.1 over I-40/Sec-51/L-220.85 in St. Francis County, Arkansas, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1965, making it 60 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 410 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
• Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
• It is one of 14 of the 201 inventoried bridges in St. Francis County rated poor (7.0%); 14 (7.0%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
• Its class is unchanged from 2024 (poor), but component ratings moved: superstructure 6 to 4.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated February 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

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

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