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SH 266 over I 40-sec 32

Faulkner County, Arkansas · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

SH 266 over I 40-sec 32 in Faulkner County, Arkansas, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1967, making it 58 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 10,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 3 of the 218 inventoried bridges in Faulkner County rated poor (1.4%); 3 (1.4%) are rated poor.
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.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 291 ft
Location	0.49 Mi E Jct US 65B
NBI structure number	000000000003921
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 40-EB & WB Lanes over US 64-Sec 9	2013	64,000	Good
I-40-sec 32 over Ditch	1967	64,000	Good
I-40-sec 32 over Ditch	1967	36,000	Fair
I 40-sec 32 WB Ln over Unk Co Rd Palarm CR	1965	35,356	Fair
I 40-sec 32 WB Ln over Co Rd 663-a	1965	35,356	Good
I 40-sec 32 EB Ln over Unk Co Rd Palarm CR	1965	35,356	Fair