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CR 396 Baxter over Panther Creek

Baxter County, Arkansas · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

CR 396 Baxter over Panther Creek in Baxter County, Arkansas, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1987, making it 38 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 465 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 56 of the 91 inventoried bridges in Baxter County rated good (61.5%); 0 (0.0%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 252 ft
Location	.65 miles South of the jc
NBI structure number	000000000004575
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 62B Baxter over Hicks Creek	1986	20,000	Good
US 62B Baxter over Hicks Creek	1986	20,000	Good
US 62/412 Baxter over Big Creek	1939	17,000	Good
US 62B Baxter over Dodd Creek	1934	14,000	Fair
US 62/412 Baxter over Ditch	1995	12,000	Fair
SH 5 Baxter over Hicks Creek	1929	7,600	Fair