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County Road 74 over Ouachita River Polk Co.

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

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

County Road 74 over Ouachita River Polk Co. in Polk 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 2001, making it 24 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 664 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 47 of the 222 inventoried bridges in Polk County rated good (21.2%); 29 (13.1%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 303 ft
Location	2.8 Mi. NE of US 88
NBI structure number	000000000004827
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US Highway 71 over Ward Creek Polk County	1953	13,000	Fair
US 71 - Polk Co. over Creek	1980	11,000	Fair
US 71 over Lyn Creek	1953	7,900	Fair
US 71-Polk Co over McKinney Creek	1935	6,600	Fair
US 71 - Polk Co. over Drainage Ditch	1939	6,600	Fair
US 71-Polk Co over Brier Creek	1953	6,168	Fair