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SH 278-16 Lm 4.38 over Union Pacific R/R

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

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

SH 278-16 Lm 4.38 over Union Pacific R/R in Desha 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 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1969, making it 56 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 6,600 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 3 of the 83 inventoried bridges in Desha County rated poor (3.6%); 3 (3.6%) 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 849 ft
Location	0.7 Mi W US 65-McGehee
NBI structure number	000000000005018
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 65-17 Lm 8.10 over Ditch	2004	11,844	Good
US 65-17 Lm 5.97 over Ditch	2004	9,647	Good
US 65-19 Lm 6.45 over SH 1 and UPRR	1993	8,100	Good
US 65-17 Lm 11.91 over Amos Bayou - Desha Co	1936	7,801	Good
US 65-17 Lm 4.71 over Ditch	2004	6,466	Good
SH 278-16 Lm 2.62 over Black Pond Slough	1980	5,350	Good