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SH 7 over Prairie Creek

Pope County, Arkansas · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

SH 7 over Prairie Creek in Pope County, Arkansas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1966, making it 59 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 15,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 115 of the 191 inventoried bridges in Pope County rated fair (60.2%); 2 (1.0%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 57 ft
Location	0.18 M N of Jct US 64
NBI structure number	000000000005048
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-40 over Creek	1967	33,012	Fair
State Highway 7 over Whig Creek-Pope	1950	23,000	Fair
SH 7 over Whig Creek	1950	23,000	Fair
SH 7 -sec. 15 over I 40 -sec. 22	2003	21,071	Good
SH 124 over Creek	2008	19,215	Good
Main St. (HWY 64) over Engineer creek	1960	18,000	Fair