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SH 246-Polk County over Mountain Fork Little Red

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

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

SH 246-Polk County over Mountain Fork Little Red in Polk 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 390 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 146 of the 222 inventoried bridges in Polk County rated fair (65.8%); 29 (13.1%) 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 372 ft
Location	2.03 Mi E Okla. St Line
NBI structure number	000000000005108
Condition class	Fair

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