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Sh-42/Sec-3/L-8.25 over St.Francis Bay

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

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

Sh-42/Sec-3/L-8.25 over St.Francis Bay in Cross 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1970, making it 55 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 420 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 67 of the 127 inventoried bridges in Cross County rated fair (52.8%); 17 (13.4%) 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 397 ft
Location	8.25 Mi Se Of Jct Sh 1
NBI structure number	000000000005223
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Sh-1/Sec-13/L-4.63 over Drainage Ditch	1934	12,517	Fair
Sh-1/Sec-13/L-3.19 over Section Line Ditch	2004	10,000	Fair
Sh-1/Sec-13/L-0.42 over Lick Creek	2004	8,899	Fair
Sh-1/Sec-13/L-0.11 over Ditch	1934	8,899	Good
Sh-1/Sec-13/L-2.37 over Bear Pen Creek	2004	8,880	Fair
Sh-1/Sec-14/L2.705 over Drainage Ditch	1966	5,900	Fair