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US 49 sec. 3 LM 12 over Matthews Rd & Bx Clvt

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

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

US 49 sec. 3 LM 12 over Matthews Rd & Bx Clvt in Craighead 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 1972, making it 53 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 38,160 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 138 of the 443 inventoried bridges in Craighead County rated fair (31.2%); 9 (2.0%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 225 ft
Location	1.78 Mi N US 63
NBI structure number	000000000005451
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 49 over St L Sf & St L SW Rrs	1972	38,160	Fair
I-555-03- Lm 43.25 over Ditch	1970	34,000	Fair
US49 - Stadium Blv over I-555	1991	32,000	Good
US 49 over Whiteman Creek	1974	31,352	Good
US 49-03- Lm 6.43 over Little Bay Ditch Trib.	2000	26,000	Good
I-555 over Creek	1970	22,628	Fair