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SH 164 over Big Piney Creek Relief

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

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

SH 164 over Big Piney Creek Relief 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 1973, making it 52 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,100 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 263 ft
Location	2.93 M E Johnson Co Line
NBI structure number	000000000005513
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