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US 71(sb)-04-0.30 over Red River

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

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

US 71(sb)-04-0.30 over Red River in Little River County, Arkansas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1976, making it 49 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 7,235 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 38 of the 83 inventoried bridges in Little River County rated fair (45.8%); 6 (7.2%) 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 girder and floorbeam
Length	about 2,160 ft
Location	5.5 Mi N Jct I-30 & US71
NBI structure number	000000000005566
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 71_04_0.30 (NB) over Red River	1981	14,364	Fair
US 71 Sec.04-6.95 over Drainage Ditch	1985	12,000	Good
US 71 Sec.04-16.80 over Lick Creek	1965	5,700	Poor
US 71 Sec.04-18.35 over Little River	1965	5,700	Poor
SH 41 SEC.03 -0.24 over East Flat CR	1969	5,100	Fair
Ar 41/TX 8 over Red River	1995	3,000	Fair