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SH 74 Searcy over Long Creek

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

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

SH 74 Searcy over Long Creek in Searcy 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 1979, making it 46 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 380 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 37 of the 65 inventoried bridges in Searcy County rated fair (56.9%); 2 (3.1%) 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 243 ft
Location	11.2 miles East of the JC
NBI structure number	000000000005765
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 65 Searcy over Holder Creek	1999	6,200	Fair
US 65 Searcy over Half-br Span Slide Area	1974	5,900	Fair
US 65 Searcy over Cove Creek	2012	5,900	Good
US 65 Searcy over Buffalo River	1990	5,300	Good
US 65 Searcy over Branch	2007	5,200	Fair
US 65 Searcy over Ditch	1930	5,100	Good