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SH 5 Baxter over US 62/412

Baxter County, Arkansas · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

SH 5 Baxter over US 62/412 in Baxter County, Arkansas, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1996, making it 29 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 6,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 56 of the 91 inventoried bridges in Baxter County rated good (61.5%); 0 (0.0%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 193 ft
Location	1.55 Mi E of Jct US 62 B
NBI structure number	000000000005930
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 62B Baxter over Hicks Creek	1986	20,000	Good
US 62B Baxter over Hicks Creek	1986	20,000	Good
US 62/412 Baxter over Big Creek	1939	17,000	Good
US 62B Baxter over Dodd Creek	1934	14,000	Fair
US 62/412 Baxter over Ditch	1995	12,000	Fair
SH 5 Baxter over Hicks Creek	1929	7,600	Fair