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Us-79/Sec-16/L9.30 over Cow Bayou

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

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

Us-79/Sec-16/L9.30 over Cow Bayou in Lee 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1983, making it 42 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,900 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 51 of the 94 inventoried bridges in Lee County rated fair (54.3%); 13 (13.8%) 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 419 ft
Location	9.0 Miles Ne Of Jct Sh 1
NBI structure number	000000000005951
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Sh-1/Sec-9/L8.832 over Ditch	1973	4,400	Fair
Sh-1/Sec-10/4.61 over Languille River	2010	4,100	Good
Sh-1/Sec-10/L-3.81 over Drainage Ditch	1935	4,100	Fair
Sh-1/Sec-10/L-6.03 over Union Pacific Railroad	2008	4,000	Good
Sh-1/Sec-9/L-0.089 over Big Cypress Creek	2017	3,300	Good
Sh-1/Sec-9/L-2888 over Caney Creek	1986	3,200	Fair