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I-40/Sec-51/L248.8 over Fishing Lake

St. Francis County, Arkansas · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

I-40/Sec-51/L248.8 over Fishing Lake in St. Francis 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 2017, making it 8 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 36,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 123 of the 201 inventoried bridges in St. Francis County rated fair (61.2%); 14 (7.0%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 435 ft
Location	1.8 Mi E Jct Sh 38 & I 40
NBI structure number	000000000006937
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-40WB/Se51/241.77 over Sh-284/Sec-3/L-9.24	1965	58,000	Good
I-40WB/Se51/240.74 over Sh-1BSec-12/L-1.92	1996	58,000	Good
I-40EB/Se51/241.77 over Sh-284/Sec-3/L-9.22	1965	58,000	Good
I-40/Se51/240.74 over Sh-1B/Sec-12/L-1.92	1996	58,000	Good
I-40EB/Se51/259.75 over Shell Lake	2017	39,000	Good
I-40Wb/Se51/254.47 over Cr-447/Z-D/L-0.07	1965	36,000	Fair