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Us-79/Sec-15/L4.29 over Walnut Lake / Big Creek

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

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

Us-79/Sec-15/L4.29 over Walnut Lake / Big Creek in Lee 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 2005, making it 20 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 640 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 30 of the 94 inventoried bridges in Lee County rated good (31.9%); 13 (13.8%) 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 307 ft
Location	3.5 Miles West Of Sh 238
NBI structure number	000000000006978
Condition class	Good

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