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US 65 over SFk Little Red River

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

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

US 65 over SFk Little Red River in Van Buren 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 2011, making it 14 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 16,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 39 of the 98 inventoried bridges in Van Buren County rated good (39.8%); 8 (8.2%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 483 ft
Location	1.27 Mi S. Jct SH 16 W.
NBI structure number	000000000007114
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 65 over Big Branch	2003	14,146	Good
US 65 over Choctaw Creek	2003	12,204	Good
US 65 over Town Branch	2015	12,000	Good
US 65 over Archey Fork Creek	2015	11,570	Good
US 65 over Pine Mt. Creek	2005	7,900	Good
US 65 over Ditch	1929	7,900	Good