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Old Hwy 164 over Illinois Bayou-Pope

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

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

Old Hwy 164 over Illinois Bayou-Pope in Pope 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 600 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 74 of the 191 inventoried bridges in Pope County rated good (38.7%); 2 (1.0%) 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 486 ft
Location	1.46 Mi. N of SH 27
NBI structure number	000000000007156
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-40 over Creek	1967	33,012	Fair
State Highway 7 over Whig Creek-Pope	1950	23,000	Fair
SH 7 over Whig Creek	1950	23,000	Fair
SH 7 -sec. 15 over I 40 -sec. 22	2003	21,071	Good
SH 124 over Creek	2008	19,215	Good
Main St. (HWY 64) over Engineer creek	1960	18,000	Fair