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Long Bell Road-CR over Cross Bayou

Arkansas County, Arkansas · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Long Bell Road-CR over Cross Bayou in Arkansas County, Arkansas, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1977, making it 48 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 25 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1987).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 4 of the 154 inventoried bridges in Arkansas County rated poor (2.6%); 4 (2.6%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 30 ft
Location	0.16 Mi E JeffCo-BayouMet
NBI structure number	000000000010110
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 165-05 Lm 48.94 over US79 SH146S Rclnd Dr RR	2010	9,200	Good
US 165-07 Lm 4.47 over Clearpoint Creek	1952	4,400	Good
US 79-11 Lm 2.18 over Crooked Bayou	2003	4,000	Good
US 79-11 Lm 5.73 over Bayou Meto	2003	4,000	Good
US 79-11 Lm 4.71 over Ditch	2003	4,000	Good
SH 1-04 Lm 1.57 over Prices Branch	1961	3,700	Fair