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Ouachita CR247 Z-C over Creek

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

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

Ouachita CR247 Z-C over Creek in Ouachita County, Arkansas, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1945, making it 80 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 68 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 17 of the 162 inventoried bridges in Ouachita County rated poor (10.5%); 17 (10.5%) 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 73 ft
Location	.05 Mi N Jct 247& 518
NBI structure number	000000000015727
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US79 S-4 Lm 9.99SB over Mizzell Creek	1964	39,104	Fair
SH7 SB S-3 Lm 1.34 over Union Pacific RR	1985	18,043	Fair
SH7 NB S-3 Lm 1.34 over UPRR	1985	18,043	Fair
US 79 over Ouachita River	1976	10,000	Fair
US 79 S-4 Lm 3.26 over Ouachita Relief	1972	10,000	Fair
US 79 S-4 Lm 4.43 over Woodard Lake	1973	10,000	Fair