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Co Rd 70 Zone B over Alex Branch-Polk Co.

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

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

Co Rd 70 Zone B over Alex Branch-Polk Co. in Polk 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 1937, making it 88 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 334 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 29 of the 222 inventoried bridges in Polk County rated poor (13.1%); 29 (13.1%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US Highway 71 over Ward Creek Polk County	1953	13,000	Fair
US 71 - Polk Co. over Creek	1980	11,000	Fair
US 71 over Lyn Creek	1953	7,900	Fair
US 71-Polk Co over McKinney Creek	1935	6,600	Fair
US 71 - Polk Co. over Drainage Ditch	1939	6,600	Fair
US 71-Polk Co over Brier Creek	1953	6,168	Fair