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CO RD 246 - Zone G over Carter Creek-Polk Co.

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

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

CO RD 246 - Zone G over Carter Creek-Polk Co. in Polk 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 1966, making it 59 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 81 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 47 of the 222 inventoried bridges in Polk County rated good (21.2%); 29 (13.1%) 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	Concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 200 ft
Location	2.31 NE Sevier Co Line
NBI structure number	000000000016226
Condition class	Good

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