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CR 278 Searcy over Bear Creek

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

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

CR 278 Searcy over Bear Creek in Searcy 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 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1971 and reconstructed in 2011, making it 54 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 25 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 2 of the 65 inventoried bridges in Searcy County rated poor (3.1%); 2 (3.1%) 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


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 119 ft
Location	0.04 W SH 27
NBI structure number	000000000016758
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 65 Searcy over Holder Creek	1999	6,200	Fair
US 65 Searcy over Half-br Span Slide Area	1974	5,900	Fair
US 65 Searcy over Cove Creek	2012	5,900	Good
US 65 Searcy over Buffalo River	1990	5,300	Good
US 65 Searcy over Branch	2007	5,200	Fair
US 65 Searcy over Ditch	1930	5,100	Good