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Independence CR 53 over Bailey Creek

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

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

Independence CR 53 over Bailey Creek in Independence 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 1940 and reconstructed in 1991, making it 85 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 310 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 14 of the 182 inventoried bridges in Independence County rated poor (7.7%); 14 (7.7%) 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 92 ft
Location	6.35 M S SH 157
NBI structure number	000000000018012
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 167/Indepen. Co over White River Relief	1976	25,000	Fair
US 167/Independ.Co over White Rvr CR 513	1979	25,000	Fair
US 167/Indepen Co. over Mo. & No. Ar. RR	2010	17,747	Good
US 167/Indepen Co. over Miller Creek	2010	17,747	Good
US 167/Indepen. Co over Creek	1965	17,000	Fair
US 167/Indepen Co. over Rocky Creek	1965	16,842	Fair