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CR 73 Baxter over Mill Creek

Baxter County, Arkansas · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

CR 73 Baxter over Mill Creek in Baxter County, Arkansas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1989, making it 36 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 598 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 35 of the 91 inventoried bridges in Baxter County rated fair (38.5%); 0 (0.0%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 62B Baxter over Hicks Creek	1986	20,000	Good
US 62B Baxter over Hicks Creek	1986	20,000	Good
US 62/412 Baxter over Big Creek	1939	17,000	Good
US 62B Baxter over Dodd Creek	1934	14,000	Fair
US 62/412 Baxter over Ditch	1995	12,000	Fair
SH 5 Baxter over Hicks Creek	1929	7,600	Fair