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Cr-747/Z-C/L-0.40 over Branch Hawkins Creek

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

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

Cr-747/Z-C/L-0.40 over Branch Hawkins Creek in Lee County, Arkansas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1990, making it 35 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 51 of the 94 inventoried bridges in Lee County rated fair (54.3%); 13 (13.8%) are rated poor.
Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is posted for load (NBI item 41).
Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
Status change: newly posted for load since 2024.
Its most recent inspection on record is dated January 2025, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
It is coded scour critical (NBI item 113 = 3): scour critical: foundations unstable for the assessed or calculated scour.
It has fracture-critical members (NBI item 92A): steel tension members without a redundant load path, which get their own scheduled inspections.
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

Component	Rating (2024)	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Deck	7	7	Good condition
Superstructure	7	7	Good condition
Substructure	5	5	Fair condition


Structure	Steel
Length	about 43 ft
Location	.4 Miles North Of Sh 131
NBI structure number	000000000020944
Condition class	Fair
Traffic status (item 41)	Posted for load
Last inspection (item 90)	January 2025
Inspection interval (item 91)	24 months
Scour (item 113)	3: scour critical: foundations unstable for the assessed or calculated scour
Fracture critical (item 92A)	Yes

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Sh-1/Sec-9/L8.832 over Ditch	1973	4,400	Fair
Sh-1/Sec-10/4.61 over Languille River	2010	4,100	Good
Sh-1/Sec-10/L-3.81 over Drainage Ditch	1935	4,100	Fair
Sh-1/Sec-10/L-6.03 over Union Pacific Railroad	2008	4,000	Good
Sh-1/Sec-9/L-0.089 over Big Cypress Creek	2017	3,300	Good
Sh-1/Sec-9/L-2888 over Caney Creek	1986	3,200	Fair