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CR 401 over Drainage Ditch

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

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

CR 401 over Drainage Ditch in Desha 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 1993, making it 32 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 18 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1987).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 30 of the 83 inventoried bridges in Desha County rated fair (36.1%); 3 (3.6%) 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 65-17 Lm 8.10 over Ditch	2004	11,844	Good
US 65-17 Lm 5.97 over Ditch	2004	9,647	Good
US 65-19 Lm 6.45 over SH 1 and UPRR	1993	8,100	Good
US 65-17 Lm 11.91 over Amos Bayou - Desha Co	1936	7,801	Good
SH 278-16 Lm 4.38 over Union Pacific R/R	1969	6,600	Poor
US 65-17 Lm 4.71 over Ditch	2004	6,466	Good