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CR 21-e over Cache River

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

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

CR 21-e over Cache River in Poinsett County, Arkansas, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1994, making it 31 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 28 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1987).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 31 of the 194 inventoried bridges in Poinsett County rated poor (16.0%); 31 (16.0%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 127 ft
Location	0.7 Mi SW of Pitts
NBI structure number	000000000021515
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-555-02- Lm 29.48 over Ditch	1992	14,000	Good
I-555 Sb-02-lm4.07 over Dead Timber Lake	1976	13,000	Good
I-555 -02- NB over Dead Timber Lake	2011	13,000	Good
I-555 Sb-02-lm7.78 over Dead Timber Lake	1976	12,271	Good
I-555nb-02-lm 7.78 over Dead Timber Lake	2005	12,271	Good
I-555-02nb-lm 3.19 over Tyronza River	1976	11,000	Fair