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I-40 EB Lns over Craven Creek

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

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

I-40 EB Lns over Craven Creek in Franklin County, Arkansas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1971, making it 54 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 7,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 91 of the 142 inventoried bridges in Franklin County rated fair (64.1%); 14 (9.9%) 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


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 189 ft
Location	3.56 Mi W of SH 23
NBI structure number	0000000000B5113
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Interstate 40 over Creek - Franklin Co.	1970	25,000	Fair
Interstate 40 over Stream - Franklin Co.	1970	25,000	Fair
Interstate 40 over Ditch - Franklin Co.	1971	25,000	Fair
Interstate 40 over East Gar Creek Relief	1971	24,000	Fair
Interstate 40 West over Maxey Creek	1970	12,500	Good
Interstate 40 West over Lone Elm Rd-Franklin Co.	1970	12,500	Good