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I40 Sec 22 EB Ln over Illinois Bayou

Pope County, Arkansas · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

I40 Sec 22 EB Ln over Illinois Bayou in Pope County, Arkansas, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2013, making it 12 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 14,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 74 of the 191 inventoried bridges in Pope County rated good (38.7%); 2 (1.0%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 583 ft
Location	0.75 Mi W of Jct SH 7
NBI structure number	0000000000B6917
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-40 over Creek	1967	33,012	Fair
State Highway 7 over Whig Creek-Pope	1950	23,000	Fair
SH 7 over Whig Creek	1950	23,000	Fair
SH 7 -sec. 15 over I 40 -sec. 22	2003	21,071	Good
SH 124 over Creek	2008	19,215	Good
Main St. (HWY 64) over Engineer creek	1960	18,000	Fair