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SH 86 Log 3.92 over Wattensaw Bayou Rel

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

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

SH 86 Log 3.92 over Wattensaw Bayou Rel in Prairie County, Arkansas, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1931 and reconstructed in 1967, making it 94 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 190 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 8 of the 88 inventoried bridges in Prairie County rated poor (9.1%); 8 (9.1%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 104 ft
Location	3.9 Mi S Jct SH 38
NBI structure number	0000000000M1582
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-40 Log 199.12 over White Rvr Rlf & Park Rd	2013	36,000	Good
I-40 Log 200.79 over White River Relief	2013	36,000	Good
I-40 Log 189.65 over Barnes CR	1965	35,916	Fair
I-40 Log 190.10 over Branch	1963	35,916	Good
I 40 District 6 over White River	2016	34,000	Good
I-40 WB Log194.39 over Hurricane Creek	1965	18,000	Fair