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Sh-238/Sec-1/L7.63 over Little Piney Creek

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

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

Sh-238/Sec-1/L7.63 over Little Piney Creek in Monroe 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 1948 and reconstructed in 1971, making it 77 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 260 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 6 of the 85 inventoried bridges in Monroe County rated poor (7.1%); 6 (7.1%) 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 31 ft
Location	8.27 Mi East Of Jct Us 49
NBI structure number	0000000000M2503
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-40WB/Se43/211.61 over Creek	1966	29,000	Good
I-40WB/Se43/215.99 over Cr-179/Z-D/L-1.72	1966	29,000	Fair
I-40WB/Se43/217.76 over Piney Ditch	1966	29,000	Fair
I-40EB/Se43/211.61 over Creek	1966	29,000	Good
I-40EB/Se43/215.99 over Cr-179/Z-D/L-1.73	1966	29,000	Good
I-40EB/Se43/217.76 over Piney Ditch	1966	29,000	Fair