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Sh-44Sec-2/L-6.67 over Indian Bayou

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

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

Sh-44Sec-2/L-6.67 over Indian Bayou in Desha County, Arkansas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1975, making it 50 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 180 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 30 of the 83 inventoried bridges in Desha County rated fair (36.1%); 3 (3.6%) 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 44 ft
Location	0.75 Mi S Phillips Co Li
NBI structure number	0000000000M3972
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 65-17 Lm 8.10 over Ditch	2004	11,844	Good
US 65-17 Lm 5.97 over Ditch	2004	9,647	Good
US 65-19 Lm 6.45 over SH 1 and UPRR	1993	8,100	Good
US 65-17 Lm 11.91 over Amos Bayou - Desha Co	1936	7,801	Good
SH 278-16 Lm 4.38 over Union Pacific R/R	1969	6,600	Poor
US 65-17 Lm 4.71 over Ditch	2004	6,466	Good