Structure 7100 · Chicot County, AR

US 82 over Mississippi River

Carries US 82 over Mississippi River, Miss/ar State Line.

Overall conditionFair

Set by its lowest-rated component: Substructure at 5 of 9.

How ratings work
Deck6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructure7/9 · Good
Substructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Channelnot part of overall7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
13,753 FT OVERALL2,500 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9Superstructure 7/9Substructure 5/9 · sets the rating

13,753 ft end to end, longest span 1,378 ft: about 38 football fields, or 2.6 miles. Lengths are drawn to scale; at this length a semi-truck would be a speck. Each part is colored by its latest inspection rating. The inventory records lengths but not heights or the layout of the shorter spans, so those are drawn as typical for a cable-stayed bridge.

Built201016 years old
Length13753.0 ft4191.9 m
Daily traffic6,800counted 2022
Last inspectedOctober 2024every 24 months

Location

StateArkansas
CountyChicot
LocationMiss/ar State Line
CarriesUS 82
CrossesMississippi River
Coordinates33.27645, -91.16919

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignStayed Girder
Total Length13753.0 ft (4191.9 m)
Max Span1377.6 ft (419.9 m)
Deck Width91.5 ft (27.9 m)
Deck Area116954.0 sq m
Main Spans3
Year Built2010

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic6,800 (2022)
Truck Traffic13%
Lanes On Bridge4

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionOctober 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical5 — Stable for scour
Structure Number000000000007100

How Bridge Ratings Work

Inspectors rate each major part of a bridge (the deck you drive on, the superstructure of beams that holds it up, and the substructure of piers and abutments beneath) on a 0–9 scale. A bridge's overall condition is its lowest of those ratings, so one deteriorated component makes the whole bridge "poor."

0Failed
1Imminent failure
2Critical
3Serious
4Poor
5Fair
6Satisfactory
7Good
8Very good
9Excellent
Good · lowest component 7–9
Fair · lowest component 5–6
Poor · lowest component 0–4

A poor rating is not a closure. It means the bridge is flagged for priority repair or replacement; bridges judged unsafe are closed or posted with weight limits. The waterway (channel) rating is reported, but it does not count toward the overall classification.

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