Arkansas Infrastructure Overview
While the nation’s infrastructure earned a C in the 2025 Infrastructure Report Card, Arkansas faces infrastructure challenges of its own. For example, driving on roads in need of repair in Arkansas costs each driver $671 per year, and 4.9% of bridges are rated structurally deficient. Drinking water needs in Arkansas are an estimated $7.4 billion. 193 dams are considered to be high-hazard potential. The state’s schools have an estimated capital expenditure gap of $350 million. This deteriorating infrastructure impedes Arkansas’s ability to compete in an increasingly global marketplace. Success in a 21st-century economy requires serious, sustained leadership on infrastructure investment at all levels of government. Delaying these investments only escalates the cost and risks of an aging infrastructure system, an option that the country, Arkansas, and families can no longer afford.
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58% of roads in Arkansas are rated in fair or poor condition.
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12,978
Bridges
5%
of Bridges are Deficient
196
High Hazard Dams
$19.5B
in Drinking Water Needs
1860 Miles
of Levees
Protecting 548,000 people
43%
of Roads in poor or fair condition
$ 714
Motorist pays annually
due to insufficient infrastructure
5.2M
Passenger Trips on Public Transit
$17.9B
Wastewater needs
$25.9B
Total storm damage
(1980-2024)
IIJA Grants
IIJA Funding Announced
Number of IIJA Projects
McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System Improvements: This $200 million award will maintain and improve the 445-mile McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, resulting in stronger U.S. supply chains, easier movement of goods, and expanded economic opportunities in the region.
America’s River Crossing: This $394 million award will replace the 75-year-old I-55 bridge over the Mississippi River, resulting in increased capacity, improved design, and stronger connectivity for residents, workers, and freight between Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi.
Pine Bluff Flood Risk Reduction: This $32 million award will develop solutions to prevent flooding in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, resulting in improved safety, health, and quality of life for the community.
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