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Attala County, MS

228 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 67.5% rated Good, 27.2% Fair, 5.3% Poor.

228
Public bridges: 67.5%
Good condition: 5.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Attala County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

46th
of 82 on Poor share: 5.3%
Poor-condition share: 228
public highway bridges: 1985
avg year built

Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.

Attala County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Attala County ranks #46 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 5.3%). Attala County, Mississippi contains 228 public highway bridges. Roughly 67.5% are rated “Good,” 27.2% “Fair,” and 5.3% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.

Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.

Total bridges

228

Public highway bridges in Attala County

Good condition

67.5%

154 of 228 rated 7-9

Fair condition

27.2%

62 of 228 rated 5-6

Poor condition

5.3%

12 of 228 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#46 of 82

Among Mississippi counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 228 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

67.5% (154)

Fair

27.2% (62)

Poor

5.3% (12)

Attala County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,650 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 5.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 304 crossings a day against 671 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.

Computed over the 228 of 228 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

36.4% of Attala County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

83 of the 228 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 67.5% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.

Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

One structure carries 79.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR 35 over SUGAR CREEK, built 1950, carries 2,900 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 12-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 3,650 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1930s

3
1940s

19
1950s

28
1960s

27
1970s

14
1980s

21
1990s

32
2000s

36
2010s

32
2020s

16

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 36 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 15.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1985) matches the Mississippi average (1986).

How Attala County compares with Mississippi's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Attala County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 5.3% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1985 against a peer-group mean of 1985 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 81 Mississippi counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Attala County and the 5 Mississippi counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Pearl River County	232	74.6%	22.4%	3%	1986
Panola County	231	28.6%	65.8%	5.6%	1981
Itawamba County	229	65.1%	31.4%	3.5%	1987
Attala County (this page)	228	67.5%	27.2%	5.3%	1985
Oktibbeha County	226	68.6%	27.9%	3.5%	1988
Carroll County	225	37.8%	40.9%	21.3%	1981

Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Attala County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Two NBI-derived peer sets for Attala County, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside MS (228 bridges here).

Jackson County, IL · 228 bridges
Franklin County, IA · 228 bridges
Saratoga County, NY · 228 bridges
Pitt County, NC · 228 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1985 here).

Hillsborough County, FL · avg 1985 · 840 bridges
Lancaster County, NE · avg 1985 · 661 bridges
Nueces County, TX · avg 1985 · 528 bridges
Grayson County, TX · avg 1985 · 513 bridges

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 228 Good 154 Fair 62 Poor 12

Good-condition bridges (154)

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Attala County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Attala County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,650 vehicle crossings a day

36.4% of Attala County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 79.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Attala County compares with Mississippi's closest counties by inventory size

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

Good-condition bridges (154)

MS ROUTE 35

SR 14

CO. ROAD 5053

CO. ROAD 5131

CO. ROAD 5001

CO. ROAD 5207

CO. ROAD 1001

CO. ROAD 5216

CO RD 2120

SR 429

CO. ROAD 5131

CO. ROAD 5217

SR 14

SR 14

SR 19

SR 35

CO. ROAD 4137

CO. ROAD 3034

SR 14

SR 411

SR 411

CO. ROAD 4202

OLD SR 43

T & P RT 102

CO. ROAD 2235

CO. ROAD 3122

SR 35

SR 43

SR 43

SR 429

CO. ROAD 2146

SR 411

SR 14

CO. ROAD 3122

SR 12

SR 19

SR 735

SR 735

CO. ROAD 4215

CO. ROAD 5217

CO. ROAD 5205

CO. ROAD 3232

CO. ROAD 3122

CO. ROAD 3122

CO. ROAD 2132

CO. RD. 2230

CO ROAD 3231

SR 35

CO. ROAD 4002

CO. ROAD 4102

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