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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.

When Attala County's bridges were built

228 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

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).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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 Poor
Pearl River County 232 3%
Panola County 231 5.6%
Itawamba County 229 3.5%
Attala County (this page) 228 5.3%
Oktibbeha County 226 3.5%
Carroll County 225 21.3%

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).

Similar average build year

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

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

All bridges (228)

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: COUNTY ROAD

4.0 MILES NORTH OF MS ROU, Attala, MS

Built 1964 Load: 75.3 t ADT: 1,140

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: COUNTY ROAD

2.9 MILES SOUTH OF MS ROU, Attala, MS

Built 1963 Load: 78.9 t ADT: 545

CO. ROAD 3122

Good

Over: BCH OF ZILPHA CREEK

SEC 9 T16N R 7E B, Attala, MS

Built 2007 Load: 80.0 t ADT: 110

CO. ROAD 4102

Good

Over: HORTON CREEK

SEC 22 T13N R 5E, Attala, MS

Built 1999 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 50

CO. ROAD 5001

Good

Over: KELLY BRANCH

SEC 23 T13N R 5E B, Attala, MS

Built 2020 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 70

CO. ROAD 4101

Good

Over: TRIB BIG BLACK RIVER

SEC 22 T13N R 4E B, Attala, MS

Built 1980 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 90

CO. ROAD 1135

Good

Over: BCH OF CONEHOMA CREEK

SEC 11 T13N R 7E, Attala, MS

Built 1998 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 130

CO. ROAD 1106

Good

Over: FULLER CREEK

SEC 16 T13N R 8E B, Attala, MS

Built 1977 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 100

CO. ROAD 1101

Good

Over: BCH OF KENTY CREEK

SEC 32 T13N R 8E, Attala, MS

Built 2001 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 60

CO. ROAD 4202

Good

Over: ATWOOD CREEK

SEC 23 T14N R 6E B, Attala, MS

Built 1959 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 410

CO. ROAD 3024

Good

Over: LITTLE APOOKTA CREEK

SEC 31 T15N R 7E B, Attala, MS

Built 1967 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 180

CO. ROAD 2140

Good

Over: BCH YOCKANOOKANY RIVER

SEC 14 T16N R 9E, Attala, MS

Built 2010 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 80

CO. ROAD 4142

Good

Over: BCH OF PONY BRANCH

SEC 1 T13N R 6E, Attala, MS

Built 2011 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 100

CO. ROAD 3111

Good

Over: RELIEF FOR SHARKEY CK

SEC 4 T15N R 6E, Attala, MS

Built 2012 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 50

CO. ROAD 3111

Good

Over: SHARKEY CREEK

SEC 4 T15N R 6E, Attala, MS

Built 2012 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 50

CO. ROAD 1215

Good

Over: GRAPEVINE CREEK

SEC 24 T14N R 7E, Attala, MS

Built 2019 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 60

CO. ROAD 4002

Poor

Over: SENEASHA CREEK

SEC 4 T12N R 4E B, Attala, MS

Built 1968 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 150

CO. ROAD 4004

Poor

Over: CROOKED CREEK

SEC 11 T12N R 4E, Attala, MS

Built 1960 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 20

CO. ROAD 4015

Poor

Over: SENEASHA CREEK

SEC 11 T12N R 5E, Attala, MS

Built 1950 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 20

CO. ROAD 4153

Poor

Over: LONG CREEK

SEC 31 T14N R 6E, Attala, MS

Built 1960 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 30

CO. ROAD 3221

Poor

Over: RELIEF FOR ZILPHA CREEK

SEC 9 T16N R 7E B, Attala, MS

Built 1970 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 60

CO. ROAD 3217

Poor

Over: ZILPHA CREEK

SEC 18 T16N R 7E, Attala, MS

Built 1969 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 40

CO. ROAD 5224

Poor

Over: BCH YOCKANOOKANY RIVER

SEC 7 T14N R 9E, Attala, MS

Built 1966 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 50

CO. ROAD 3217

Poor

Over: RELIEF FOR ZILPHA CREEK

SEC 18 T16N R 7E, Attala, MS

Built 1974 Load: 3.3 t ADT: 40

CO. ROAD 4110

Poor

Over: BCH OF LONG CREEK

SEC 34 T14N R 5E B, Attala, MS

Built 1976 Load: 4.9 t ADT: 180

CO. ROAD 3217

Poor

Over: BRASWELL BRANCH

SEC 33 T16N R 7E B, Attala, MS

Built 1962 Load: 13.8 t ADT: 60

SR 35

Poor

Over: SUGAR CREEK

5.2 MI N SR 12, Attala, MS

Built 1950 Load: 19.3 t ADT: 2,900

CO. ROAD 2247

Poor

Over: BCH YOCKANOOKANY RIVER

SEC 15 T15N R 8E B, Attala, MS

Built 1974 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 100

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