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Benton County, MS

103 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 70.9% rated Good, 21.4% Fair, 7.8% Poor.

103
Public bridges
70.9%
Good condition
7.8%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Benton County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

62nd
of 82 on Poor share
7.8%
Poor-condition share
103
public highway bridges
1993
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.

Benton County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Benton County ranks #62 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 7.8%). Benton County, Mississippi contains 103 public highway bridges. Roughly 70.9% are rated “Good,” 21.4% “Fair,” and 7.8% “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

103

Public highway bridges in Benton County

Good condition

70.9%

73 of 103 rated 7-9

Fair condition

21.4%

22 of 103 rated 5-6

Poor condition

7.8%

8 of 103 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#62 of 82

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

Condition distribution

Share of 103 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
70.9% (73)
Fair
21.4% (22)
Poor
7.8% (8)

Benton County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,857 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 357 crossings a day against 1,316 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 103 of 103 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

17.5% of Benton County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

18 of the 103 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 70.9% 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 49% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR 178 over CATHEY BRANCH, built 1937, carries 1,400 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 8-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 2,857 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Benton County's bridges were built

103 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 43 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 41.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1993, 7 years newer than the Mississippi average of 1986.

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

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

The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Benton County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 7.8% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1993 against a peer-group mean of 1984 is 9 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Benton County and the 5 Mississippi counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Quitman County 106 7.5%
Hancock County 104 6.7%
Benton County (this page) 103 7.8%
Adams County 100 10%
Jefferson County 100 2%
Humphreys County 94 4.3%

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 Benton 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 Benton County, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside MS (103 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1993 here).

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

All 103 Good 73 Fair 22 Poor 8

Good-condition bridges (73)

CRUM STREET

Good

Over: UNNAMED STREAM

SEC 27 T 5S R 1E, Benton, MS

Built 1988 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 190

SR 5

Good

Over: ROBINSON BOTTOM TRIB

3.8 MI N SR 370, Benton, MS

Built 1995 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 2,100

PISGAH ROAD

Good

Over: CHILLI CREEK

SEC 28 T 4S R 1E, Benton, MS

Built 2001 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 110

SR 7

Good

Over: WOLF RIVER

3.1 MI N US 72, Benton, MS

Built 2016 Load: 38.8 t ADT: 2,100

ABLES STORE ROAD

Good

Over: SNOW CREEK

SEC 19 T 4S R 1E, Benton, MS

Built 2003 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 40

ROUTE 907

Good

Over: OAKLIMETER CREEK

SEC 33 T 5S R 1E B, Benton, MS

Built 2019 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 550

HEBRON CHURCH RD

Good

Over: GRAYS CREEK

SEC 14 T 2S R 1W B, Benton, MS

Built 2014 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 49

LIBERTY RD

Good

Over: WAGNER CREEK

SEC 6 T 4S R 1E, Benton, MS

Built 2021 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 220

SR 7

Good

Over: GRAYS CREEK TRIBUTARY

1.6 MI N US 72, Benton, MS

Built 2016 Load: 41.2 t ADT: 1,900

SR 7

Good

Over: GRAYS CREEK

1.8 MI N US 72, Benton, MS

Built 2016 Load: 41.2 t ADT: 1,900

ARNOLD ROAD

Good

Over: UNNAMED BRANCH

SEC 30 T 5S R 2E, Benton, MS

Built 2002 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 26

COUNTRY CHURCH RD

Good

Over: BRANCH ROBINSON BOTTOM

SEC 4 T 3S R 1E B, Benton, MS

Built 2003 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 220

SR 7

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

3.6 MI N US 72, Benton, MS

Built 2016 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 2,100

FAS 1910

Good

Over: WOLF RIVER

SEC 15 T 2S R 2E B, Benton, MS

Built 2011 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 322

FAS 1910

Good

Over: MILLER CREEK

SEC 22 T 2S R 2E B, Benton, MS

Built 2011 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 320

OLD HWY 72

Good

Over: GROGG CREEK

SEC 8 T 2S R 2E B, Benton, MS

Built 2010 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 99

US 72

Good

Over: STREAM

2.4 MI W TIPPAH CL, Benton, MS

Built 1999 Load: 47.7 t ADT: 3,600

US 72

Good

Over: STREAM

2.4 MI W TIPPAH CL, Benton, MS

Built 2000 Load: 47.8 t ADT: 3,600

WOLFE ROAD

Good

Over: UNNAMED BRANCH

SEC 25 T 5S R 2E, Benton, MS

Built 1997 Load: 53.6 t ADT: 98

BECK SPRINGS ROAD

Good

Over: I 22

0.3 MI E MARSHALL CL, Benton, MS

Built 1993 Load: 55.7 t ADT: 260

SR 178

Good

Over: ARMOUR BRANCH

0.7 MI E SR 5, Benton, MS

Built 2021 Load: 58.0 t ADT: 230

SR 178

Good

Over: OAKLIMITER CREEK

1.1 MI E SR 5, Benton, MS

Built 2021 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 230

SR 178

Good

Over: PECHAHALEE CREEK

2.0 MI W I 22, Benton, MS

Built 2021 Load: 69.1 t ADT: 1,400

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.