Total bridges
272
Public highway bridges in Bolivar County
County profile · official public datasets
Bolivar County, MS
272 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 26.1% rated Good, 65.8% Fair, 8.1% Poor.
- 272
- Public bridges
- 26.1%
- Good condition
- 8.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Bolivar County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 64th
- of 82 on Poor share
- 8.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 272
- public highway bridges
- 1987
- 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.
Bolivar County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Bolivar County ranks #64 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 8.1%). Bolivar County, Mississippi contains 272 public highway bridges. Roughly 26.1% are rated “Good,” 65.8% “Fair,” and 8.1% “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.
Good condition
26.1%
71 of 272 rated 7-9
Fair condition
65.8%
179 of 272 rated 5-6
Poor condition
8.1%
22 of 272 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#64 of 82
Among Mississippi counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 272 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 26.1% (71)
Fair 65.8% (179)
Poor 8.1% (22)
Bolivar County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,570 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 8.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 117 crossings a day against 598 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 272 of 272 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
30.9% of Bolivar County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
84 of the 272 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 26.1% 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 13.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
COLLEGE ST over BEAR PEN CANAL, built 2000, carries 350 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 22-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 2,570 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Bolivar County's bridges were built
272 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 3
1930–1939
3 bridges
- 1940s 3
1940–1949
3 bridges
- 1950s 12
1950–1959
12 bridges
- 1960s 20
1960–1969
20 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
70 bridges
- 1980s 26
1980–1989
26 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
72 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
34 bridges
- 2010s 17
2010–2019
17 bridges
- 2020s 15
2020–2029
15 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 72 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 26.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1987) matches the Mississippi average (1986).
How Bolivar County compares with Mississippi's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Bolivar County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 8.1% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1987 against a peer-group mean of 1989 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 81 Mississippi counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forrest County | 283 | 46.3% | 49.5% | 4.2% | 1982 |
| Bolivar County (this page) | 272 | 26.1% | 65.8% | 8.1% | 1987 |
| Yazoo County | 271 | 26.6% | 60.9% | 12.5% | 1987 |
| Jackson County | 268 | 69.4% | 28% | 2.6% | 1996 |
| Copiah County | 266 | 25.9% | 69.2% | 4.9% | 1987 |
| DeSoto County | 266 | 59.4% | 38.7% | 1.9% | 1995 |
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 Bolivar 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 Bolivar County, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MS (272 bridges here).
- Rock Island County, IL · 272 bridges
- Berrien County, MI · 272 bridges
- Morton County, ND · 272 bridges
- Blaine County, OK · 272 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1987 here).
- St. Louis County, MO · avg 1987 · 912 bridges
- Ellis County, TX · avg 1987 · 691 bridges
- St. Louis County, MN · avg 1987 · 663 bridges
- Palm Beach County, FL · avg 1987 · 610 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (272)
SR 8
FairOver: CREEK
0.6 MI E US 61, Bolivar, MS
Built 1940 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 9,400
SR 446
FairOver: PECAN BAYOU
12.8 MI E SR 1, Bolivar, MS
Built 1950 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 1,200
US 61
FairOver: HUSHPUCKENA RIVER
4.2 MI N SR 32, Bolivar, MS
Built 2005 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 2,800
US 61
FairOver: ALLIGATOR LAKE
3.0 MI N SR 444, Bolivar, MS
Built 2005 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 2,800
SR 8
FairOver: SNAKE CREEK
12.9 MI E SR 1, Bolivar, MS
Built 1961 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 3,000
SR 8
FairOver: W BOGUE HASTY
14.7 MI E SR 1, Bolivar, MS
Built 1992 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 3,000
SR 450
FairOver: LITTLE STEEL BAYOU
12.0 MI E SR 1, Bolivar, MS
Built 1992 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 470
SR 446
FairOver: ICY BOGUE
10.0 MI E SR 1, Bolivar, MS
Built 1948 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 670
SANDPIT ROAD
FairOver: BCH OF PORTER BAYOU
SEC 27 T21N R 5W, Bolivar, MS
Built 1979 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 180
QUINN ROAD
FairOver: WEST BOGUE HASTY CREEK
SEC 17 T21N R 6W, Bolivar, MS
Built 1973 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 20
LITTON ROAD
FairOver: BEAR PEN CREEK
SEC 22 T21N R 6W B, Bolivar, MS
Built 1971 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 250
LITTON ROAD
FairOver: PECAN BAYOU
SEC 23 T21N R 6W B, Bolivar, MS
Built 1972 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 300
CROSBY ROAD
FairOver: BCH OF EAST BOGUE HASTY
SEC 19 T22N R 5W B, Bolivar, MS
Built 2001 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 200
WHITE ROAD
FairOver: BCH OF LEAD BAYOU
SEC 22 T22N R 5W, Bolivar, MS
Built 2000 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 4,800
RAILROAD AVE
FairOver: TOMMIE BAYOU
SEC 6 T22N R 6W, Bolivar, MS
Built 2007 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 80
YALE STREET
FairOver: BCH OF EAST BOGUE HASTY
SEC 23 T22N R 6W B, Bolivar, MS
Built 1971 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 450
YALE STREET
FairOver: BEAR PEN CANAL
SEC 24 T22N R 6W B, Bolivar, MS
Built 1971 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 450
PEMBLE ROAD
FairOver: SNAKE CREEK
SEC 16 T23N R 6W B, Bolivar, MS
Built 1971 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 280
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: WEST BOGUE HASTY CREEK
SEC 35 T23N R 6W B, Bolivar, MS
Built 1974 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 200
BEULAH ROAD
FairOver: LABAN BAYOU
SEC 33 T23N R 7W B, Bolivar, MS
Built 1975 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 650
CUTOFF ROAD
FairOver: LABAN BAYOU
SEC 23 T23N R 8W, Bolivar, MS
Built 1974 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 20
W.MOUND BAYOU ROAD
FairOver: LITTLE BRADFORD BAYOU
SEC 35 T24N R 6W B, Bolivar, MS
Built 1972 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 220
WARFIELD ROAD
FairOver: BOGUE PHALIA CREEK
SEC 10 T24N R 7W, Bolivar, MS
Built 1975 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 40
CATTLE RANCH ROAD
FairOver: BCH OF LANES BAYOU
SEC 28 T24N R 7W, Bolivar, MS
Built 1972 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 60
GIBSON SWAMP ROAD
FairOver: BCH OF LANES BAYOU
SEC 32 T24N R 7W B, Bolivar, MS
Built 1999 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 60
RENA LARA ROAD
FairOver: HUSHPUCKENA RIVER
SEC 29 T26N R 5W, Bolivar, MS
Built 1973 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 40
OLD RULEVILLE ROAD
FairOver: TRIB OF LEAD CREEK
SEC 25 T22N R 5W, Bolivar, MS
Built 1975 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 200
GIBERT ROAD
FairOver: PORTER BAYOU
SEC 1 T20N R 6W B, Bolivar, MS
Built 2015 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 250
SR 8
FairOver: BOGUE PHALIA RIVER
9.5 MI E SR 1, Bolivar, MS
Built 1992 Load: 35.5 t ADT: 2,200
SR 446
FairOver: BOUGE PHALIA RIVER
6.3 MI E SR 1, Bolivar, MS
Built 1966 Load: 35.5 t ADT: 680
DITCH BANK ROAD
FairOver: ANN BAYOU
SEC 8 T21N R 7W, Bolivar, MS
Built 1973 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 20
THOMPSON WAY ROAD
FairOver: CLEAR CREEK
SEC 32 T21N R 7W, Bolivar, MS
Built 1972 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 20
DOSSETTE GROVE RD
FairOver: CHRISTMAS LAKE BRANCH
SEC 16 T22N R 8W, Bolivar, MS
Built 1973 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 20
HITER ROAD
FairOver: TOMMIE BAYOU
SEC 20 T23N R 6W, Bolivar, MS
Built 1974 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50
BLUE CAIN ROAD
FairOver: BCH OF HUSHPUCKENA RIVER
SEC 4 T24N R 5W, Bolivar, MS
Built 1969 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50
DRESBACK ROAD
FairOver: SNAKE CREEK
SEC 19 T24N R 6W, Bolivar, MS
Built 1971 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50
RENA LARA ROAD
FairOver: BCH OF BLAND BRAKE
SEC 29 T26N R 5W, Bolivar, MS
Built 1980 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 40
HILLSHOUSE RD/OLD
FairOver: HUSHPUCKENA RIVER
SEC 31 T26N R 5W B, Bolivar, MS
Built 1960 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 110
SUNRISE DRIVE
FairOver: OTTER LAKE
SEC 26 T22N R 5W, Bolivar, MS
Built 2019 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 150
US 61
FairOver: SILVER BAYOU
0.8 MI N SR 448, Bolivar, MS
Built 1980 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 9,800
GIBERT ROAD
FairOver: BEAR PEN CANAL
SEC 12 T21N R 6W B, Bolivar, MS
Built 1982 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 210
CLEVELAND CROSSING
FairOver: EAST BOGUE HASTY CK
SEC 13 T22N R 6W, Bolivar, MS
Built 1994 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 100
THIRD STREET
FairOver: LEAD BAYOU
SEC 15 T22N R 5W, Bolivar, MS
Built 2003 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 300
SR 1
FairOver: BULL BAYOU
2.2 MI N WASHINGTON CL, Bolivar, MS
Built 1999 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 1,500
US 61
FairOver: PORTERS BAYOU
AT JCT US61 SR448, Bolivar, MS
Built 1980 Load: 36.5 t ADT: 9,800
OLD HIGHWAY 61
FairOver: PORTER BAYOU
SEC 14 T20N R 6W B, Bolivar, MS
Built 1988 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 300
TOWNSHIP ROAD
FairOver: SNAKE CREEK
SEC 34 T23N R 6W B, Bolivar, MS
Built 1988 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 110
BURROUGHS ROAD
FairOver: HUSHPUCKENA RIVER
SEC 29 T25N R 5W B, Bolivar, MS
Built 1990 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 120
SR 446
FairOver: WEST BOUGE HASTY
9.1 MI E SR 1, Bolivar, MS
Built 1986 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 670
LAUGHLIN ROAD
FairOver: PECAN BAYOU
SEC 30 T22N R 5W, Bolivar, MS
Built 1994 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 320
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