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Choctaw County, MS

164 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 54.3% rated Good, 37.2% Fair, 8.5% Poor.

164
Public bridges
54.3%
Good condition
8.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

66th
of 82 on Poor share
8.5%
Poor-condition share
164
public highway bridges
1981
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.

Choctaw County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Choctaw County ranks #66 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 8.5%). Choctaw County, Mississippi contains 164 public highway bridges. Roughly 54.3% are rated “Good,” 37.2% “Fair,” and 8.5% “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

164

Public highway bridges in Choctaw County

Good condition

54.3%

89 of 164 rated 7-9

Fair condition

37.2%

61 of 164 rated 5-6

Poor condition

8.5%

14 of 164 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#66 of 82

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

Condition distribution

Share of 164 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
54.3% (89)
Fair
37.2% (61)
Poor
8.5% (14)

Choctaw County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,235 vehicle crossings a day

That is 3.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 8.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 231 crossings a day against 664 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 164 of 164 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

37.8% of Choctaw County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

62 of the 164 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 54.3% 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 64.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR 9 over BIG BLACK RIVER, built 1955, carries 2,100 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 14-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 3,235 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Choctaw County's bridges were built

164 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 33 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1981, 5 years older than the Mississippi average of 1986.

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

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

The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Choctaw County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 8.5% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1981 against a peer-group mean of 1986 is 5 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Choctaw County and the 5 Mississippi counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Sunflower County 169 25.4%
Pontotoc County 166 3.6%
Covington County 164 3%
Choctaw County (this page) 164 8.5%
Grenada County 163 1.8%
Perry County 162 0%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside MS (164 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1981 here).

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

All 164 Good 89 Fair 61 Poor 14

All bridges (164)

CHAPEL HILL ROAD

Fair

Over: JENKINS CREEK

SEC 13 T18N R 9E B, Choctaw, MS

Built 1989 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 100

DOUBLE SIGN BOARD

Fair

Over: BIG BYWY DITCH

SEC 1 T18N R11E, Choctaw, MS

Built 1996 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 50

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Fair

Over: STREAM

6.20 MILES SOUTH OF U.S., Choctaw, MS

Built 1958 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 533

BOLLIS TOMNOLEN RD

Fair

Over: PHILLIPS CREEK

SEC 36 T19N R10E B, Choctaw, MS

Built 2001 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 300

CRAPE CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: CRAPE CREEK

SEC 35 T18N R 8E, Choctaw, MS

Built 1996 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 55

REED ROAD

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF PIGEONROOST CR

SEC 11 T19N R11E, Choctaw, MS

Built 2001 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 50

WHITMIRE ROAD

Fair

Over: LOBUTCHA CREEK

SEC 26 T15N R10E, Choctaw, MS

Built 2001 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 50

MAGEE-THOMPSON RD

Fair

Over: TIBBY CREEK

SEC 19 T16N R11E B, Choctaw, MS

Built 2004 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 70

LOUISVILLE ST

Fair

Over: YOCKANOOKANY RIVER

SEC 29 T17N R11E, Choctaw, MS

Built 1970 Load: 47.9 t ADT: 500

JONES ROAD

Fair

Over: BAPTISM BRANCH

SEC 16 T18N R 9E, Choctaw, MS

Built 1996 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 50

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Fair

Over: STREAM

15.1 MILES NORTH OF MS RO, Choctaw, MS

Built 1949 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 533

HAMRIC ROAD

Good

Over: MCCURTAINS CREEK

SEC 3 T17N R 9E, Choctaw, MS

Built 1997 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 50

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: MS ROUTE 9

9.1 MILES SOUTH OF U.S. R, Choctaw, MS

Built 1958 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 533

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: SAND CREEK

7.6 MILES SOUTH OF U.S. R, Choctaw, MS

Built 1956 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 533

SR 790

Good

Over: BOCOCHETTA CANAL

3.7 MI N SR 12, Choctaw, MS

Built 1937 Load: 21.2 t ADT: 270

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: COUNTY ROAD

6.3 MILES SOUTH OF U.S. R, Choctaw, MS

Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 533

PISGAH ROAD

Good

Over: MCCURTAIN CREEK

SEC 14 T17N R 9E, Choctaw, MS

Built 2020 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 50

SR 9

Good

Over: YOCKANOOKANY CREEK

0.5 MI N SR 12, Choctaw, MS

Built 1955 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 2,500

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: PIGEON ROOST SLOUGH

1.2 MILES SOUTH OF U.S. R, Choctaw, MS

Built 1956 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,075

SR 9

Good

Over: MIDDLE BYWY CREEK

7.2 MI N SR 12, Choctaw, MS

Built 1955 Load: 24.9 t ADT: 1,600

SPAY ROAD

Good

Over: REEDY CREEK

SEC 36 T15N R10E B, Choctaw, MS

Built 1983 Load: 25.2 t ADT: 100

FDR 960

Good

Over: FALLAH CREEK

NE S26 T17N R11E, Choctaw, MS

Built 2011 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 50

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: DRY CREEK CANAL

9.0 MILES SOUTH OF MS ROU, Choctaw, MS

Built 1950 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 533

REFORM-STURGIS RD

Good

Over: BYWY CANAL

SEC 7 T18N R10E B, Choctaw, MS

Built 1992 Load: 26.6 t ADT: 50

SR 415

Good

Over: BESA CHITTO CREEK

3.2 MI N SR 9, Choctaw, MS

Built 1971 Load: 26.7 t ADT: 440

CHESTER ST

Good

Over: TOWN CR

SEC 29 T17N R11E, Choctaw, MS

Built 1984 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 200

FDR 960

Good

Over: BOGUE CREEK

NE S23 T17N R11E, Choctaw, MS

Built 2011 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 50

TALLEY ROAD

Good

Over: MCCURTAIN CREEK

SEC 8 T18N R 9E B, Choctaw, MS

Built 1988 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 100

SANDERS ROAD

Good

Over: BESA CHITTO CREEK

SEC 2 T17N R10E, Choctaw, MS

Built 2015 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 50

SR 12

Good

Over: DITCH

6.5 MI E ATTALA CL, Choctaw, MS

Built 1940 Load: 29.5 t ADT: 3,500

PIGEONROOST ROAD

Good

Over: PIGEONROOST CREEK

SEC 12 T19N R10E, Choctaw, MS

Built 2015 Load: 29.5 t ADT: 50

WEEKS ROAD

Good

Over: BIG BYWY DITCH

SEC 10 T18N R11E, Choctaw, MS

Built 2002 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 50

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: McCURTAINS CREEK

8.4 MILES SOUTH OF MS ROU, Choctaw, MS

Built 1950 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 533

GLADNEY ROAD

Good

Over: TIBBY CREEK

SEC 22 T16N R10E B, Choctaw, MS

Built 2007 Load: 30.4 t ADT: 125

PANHANDLE ROAD

Good

Over: TIBBY CREEK

SEC 29 T16N R10E B, Choctaw, MS

Built 2007 Load: 30.4 t ADT: 180

WEIR-STEWART ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF MCCURTAIN CR

SEC 3 T17N R 9E B, Choctaw, MS

Built 2001 Load: 30.4 t ADT: 220

PISGAH ROAD

Good

Over: MCCURTAINS CREEK

SEC 11 T17N R 9E, Choctaw, MS

Built 2011 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 60

SR 12

Good

Over: DITCH

5.2 MI E ATTALA CL, Choctaw, MS

Built 1939 Load: 31.3 t ADT: 3,500

SR 413

Good

Over: ELKINS

2.9 MI N SR 407, Choctaw, MS

Built 1962 Load: 32.3 t ADT: 650

SR 413

Good

Over: MIKE CREEK

1.6 MI N SR 12, Choctaw, MS

Built 1952 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 940

SR 413

Good

Over: OLY CREEK

4.6 MI N SR 12, Choctaw, MS

Built 1952 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 940

SR 413

Good

Over: UNNAMED CREEK

0.4 MI E NATCHEZ TRACE, Choctaw, MS

Built 1952 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,100

SR 413

Good

Over: UNNAMED CREEK

0.1 MI E NATCHEZ TRACE, Choctaw, MS

Built 1948 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,100

RAYBUN ROAD

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

SEC 16 T17N R 9E, Choctaw, MS

Built 1996 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 50

REFORM-STURGIS RD

Good

Over: BYWY CREEK

SEC 8 T18N R10E B, Choctaw, MS

Built 1955 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 50

CHERRY ST

Good

Over: TOWN CR

SEC 29 T17N R11E, Choctaw, MS

Built 1984 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 500

SR 415

Good

Over: FANNIE BOWIE CREEK

6.4 MI N SR 9, Choctaw, MS

Built 2023 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 350

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: PIGEON ROOST CREEK

0.5 MILES SOUTH OF U.S. R, Choctaw, MS

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,075

SR 15

Good

Over: QUINN BRANCH

0.8 MI S SR 12, Choctaw, MS

Built 1939 Load: 33.2 t ADT: 6,000

PEARSON ROAD

Good

Over: EBENEZER BRANCH

SEC 13 T18N R 8E, Choctaw, MS

Built 2001 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 150

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