Total bridges
136
Public highway bridges in Claiborne County
County profile · official public datasets
Claiborne County, MS
136 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 25% rated Good, 72.8% Fair, 2.2% Poor.
- 136
- Public bridges
- 25%
- Good condition
- 2.2%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Claiborne County pairs a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 21%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 2.2%
- Poor-condition share
- 136
- public highway bridges
- 1978
- 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.
Claiborne County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Claiborne County ranks #17 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.2%). Claiborne County, Mississippi contains 136 public highway bridges. Roughly 25% are rated “Good,” 72.8% “Fair,” and 2.2% “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
25%
34 of 136 rated 7-9
Fair condition
72.8%
99 of 136 rated 5-6
Poor condition
2.2%
3 of 136 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#17 of 82
Among Mississippi counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 136 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 25% (34)
Fair 72.8% (99)
Poor 2.2% (3)
Claiborne County's Poor-condition bridges carry 385 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 193 crossings a day against 413 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 135 of 136 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
39.7% of Claiborne County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
54 of the 136 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 25% 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 67.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SR 161 over BARNES CREEK, built 1936, carries 260 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 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 385 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Claiborne County's bridges were built
136 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1930s 2
1930–1939
2 bridges
- 1940s 2
1940–1949
2 bridges
- 1950s 7
1950–1959
7 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
36 bridges
- 1970s 16
1970–1979
16 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
50 bridges
- 1990s 8
1990–1999
8 bridges
- 2000s 8
2000–2009
8 bridges
- 2010s 4
2010–2019
4 bridges
- 2020s 2
2020–2029
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 50 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 36.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1978, 8 years older than the Mississippi average of 1986.
How Claiborne County compares with Mississippi's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Claiborne County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.2% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1988 is 10 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 81 Mississippi counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Davis County | 142 | 77.5% | 19.7% | 2.8% | 1992 |
| Leflore County | 139 | 40.3% | 50.4% | 9.4% | 1976 |
| Tate County | 139 | 39.6% | 58.3% | 2.2% | 1992 |
| Tippah County | 139 | 60.4% | 34.5% | 5% | 1989 |
| Claiborne County (this page) | 136 | 25% | 72.8% | 2.2% | 1978 |
| Lawrence County | 134 | 78.4% | 20.9% | 0.7% | 1989 |
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 Claiborne 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 Claiborne County, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MS (136 bridges here).
- Bullock County, AL · 136 bridges
- Jackson County, AR · 136 bridges
- Perry County, IL · 136 bridges
- Lincoln County, KY · 136 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1978 here).
- Orange County, CA · avg 1978 · 1,164 bridges
- Sumner County, KS · avg 1978 · 659 bridges
- Allen County, IN · avg 1978 · 613 bridges
- Livingston County, IL · avg 1978 · 579 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (99)
OLD PORT GIBSON RD
FairOver: GEES CREEK
SEC 25 T13N R 4E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1950 Load: 8.4 t ADT: 190
NATCHEZ TRACE PARK
FairOver: RAPALJE CREEK
22.1 MILES SOUTH OF MS RO, Claiborne, MS
Built 1966 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 440
SR 547
FairOver: WILLIS CREEK
4.2 MI S US 61, Claiborne, MS
Built 1948 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 1,500
FOREST GROVE RD
FairOver: CLARKS BRANCH
SEC 19 T10N R 4E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1954 Load: 20.3 t ADT: 260
NATCHEZ TRACE PARK
FairOver: MS ROUTE 547
1.9 MILES SOUTH OF MS RO, Claiborne, MS
Built 1965 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 440
NATCHEZ TRACE PARK
FairOver: BIG BAYOU PIERRE
3.6 MILES SOUTH OF OWENS, Claiborne, MS
Built 1965 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 450
NATCHEZ TRACE PARK
FairOver: LITTLE BAYOU PIERRE
0.9 MILES SOUTH OF MS ROU, Claiborne, MS
Built 1966 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 450
SR 18
FairOver: STORM CREEK
3.9 MI E SR 548, Claiborne, MS
Built 1952 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 1,500
WOODVINE ROAD
FairOver: BAKERS CREEK
SEC 64 T10N R 2E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1974 Load: 22.9 t ADT: 1,200
KARMAC FERRY RD
FairOver: FORMER RAILROAD CUT
SEC 1 T12N R 2E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1982 Load: 22.9 t ADT: 250
US 61
FairOver: LITTLE BAYOU PIERRE
0.3 MI S SR 18, Claiborne, MS
Built 1947 Load: 23.2 t ADT: 12,000
NATCHEZ TRACE PARK
FairOver: WHISKEY BRANCH
20.2 MILES SOUTH OF MS RO, Claiborne, MS
Built 1966 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 440
US 61
FairOver: BIG BLACK RIVER
CLAIBORNE/WARREN CL, Claiborne, MS
Built 1989 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 2,900
US 61
FairOver: BIG BLACK RIVER
CLAIBORNE/WARREN CL, Claiborne, MS
Built 1987 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 2,900
PATTISON-HERMANVIL
FairOver: LITTLE BAYOU PIERRE
SEC 25 T11N R 4E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1968 Load: 23.9 t ADT: 500
SR 18
FairOver: CREEK BRANCH
1.4 MI E SR 548, Claiborne, MS
Built 1952 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 1,500
OIL MILL RD
FairOver: BAYOU PIERRE
SEC 12 T12N R 2E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1978 Load: 24.9 t ADT: 1,900
WOODVINE RD
FairOver: BAKERS CREEK
SEC 5 T10N R 2E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1985 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 1,200
SR 547
FairOver: BAKERS CREEK
2.1 MI S US 61, Claiborne, MS
Built 1980 Load: 26.7 t ADT: 2,500
US 61
FairOver: KENNISON CREEK
1.2 MI S WARREN CL, Claiborne, MS
Built 1992 Load: 27.0 t ADT: 2,900
US 61
FairOver: BARNES CREEK
0.8 MI N JEFFERSON CL, Claiborne, MS
Built 2004 Load: 27.1 t ADT: 2,800
US 61
FairOver: KENNISON CREEK
1.2 MI S WARREN CL, Claiborne, MS
Built 1996 Load: 27.1 t ADT: 2,900
US 61
FairOver: BAKERS CREEK TRIB
1.3 MI N JEFFERSON CL, Claiborne, MS
Built 2007 Load: 28.0 t ADT: 2,800
PATTISON ROAD
FairOver: WILLIS CREEK
SEC 4 T10N R 3E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1980 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 610
FOREST GROVE RD
FairOver: CLARKS CREEK
SEC 20 T10N R 4E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1971 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 260
RUSSUM WESTSIDE RD
FairOver: JAMES CREEK
SEC 37 T11N R 1E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1975 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 200
RODNEY ROAD
FairOver: JAMES CREEK
SEC 58 T11N R 1E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1975 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 360
RODNEY ROAD
FairOver: WIDOWS CREEK
SEC 61 T11N R 1E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1972 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 360
WHITAKER RD
FairOver: JONES CREEK
SEC 11 T12N R 4E, Claiborne, MS
Built 1976 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 230
OLD PORT GIBSON
FairOver: BIG SAND CREEK
SEC 4 T13N R 4E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1981 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 280
BARLAND RD
FairOver: BARLAND CREEK
SEC 33 T11N R 4E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1973 Load: 28.4 t ADT: 250
SR 547
FairOver: BRANDYWINE CREEK
0.4 MI N COPIAH CL, Claiborne, MS
Built 1966 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 670
GORDON STATION RD
FairOver: BAKER CREEK
SEC 52 T11N R 2E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1982 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 350
SR 18
FairOver: CHOCTAW CREEK
8.0 MI E SR 548, Claiborne, MS
Built 1975 Load: 31.6 t ADT: 1,500
SR 547
FairOver: CLARKS CREEK
9.5 MI W COPIAH CL, Claiborne, MS
Built 1958 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 670
HUNT RD
FairOver: TRIB OF OWENS CREEK
SEC_20_T13N_R 5E, Claiborne, MS
Built 1979 Load: 32.3 t ADT: 150
SR 18
FairOver: NATCHEZ TRACE
1.3 MI E US 61, Claiborne, MS
Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,700
PATTISON ROAD
FairOver: BCH OF WILLIS CREEK
SEC 4 T10N R 3E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1983 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 520
NESMITH RD
FairOver: TRIB LITTLE BAYOU PIERRE
SEC 13 T10N R 4E, Claiborne, MS
Built 1989 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 60
FOREST GROVE RD
FairOver: CLARKS BRANCH
SEC 22 T10N R 4E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1986 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 260
BEECH GROVE RD
FairOver: BUCKINS CREEK
SEC 28 T10N R 4E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1985 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 130
MERT DAVIS RD
FairOver: MILL CREEK
SEC 5 T10N R 5E, Claiborne, MS
Built 1984 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 75
WARRENTON RD
FairOver: TRIB OF RAPALJE CREEK
SEC 41 T12N R 3E, Claiborne, MS
Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 50
RAMOLA RD
FairOver: BOOTHS CREEK
SEC 30 T12N R 4E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1973 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 520
NATCHEZ TRACE PARK
FairOver: LITTLE SAND CREEK
11.6 MILES SOUTH OF MS RO, Claiborne, MS
Built 1962 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 440
TEMPLETON ROAD
FairOver: SAND CREEK
SEC 26 T13N R 4E, Claiborne, MS
Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 45
TILLMAN RD
FairOver: WILLIS CREEK BRANCH
SEC 4 T10N R 3E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1975 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 750
RODNEY ROAD
FairOver: TRIB BAYOU PIERRE
SEC 22 T11N R 1E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1981 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 360
HICKORY RIDGE ROAD
FairOver: TRIB OF FLOWERS CREEK
SEC 1 T12N R 4E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1989 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 125
HANKISON RD
FairOver: GUNNS BAYOU
SEC 33 T13N R 3E B, Claiborne, MS
Built 1982 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 150
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