Total bridges
154
Public highway bridges in Clay County
County profile · official public datasets
Clay County, MS
154 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 73.4% rated Good, 24.7% Fair, 1.9% Poor.
- 154
- Public bridges
- 73.4%
- Good condition
- 1.9%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Clay County posts a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 17%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 1.9%
- Poor-condition share
- 154
- public highway bridges
- 1988
- 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.
Clay County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Clay County ranks #14 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.9%). Clay County, Mississippi contains 154 public highway bridges. Roughly 73.4% are rated “Good,” 24.7% “Fair,” and 1.9% “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
73.4%
113 of 154 rated 7-9
Fair condition
24.7%
38 of 154 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1.9%
3 of 154 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#14 of 82
Among Mississippi counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 154 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 73.4% (113)
Fair 24.7% (38)
Poor 1.9% (3)
Clay County's Poor-condition bridges carry 4,760 vehicle crossings a day
That is 2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,587 crossings a day against 1,340 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 154 of 154 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
22.1% of Clay County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
34 of the 154 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 73.4% 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 88.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SR 50 over CHUQUATONCHEE RELIEF, built 1940, carries 4,200 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 4,760 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Clay County's bridges were built
154 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1940s 2
1940–1949
2 bridges
- 1950s 11
1950–1959
11 bridges
- 1960s 13
1960–1969
13 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
17 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
34 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
34 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
26 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
14 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 34 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1988) matches the Mississippi average (1986).
How Clay County compares with Mississippi's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Clay County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.9% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1988 against a peer-group mean of 1985 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 81 Mississippi counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yalobusha County | 158 | 45.6% | 48.1% | 6.3% | 1979 |
| Franklin County | 157 | 58.6% | 31.2% | 10.2% | 1987 |
| Tallahatchie County | 155 | 42.6% | 37.4% | 20% | 1985 |
| Walthall County | 154 | 85.7% | 13% | 1.3% | 1987 |
| Clay County (this page) | 154 | 73.4% | 24.7% | 1.9% | 1988 |
| Lamar County | 150 | 82.7% | 17.3% | 0% | 1985 |
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 Clay 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 Clay County, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MS (154 bridges here).
- Choctaw County, AL · 154 bridges
- Arkansas County, AR · 154 bridges
- Kootenai County, ID · 154 bridges
- Elk County, KS · 154 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1988 here).
- Travis County, TX · avg 1988 · 1,544 bridges
- Grant County, OK · avg 1988 · 476 bridges
- Loudoun County, VA · avg 1988 · 442 bridges
- Licking County, OH · avg 1988 · 439 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (38)
HUGH MOSELEY ROAD
FairOver: MOSELEY CREEK
SEC 30 T15S R 4E, Clay, MS
Built 1965 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 50
DEANS ROAD
FairOver: REED CREEK
SEC_ 1_T16S_R 3E, Clay, MS
Built 1965 Load: 13.8 t ADT: 50
OLD HWY 46
FairOver: STREAM
SEC 6 T17S R 5E, Clay, MS
Built 1965 Load: 17.3 t ADT: 50
SR 50
FairOver: BLUFF CREEK
1.3 MI E WEBSTER CL, Clay, MS
Built 1953 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 1,000
BILLY WHITE ROAD
FairOver: SUN CREEK
SEC 20 T20N R13E, Clay, MS
Built 1996 Load: 20.7 t ADT: 50
BEASLEY ROAD
FairOver: JOHNSON CREEK
SEC 4 T20N R13E B, Clay, MS
Built 1959 Load: 21.3 t ADT: 570
BARTON FERRY ROAD
FairOver: TOWN CREEK
SEC 34 T16S R 7E B, Clay, MS
Built 1965 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 80
SR 50
FairOver: CHUQUATONCHEE CREEK
3.2 MI W US 45A, Clay, MS
Built 1940 Load: 23.3 t ADT: 4,200
SR 46
FairOver: CREEK
5.6 MI E WEBSTER CL, Clay, MS
Built 1958 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 1,100
BEASLEY ROAD
FairOver: LINE CREEK NORTH CANAL
SEC 30 T16S R 4E B, Clay, MS
Built 1960 Load: 25.2 t ADT: 700
LOWER TOWN CREEK
FairOver: TOWN CREEK
SEC 11 T17S R 7E B, Clay, MS
Built 1984 Load: 25.2 t ADT: 50
US 45A
FairOver: CREEK
0.2 MI N LOWNDES CL, Clay, MS
Built 1992 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 8,000
PHEBA COLONY RD
FairOver: DOUBLE CABIN CREEK
SEC 20 T20N R13E B, Clay, MS
Built 1977 Load: 26.4 t ADT: 900
SR 46
FairOver: SAND CREEK
11.6 MI E WEBSTER CL, Clay, MS
Built 1955 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 730
US 45A
FairOver: TIBBEE CREEK
3.1 MI N LOWNDES CL, Clay, MS
Built 1992 Load: 30.4 t ADT: 9,000
US 45A
FairOver: TIBBEE CREEK
3.1 MI N LOWNDES CL, Clay, MS
Built 1992 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 9,000
BAKER ROAD
FairOver: BELL CREEK
SEC 22 T15S R 5E B, Clay, MS
Built 1993 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 50
MATTHEWS GIN ROAD
FairOver: SPRING CREEK
SEC 28 T17S R 7E, Clay, MS
Built 1980 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 50
WALERLY RD
FairOver: WALERLY CREEK
SEC 24 T17S R 6E B, Clay, MS
Built 1986 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 2,400
HWY 50
FairOver: TOWN CREEK
SEC 10 T17S R 6E, Clay, MS
Built 2010 Load: 32.1 t ADT: 8,400
CHURCHHILL ROAD
FairOver: TOWN CREEK
SEC 22 T17S R 6E B, Clay, MS
Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,100
SR 46
FairOver: UNDERWOOD CREEK
6.2 MI N SR 50, Clay, MS
Built 1992 Load: 32.9 t ADT: 730
OLD TIBBEE ROAD
FairOver: TOWN CREEK
SEC 26 T17S R 6E B, Clay, MS
Built 1973 Load: 32.9 t ADT: 100
DUGAN-ABBOTT RD
FairOver: DEATH CREEK
SEC 15 T16S R 5E, Clay, MS
Built 1960 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 50
SR 46
FairOver: STANDING REED CREEK
8.6 MI E WEBSTER CL, Clay, MS
Built 1992 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 1,000
CHURCHILL ROAD
FairOver: STREAM
SEC 13 T17S R 6E B, Clay, MS
Built 1983 Load: 33.9 t ADT: 2,000
YOKOHAMA ROAD
FairOver: UNNAMED STREAM
SEC 34 T16S R 6E B, Clay, MS
Built 2015 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 660
HICKORY DRIVE
FairOver: HICKORY CREEK
SEC 4 T17S R 6E, Clay, MS
Built 1972 Load: 35.5 t ADT: 50
BEASLEY ROAD
FairOver: JOHNSON BRANCH
SEC 4 T20N R13E B, Clay, MS
Built 1959 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 570
BEASLEY RD
FairOver: BEASLEY BRANCH
SEC 27 T21N R13E B, Clay, MS
Built 1960 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 570
BEASLEY RD
FairOver: LINE CREEK SOUTH CANAL
SEC 34 T21N R13E B, Clay, MS
Built 1960 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 570
SR 46
FairOver: PRAIRIE CREEK
4.8 MI E WEBSTER CL, Clay, MS
Built 1989 Load: 36.8 t ADT: 960
NATCHEZ TRACE PARK
FairOver: STREAM
6.0 MILES SOUTH OF MS ROU, Clay, MS
Built 1960 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 920
WAVERLY ROAD
FairOver: WAVERLY BRANCH
SEC 22 T17S R 7E B, Clay, MS
Built 1982 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,300
CARIDINE ROAD
FairOver: CARIDINE CREEK
SEC 10 T15S R 4E B, Clay, MS
Built 1970 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 70
SR 46
FairOver: UNDERWOOD CREEK RELIEF
6.0 MI N SR 50, Clay, MS
Built 1992 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 730
YOKOHAMA ROAD
FairOver: KCS RR
SEC 34 T16S R 6E B, Clay, MS
Built 2015 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 620
US 45A
FairOver: TOWN CREEK
2.0 MI S SR 50, Clay, MS
Built 1992 Load: 50.4 t ADT: 18,000
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