Total bridges
157
Public highway bridges in Franklin County
County profile · official public datasets
Franklin County, MS
157 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 58.6% rated Good, 31.2% Fair, 10.2% Poor.
- 157
- Public bridges
- 58.6%
- Good condition
- 10.2%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Franklin County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 72nd
- of 82 on Poor share
- 10.2%
- Poor-condition share
- 157
- 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.
Franklin County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Franklin County ranks #72 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 10.2%). Franklin County, Mississippi contains 157 public highway bridges. Roughly 58.6% are rated “Good,” 31.2% “Fair,” and 10.2% “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
58.6%
92 of 157 rated 7-9
Fair condition
31.2%
49 of 157 rated 5-6
Poor condition
10.2%
16 of 157 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#72 of 82
Among Mississippi counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 157 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 58.6% (92)
Fair 31.2% (49)
Poor 10.2% (16)
Franklin County's Poor-condition bridges carry 581 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 53 crossings a day against 905 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 152 of 157 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
24.8% of Franklin County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
39 of the 157 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 58.6% 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 17.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
CLEAR SPRINGS ROAD over TRIB. TO OWEN CREEK, built 1986, carries 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 16-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 581 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Franklin County's bridges were built
157 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1930s 2
1930–1939
2 bridges
- 1940s 5
1940–1949
5 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
17 bridges
- 1960s 9
1960–1969
9 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
18 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
34 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
18 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
22 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
23 bridges
- 2020s 8
2020–2029
8 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 34 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1987) matches the Mississippi average (1986).
How Franklin County compares with Mississippi's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Franklin County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 10.2% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1987 against a peer-group mean of 1986 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 81 Mississippi counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry County | 162 | 71% | 29% | 0% | 1990 |
| Yalobusha County | 158 | 45.6% | 48.1% | 6.3% | 1979 |
| Franklin County (this page) | 157 | 58.6% | 31.2% | 10.2% | 1987 |
| Tallahatchie County | 155 | 42.6% | 37.4% | 20% | 1985 |
| Clay County | 154 | 73.4% | 24.7% | 1.9% | 1988 |
| Walthall County | 154 | 85.7% | 13% | 1.3% | 1987 |
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 Franklin 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 Franklin County, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MS (157 bridges here).
- Lowndes County, AL · 157 bridges
- Jefferson County, IA · 157 bridges
- Washington County, MO · 157 bridges
- Stark County, ND · 157 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.
Good-condition bridges (92)
PLEASANT VALLEY RD
GoodOver: MILLER BRANCH
SEC 29 T 6N R 5E, Franklin, MS
Built 2017 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 50
OAK GROVE ROAD
GoodOver: NORTH DRY CREEK
SEC 6 T 6N R 4E, Franklin, MS
Built 2023 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 50
ENTERPRISE ROAD
GoodOver: BAYOU CREEK
SEC 9 T 5N R 1E, Franklin, MS
Built 2015 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 50
RAMAH ROAD
GoodOver: SMALL DRAIN
SEC 19 T 6N R 6E, Franklin, MS
Built 2017 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 50
US 84
GoodOver: LADDS CREEK
10.6 MI W LINCOLN CL, Franklin, MS
Built 2000 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 2,300
SCOTT-MURRAY ROAD
GoodOver: MCGEEHEE CREEK
SEC_24_T 6N_R 4E B, Franklin, MS
Built 2012 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 100
COWPATH ROAD
GoodOver: SMALL DRAIN
SEC_18_T 7N_R 6E, Franklin, MS
Built 2003 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50
US 84
GoodOver: NORTH DRY CREEK
2.7 MI E US 98, Franklin, MS
Built 1979 Load: 36.1 t ADT: 2,300
HORSE CREEK ROAD
GoodOver: MCGEEHEE CREEK
SEC 4 T 5N R 5E B, Franklin, MS
Built 2001 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 75
PHARES ROAD
GoodOver: CAMERON CREEK
SEC_ 6_T 7N_R 3E, Franklin, MS
Built 1996 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 75
MEADVILLE ROAD
GoodOver: US 84
1.6 MI W US 98, Franklin, MS
Built 1974 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 130
GLOSTER ROAD
GoodOver: RELIEF HOMOCHITTO RIVER
SEC 7 T 5N R 3E B, Franklin, MS
Built 1981 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 1,200
MCNAIR ROAD
GoodOver: LEHMAN CREEK
SEC 14 T 7N R 2E B, Franklin, MS
Built 1993 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 320
FREEWOODS ROAD
GoodOver: DRY CREEK
SEC_38_T 5N_R 1E, Franklin, MS
Built 2011 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 20
W. L. WALLACE ROAD
GoodOver: CANE MILL BRANCH
SEC 12 T 5N R 4E, Franklin, MS
Built 2017 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 50
HIGGINBOTHAM ROAD
GoodOver: SANDY CREEK
SEC 48 T 7N R 1E, Franklin, MS
Built 2017 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 50
DAVIS HILL ROAD
GoodOver: TRIB TO MORGAN FORK BRAN
SEC 15 T 6N R 2E B, Franklin, MS
Built 2021 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 75
US 84
GoodOver: NORTH DRY CREEK
2.7 MI E US 98, Franklin, MS
Built 1961 Load: 39.4 t ADT: 2,300
LITTLE SPRINGS RD.
GoodOver: GOOBER CREEK
SEC 16 T 5N R 5E, Franklin, MS
Built 2017 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 50
PLEASANT VALLEY RD
GoodOver: HORSE CREEK
SEC 28 T 6N R 5E, Franklin, MS
Built 2017 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 50
MEADVLLE GLSTER RD
GoodOver: SMALL CREEK
SEC 28 T 6N R 3E B, Franklin, MS
Built 1975 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 1,190
OLYMPIA ROAD
GoodOver: SMALL CREEK
SEC_30_T 6N_R 6E, Franklin, MS
Built 2003 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 75
BUNKLEY ROAD
GoodOver: KING BRANCH
SEC 10 T 5N R 3E B, Franklin, MS
Built 1956 Load: 44.8 t ADT: 360
NELSON CORNER ROAD
GoodOver: BAYOU CREEK
SEC 16 T 5N R 1E, Franklin, MS
Built 1998 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 50
COLDWATER CHURCH
GoodOver: PORTER CREEK
SEC 22 T 5N R 4E, Franklin, MS
Built 2004 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 50
COWART ROAD
GoodOver: MCGEEHEE CREEK
SEC 12 T 5N R 5E, Franklin, MS
Built 2001 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 50
MT. GILEAD ROAD
GoodOver: MCGEEHEE CREEK
SEC 13 T 5N R 5E, Franklin, MS
Built 2002 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 50
NEIL HILL ROAD
GoodOver: HARAM BRANCH
SEC 19 T 6N R 1E, Franklin, MS
Built 1998 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 100
BEACH ROAD
GoodOver: WELLS CREEK
SEC 21 T 6N R 1E, Franklin, MS
Built 2004 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 105
BEDFORD-TILLMAN RD
GoodOver: TOM BRANCH
SEC_ 5_T 6N_R 3E, Franklin, MS
Built 2006 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 150
HORSE CREEK ROAD
GoodOver: LARGE CREEK
SEC_28_T 6N_R 5E, Franklin, MS
Built 1998 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 50
BEDFORD-TILLMAN RD
GoodOver: BOOKER BRANCH
SEC_32_T 7N_R 3E, Franklin, MS
Built 2001 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 100
BUNKLEY ROAD
GoodOver: TALLYS CREEK
SEC 8 T 5N R 3E B, Franklin, MS
Built 1956 Load: 45.9 t ADT: 430
US 84
GoodOver: CNIC RR
1.6 MI E ADAMS CL, Franklin, MS
Built 1960 Load: 46.6 t ADT: 2,300
PROVIDENCE ROAD
GoodOver: SMALL CREEK
SEC 23 T 6N R 2E B, Franklin, MS
Built 2017 Load: 48.2 t ADT: 50
MIDDLETON CREEK RD
GoodOver: SMALL DRAIN
SEC 34 T 5N R 3E B, Franklin, MS
Built 2017 Load: 48.3 t ADT: 50
CONCORD ROAD
GoodOver: LARGE DRAIN
SEC 1 T 5N R 5E, Franklin, MS
Built 2009 Load: 53.6 t ADT: 75
US 84
GoodOver: HOMOCHITTO RELIEF
9.2 MI W LINCOLN CL, Franklin, MS
Built 1980 Load: 57.1 t ADT: 2,200
US 84
GoodOver: HOMOCHITTO RELIEF
9.2 MI W LINCOLN CL, Franklin, MS
Built 1980 Load: 57.1 t ADT: 2,200
SR 33
GoodOver: UNNAMED STREAM
1.2 MI S US 84, Franklin, MS
Built 1958 Load: 62.7 t ADT: 930
US 84
GoodOver: UNNAMED STREAM
1.5 MI E SR 33, Franklin, MS
Built 1987 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 4,700
US 84
GoodOver: UNNAMED STREAM
6.3 MI W LINCOLN CL, Franklin, MS
Built 1972 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 4,400
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