Total bridges
115
Public highway bridges in George County
County profile · official public datasets
George County, MS
115 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 76.5% rated Good, 22.6% Fair, 0.9% Poor.
- 115
- Public bridges
- 76.5%
- Good condition
- 0.9%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
George County posts a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 5%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0.9%
- Poor-condition share
- 115
- public highway bridges
- 1989
- 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.
George County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, George County ranks #4 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0.9%). George County, Mississippi contains 115 public highway bridges. Roughly 76.5% are rated “Good,” 22.6% “Fair,” and 0.9% “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
76.5%
88 of 115 rated 7-9
Fair condition
22.6%
26 of 115 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0.9%
1 of 115 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#4 of 82
Among Mississippi counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 115 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 76.5% (88)
Fair 22.6% (26)
Poor 0.9% (1)
George County's Poor-condition bridges carry 50 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 0.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 50 crossings a day against 1,278 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 115 of 115 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
27% of George County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
31 of the 115 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 76.5% 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 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SALEM SCHOOL ROAD over MCLELLAND LAKE, built 1995, carries 50 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 1-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 50 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When George County's bridges were built
115 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1940s 8
1940–1949
8 bridges
- 1950s 3
1950–1959
3 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
16 bridges
- 1970s 6
1970–1979
6 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
17 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
18 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
28 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
16 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 28 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 24.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1989) matches the Mississippi average (1986).
How George County compares with Mississippi's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Mississippi counties nearest George County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0.9% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1989 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone County | 125 | 48% | 46.4% | 5.6% | 1988 |
| Coahoma County | 115 | 43.5% | 52.2% | 4.3% | 1984 |
| George County (this page) | 115 | 76.5% | 22.6% | 0.9% | 1989 |
| Quitman County | 106 | 55.7% | 36.8% | 7.5% | 1978 |
| Hancock County | 104 | 62.5% | 30.8% | 6.7% | 1989 |
| Benton County | 103 | 70.9% | 21.4% | 7.8% | 1993 |
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 George 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 George County, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MS (115 bridges here).
- Alachua County, FL · 115 bridges
- Walton County, GA · 115 bridges
- Latah County, ID · 115 bridges
- Whitley County, IN · 115 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1989 here).
- Harris County, TX · avg 1989 · 4,029 bridges
- Mecklenburg County, NC · avg 1989 · 746 bridges
- Buffalo County, NE · avg 1989 · 459 bridges
- Brazos County, TX · avg 1989 · 370 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (26)
MIRACLE LANE
FairOver: PREE CREEK
SEC 20 T 1S R 7W, George, MS
Built 2009 Load: 6.9 t ADT: 20
RIVER ROAD
FairOver: REEDY CREEK
SEC 34 T 2S R 7W B, George, MS
Built 1969 Load: 18.4 t ADT: 410
FIG FARM ROAD
FairOver: TOPPLEY BRANCH
SEC 6 T 2S R 6W B, George, MS
Built 1965 Load: 18.9 t ADT: 450
BISMARK RD.
FairOver: LYONS BRANCH
SEC 35 T 3S R 6W, George, MS
Built 2008 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 30
TOOTLE ROAD
FairOver: LIVE STREAM
SEC 35 T 3S R 8W, George, MS
Built 1995 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 60
BARTON AGRICOLA RD
FairOver: BIG CEDAR CREEK
SEC 27 T 3S R 6W B, George, MS
Built 1995 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 980
C.F. EUBANKS RD
FairOver: LIVE STREAM
SEC 11 T 1S R 7W, George, MS
Built 2008 Load: 22.8 t ADT: 25
SALEM SCHOOL ROAD
FairOver: BLACK CREEK
SEC 9 T 1S R 8W B, George, MS
Built 1960 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 50
BEAVER DAM ROAD
FairOver: DEPO CREEK
SEC 28 T 1S R 6W B, George, MS
Built 1965 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 1,500
BROOME SCHOOL ROAD
FairOver: BRIDGE BRANCH
SEC 11 T 3S R 9W B, George, MS
Built 1960 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 300
MT PLEASANT ROAD
FairOver: INDIAN CREEK
SEC 18 T 3S R 6W, George, MS
Built 1995 Load: 24.8 t ADT: 340
SR 26
FairOver: PASCAGOULA RIVER
2.2 MI E SR 57, George, MS
Built 1948 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 2,900
SR 26
FairOver: RELIEF
4.2 MI E SR 57, George, MS
Built 1948 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 2,900
SR 26
FairOver: BIG CREEK
6.9 MI E SR 57, George, MS
Built 1948 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 2,900
VESTRY ROAD
FairOver: COOPER MILL CREEK
SEC 23 T 3S R 9W B, George, MS
Built 1960 Load: 25.5 t ADT: 70
SR 57
FairOver: WHISKEY CREEK
4.2 MI N SR 26, George, MS
Built 1956 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 930
VESTRY ROAD
FairOver: LIVE STREAM
SEC 19 T 3S R 8W B, George, MS
Built 1960 Load: 27.1 t ADT: 70
MOFFETT ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH
SEC 11 T 2S R 5W, George, MS
Built 2014 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 200
SALLY PARKER ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH OF WHITES CREEK
SEC 25 T 2S R 7W, George, MS
Built 2000 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 400
E WILKERSON FERRY
FairOver: RELIEF
SEC 1 T 3S R 8W B, George, MS
Built 2014 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 50
US 98
FairOver: ESCATAWPA RIVER
MISS/AL STATE LINE, George, MS
Built 1986 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 11,000
RIVER ROAD
FairOver: GARNETT BRANCH
SEC 39 T 3S R 7W B, George, MS
Built 1962 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 730
CRENSHAW ROAD
FairOver: SCARBOROUGH CREEK
SEC 8 T 1S R 5W, George, MS
Built 2003 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 100
BEAVER CREEK ROAD
FairOver: LIVE STREAM
SEC 26 T 1S R 5W B, George, MS
Built 1987 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 520
COOKS CORNER ROAD
FairOver: BIG CEDAR CREEK
SEC 28 T 2S R 6W B, George, MS
Built 1981 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 2,100
RIVER ROAD
FairOver: INDIAN CREEK
SEC 24 T 3S R 7W B, George, MS
Built 1975 Load: 53.6 t ADT: 870
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