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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.

Total bridges

115

Public highway bridges in George County

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

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).

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

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for George County and the 5 Mississippi counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Stone County 125 5.6%
Coahoma County 115 4.3%
George County (this page) 115 0.9%
Quitman County 106 7.5%
Hancock County 104 6.7%
Benton County 103 7.8%

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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1989 here).

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

All 115 Good 88 Fair 26 Poor 1

Good-condition bridges (88)

SR 63

Good

Over: TAPPLEY CREEK

0.8 MI N SR 26, George, MS

Built 2000 Load: 34.6 t ADT: 3,300

SR 57

Good

Over: RELIEF

7.8 MI S SR 26, George, MS

Built 1974 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 1,000

SR 198

Good

Over: ROCKY CREEK

1.0 MI W US 98, George, MS

Built 2016 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 4,100

OLD MOBILE HWY

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 25 T 1S R 6W, George, MS

Built 1997 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 200

SR 57

Good

Over: RELIEF

7.4 MI S SR 26, George, MS

Built 1974 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 1,000

BRUSHY CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: BRUSHY CREEK

SEC 23 T 1S R 5W B, George, MS

Built 2014 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 690

US 98

Good

Over: DENNY MILL CREEK

3.9 MI E SR 63, George, MS

Built 1986 Load: 35.2 t ADT: 9,100

SR 26

Good

Over: FLAT BRANCH

2.0 MI E STONE CL, George, MS

Built 1948 Load: 35.2 t ADT: 1,400

RED CREEK RD

Good

Over: SLOUGH (RELIEF)

SEC 34 T 3S R 8W B, George, MS

Built 1981 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 300

RED CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: SLOUGH (RELIEF)

SEC 34 T 3S R 8W B, George, MS

Built 1981 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 300

AGRICOLA LATONIA

Good

Over: LIVE STREAM

SEC 27 T 2S R 5W B, George, MS

Built 1983 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 350

AGRICOLA LATONIA

Good

Over: RED CREEK

SEC 33 T 2S R 5W B, George, MS

Built 1983 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 350

SR 63

Good

Over: TAPPLEY CREEK

0.8 MI N SR 26, George, MS

Built 2000 Load: 36.1 t ADT: 3,300

SHIPMAN ROAD

Good

Over: LIVE STREAM

SEC 15 T 2S R 5W B, George, MS

Built 1987 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 480

BARTON AGRICOLA RD

Good

Over: LITTLE CEDAR CREEK

SEC 2 T 3S R 6W B, George, MS

Built 1985 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 1,000

BEESLEY ROAD

Good

Over: LYONS BRANCH

SEC 35 T 3S R 6W, George, MS

Built 2004 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 200

LLOYD EUBANKS RD

Good

Over: TENNESSEE CREEK

SEC 23 T 1S R 5W, George, MS

Built 2001 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 200

BEAVER CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: BEAVER CREEK

SEC 35 T 1S R 5W B, George, MS

Built 1987 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 520

CENTRAL FIRETOWER

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

SEC 34 T 1S R 7W B, George, MS

Built 1999 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 500

SALLY PARKER ROAD

Good

Over: WHITE CREEK

SEC 30 T 2S R 6W, George, MS

Built 1995 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 920

C.F. WARD ROAD

Good

Over: RED CREEK

SEC 3 T 3S R 5W, George, MS

Built 1995 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 100

CCC ROAD

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

SEC 3 T 3S R 6W B, George, MS

Built 2004 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 200

CCC ROAD

Good

Over: PARKER CREEK

SEC 3 T 3S R 6W B, George, MS

Built 2004 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 100

BEESLEY ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE CEDAR CREEK

SEC 34 T 3S R 6W, George, MS

Built 2004 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 400

RIVER ROAD

Good

Over: WHITES CREEK

SEC 16 T 3S R 7W B, George, MS

Built 2000 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 730

US 98

Good

Over: MCINNIS CREEK

0.4 MI E GREEN CL, George, MS

Built 1992 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 4,100

SR 26

Good

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK

2.5 MI E STONE CL, George, MS

Built 1948 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 1,400

CENTRAL FIRETOWER

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

SEC 33 T 1S R 7W B, George, MS

Built 2000 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 300

SR 613

Good

Over: LITTLE CEDAR CREEK

1.5 MI N SR 612, George, MS

Built 1985 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 3,300

BEXLEY CROSSROADS

Good

Over: LIVE STREAM

SEC 2 T 1S R 7W B, George, MS

Built 2001 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 200

OLD MOBILE HWY

Good

Over: ROCKY CREEK

SEC 25 T 1S R 6W, George, MS

Built 1996 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 200

JR STEEDE ROAD

Good

Over: LIVE STREAM

SEC 32 T 3S R 6W, George, MS

Built 1997 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 100

TURNER ROAD

Good

Over: LIVE STREAM

SEC 6 T 1S R 4W, George, MS

Built 2005 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 50

DEPOT ROAD

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

SEC 28 T 1S R 6W, George, MS

Built 1996 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 1,200

VARDAMAN GRAVES RD

Good

Over: LITTLE SWEETWATER CREEK

SEC 25 T 2S R 9W, George, MS

Built 2005 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 100

COOT TANNER ROAD

Good

Over: LIVE STREAM

SEC 28 T 3S R 5W, George, MS

Built 1999 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 50

WALT TANNER ROAD

Good

Over: LIVE STREAM

SEC 12 T 3S R 5W, George, MS

Built 2002 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 200

HARMON POPE ROAD

Good

Over: POND RELIEF STREAM

SEC 7 T 3S R 5W, George, MS

Built 2002 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 100

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