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Hancock County, MS

104 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 62.5% rated Good, 30.8% Fair, 6.7% Poor.

104
Public bridges
62.5%
Good condition
6.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Hancock County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

57th
of 82 on Poor share
6.7%
Poor-condition share
104
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.

Hancock County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Hancock County ranks #57 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6.7%). Hancock County, Mississippi contains 104 public highway bridges. Roughly 62.5% are rated “Good,” 30.8% “Fair,” and 6.7% “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

104

Public highway bridges in Hancock County

Good condition

62.5%

65 of 104 rated 7-9

Fair condition

30.8%

32 of 104 rated 5-6

Poor condition

6.7%

7 of 104 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#57 of 82

Among Mississippi counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 104 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
62.5% (65)
Fair
30.8% (32)
Poor
6.7% (7)

Hancock County's Poor-condition bridges carry 9,315 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.8% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 6.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,331 crossings a day against 5,312 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 104 of 104 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

34.6% of Hancock County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

36 of the 104 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 62.5% 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 27.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US 90 over EAST PEARL RIVER, built 1934, carries 2,600 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 7-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 9,315 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Hancock County's bridges were built

104 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 24 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 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 Hancock County compares with Mississippi's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Hancock County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 6.7% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1989 against a peer-group mean of 1985 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 81 Mississippi counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Hancock County and the 5 Mississippi counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Quitman County 106 7.5%
Hancock County (this page) 104 6.7%
Benton County 103 7.8%
Adams County 100 10%
Jefferson County 100 2%
Humphreys County 94 4.3%

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 Hancock 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 Hancock County, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside MS (104 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 104 Good 65 Fair 32 Poor 7

All bridges (104)

OLD LOWER BAY ROAD

Good

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

SEC 13 T 9S R16W B, Hancock, MS

Built 2009 Load: 32.9 t ADT: 1,248

MS HWY 607 NB

Good

Over: TURTLESKIN CREEK

8.9 KM SE OF JCT I59, Hancock, MS

Built 2012 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 1,700

US 90

Good

Over: BAY ST LOUIS

HANCOCK/HARRISON CL, Hancock, MS

Built 2008 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 16,000

CRANE CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: CRANE CREEK

SEC 10 T 5S R14W B, Hancock, MS

Built 2022 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 180

ANNER NECAISE RD

Good

Over: BRANCH

SEC_13_T 5S_R15W B, Hancock, MS

Built 2015 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 300

CAESAR NECAISE RD

Good

Over: HICKORY CREEK

SEC 27 T 5S R15W B, Hancock, MS

Built 2020 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 1,800

KAPALAMA ROAD

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

SEC 25 T 7S R14W B, Hancock, MS

Built 2016 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 5,000

KILN-PICAYUNE RD

Good

Over: BAYOU TALLA

SEC 25 T 7S R15W B, Hancock, MS

Built 2015 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 200

BAYOU LA CROIX RD

Good

Over: BAYOU MARONE

SEC 13 T 8S R15W B, Hancock, MS

Built 2022 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 425

FLAT TOP ROAD

Good

Over: BOGUE HOMA BAYOU

SEC 32 T 8S R16W B, Hancock, MS

Built 2022 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 50

NECAISE-ANNA ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH

SEC 18 T 5S R14W B, Hancock, MS

Built 2021 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 150

ROCKY HILL DEDEAUX

Good

Over: LETERRE TRIB

SEC_27_T 6S_R14W B, Hancock, MS

Built 2015 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 1,400

FLAT TOP ROAD

Good

Over: EVERETT BRANCH

SEC 34 T 6S R16W B, Hancock, MS

Built 2018 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 70

WASHINGTON ROAD

Good

Over: EDWARDS BAYOU

SEC 27 T 8S R14W B, Hancock, MS

Built 2017 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 400

US 90

Good

Over: COWAN BAYOU

0.5 MI E LA STATE LINE, Hancock, MS

Built 2009 Load: 35.1 t ADT: 2,600

I 10

Good

Over: SR 607

I 10 OVER SR 607, Hancock, MS

Built 1967 Load: 35.2 t ADT: 23,500

I 10

Good

Over: SR 607

I 10 OVER SR 607, Hancock, MS

Built 1967 Load: 35.2 t ADT: 23,500

CAESAR NECAISE RD

Good

Over: DRAIN

SEC 28 T 5S R15W B, Hancock, MS

Built 1971 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 1,800

LAGAN STREET

Good

Over: CANAL

SEC 40 T 8S R14W, Hancock, MS

Built 1983 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 400

OLD DOSSET ROAD

Good

Over: BAYOU BACON

SEC 26 T 6S R15W B, Hancock, MS

Built 1986 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 100

ROAD 258

Good

Over: PIGEON ROOST BRANCH

SEC 4 T 7S R15W B, Hancock, MS

Built 1997 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 20

COUNTY ROAD 357

Good

Over: BAYOU BACON

SEC 8 T 6S R14W, Hancock, MS

Built 1999 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 100

TEXAS FLAT RD

Good

Over: BCH OF TURTLESKIN CK

SEC 20 T 7S R16W B, Hancock, MS

Built 2008 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 4,000

ANSLEY ROAD

Good

Over: BAYOU

SEC 33 T 9S R15W, Hancock, MS

Built 2019 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 280

ROCKY HILL DEDEAUX

Good

Over: BAYOU LETERRE

SEC 27 T 6S R14W B, Hancock, MS

Built 2018 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 1,400

US 90

Good

Over: BAYOU PHILLIP

4.4 MI W SR 43, Hancock, MS

Built 1965 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 6,000

TEXAS FLAT RD

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 31 T 7S R15W B, Hancock, MS

Built 2008 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 4,000

TEXAS FLAT RD

Good

Over: TRIB TO JOURDAN RIVER

SEC 25 T 7S R16W B, Hancock, MS

Built 2008 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 4,000

COUNTY ROAD 357

Good

Over: ORPHAN CREEK

SEC 21 T 6S R14W, Hancock, MS

Built 1995 Load: 41.2 t ADT: 40

OLD LOWER BAY RD.

Good

Over: BAYOU

SEC 22 T 9S R15W B, Hancock, MS

Built 1980 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 1,200

SR 43

Good

Over: BAYOU BACON

4.3 MI W SR 603, Hancock, MS

Built 1963 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 4,200

SR 43

Good

Over: HICKORY CREEK

3.1 MI E PEARL RIVER CL, Hancock, MS

Built 1963 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 3,600

SR 43

Good

Over: CATAHOULA CREEK

0.4 MI E PEARL RIVER CL, Hancock, MS

Built 1963 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 3,600

SR 607

Good

Over: INDIAN CAMP BRANCH

1.0 MI S PEARL RIVER CL, Hancock, MS

Built 2015 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 2,350

SR 607

Good

Over: INDIAN CAMP BRANCH

1.0 MI S PEARL RIVER CL, Hancock, MS

Built 2016 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 2,350

CLERMONT BLVD

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 8 T 9S R14W, Hancock, MS

Built 2001 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 400

JOES BAYOU ROAD

Good

Over: JOES BAYOU

SEC 38 T 8S R14W B, Hancock, MS

Built 2004 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 100

SR 607

Good

Over: SECOND ALLIGATOR BRANCH

0.1 MI S PEARL RIVER CL, Hancock, MS

Built 2016 Load: 45.9 t ADT: 2,350

SR 607

Good

Over: SECOND ALLIGATOR BRANCH

0.1 MI S PEARL RIVER CL, Hancock, MS

Built 2015 Load: 49.2 t ADT: 2,350

SR 43

Good

Over: EDWARDS BAYOU

0.6 MI N US 90, Hancock, MS

Built 1993 Load: 49.5 t ADT: 17,000

OLD JOE MORAN RD

Good

Over: BAYOU COCO

SEC 38 T 7S R14W B, Hancock, MS

Built 1992 Load: 50.0 t ADT: 200

SAM FARVE ROAD

Good

Over: BAYOU COCO

SEC 29 T 7S R14W, Hancock, MS

Built 2001 Load: 53.3 t ADT: 20

TEXAS FLAT RD

Good

Over: TRIB TO JOURDAN RIVER

SEC 2 T 8S R15W B, Hancock, MS

Built 2008 Load: 53.9 t ADT: 4,000

S.RAILROAD AVE.

Good

Over: GRAND BAYOU

SEC 9 T 9S R14W, Hancock, MS

Built 2009 Load: 55.9 t ADT: 300

SR 43

Good

Over: ORPHAN CREEK

3.0 MI W SR 603, Hancock, MS

Built 1963 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 4,200

US 90

Good

Over: BAYOU PHILLIP

4.4 MI W SR 43, Hancock, MS

Built 1986 Load: 59.8 t ADT: 6,000

FIRETOWER ROAD

Good

Over: DRAIN

SEC 2 T 7S R14W B, Hancock, MS

Built 1978 Load: 65.4 t ADT: 320

BEACH BLVD.

Poor

Over: GRAND BAYOU

SEC 16 T 9S R14W, Hancock, MS

Built 1988 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 2,000

BEACH BLVD.

Poor

Over: BAYOU

SEC 17 T 9S R14W, Hancock, MS

Built 1988 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 2,000

US 90

Poor

Over: EAST PEARL RIVER

MISS/LA STATE LINE, Hancock, MS

Built 1934 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 2,600

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