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Hinds County, MS

663 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 34.8% rated Good, 54% Fair, 11.2% Poor.

663
Public bridges
34.8%
Good condition
11.2%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Hinds County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

77th
of 82 on Poor share
11.2%
Poor-condition share
663
public highway bridges
1980
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.

Hinds County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Hinds County ranks #77 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 11.2%). Hinds County, Mississippi contains 663 public highway bridges. Roughly 34.8% are rated “Good,” 54% “Fair,” and 11.2% “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.

Total bridges

663

Public highway bridges in Hinds County

Good condition

34.8%

231 of 663 rated 7-9

Fair condition

54%

358 of 663 rated 5-6

Poor condition

11.2%

74 of 663 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#77 of 82

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

Condition distribution

Share of 663 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
34.8% (231)
Fair
54% (358)
Poor
11.2% (74)

Hinds County's Poor-condition bridges carry 175,727 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.8% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 11% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,407 crossings a day against 10,101 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 662 of 663 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

45.7% of Hinds County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

303 of the 663 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 34.8% 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 13.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

I 20 over LYNCH ST ABANDONED RR, built 1969, carries 24,500 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 74-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 175,727 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Hinds County's bridges were built

663 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 167 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 25.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1980, 6 years older than the Mississippi average of 1986.

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

How Hinds County compares with Mississippi's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Hinds County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 11.2% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1980 against a peer-group mean of 1983 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Hinds County and the 5 Mississippi counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Hinds County (this page) 663 11.2%
Lauderdale County 481 6.2%
Lee County 385 4.4%
Lincoln County 380 10.8%
Rankin County 374 5.3%
Jones County 329 7.6%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside MS (663 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1980 here).

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

All 663 Good 231 Fair 358 Poor 74

All bridges (663)

ST. THOMAS ROAD

Poor

Over: RELIEF FOR BAKERS CREEK

SEC 30 T 6N R 2W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1982 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 150

S.NORRELL ROAD

Poor

Over: LINDSEY CREEK

SEC 34 T 6N R 2W, Hinds, MS

Built 1989 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 180

CHAMPION HILL RD

Poor

Over: BCH OF BAKERS CREEK

SEC 30 T 6N R 3W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1966 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 180

LANEWOOD ROAD

Poor

Over: BCH LIMEKILN CREEK

SEC 11 T 7N R 1W, Hinds, MS

Built 1961 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 400

THOMPSON ROAD

Poor

Over: TRIB OF BOGUE CHITTO

SEC 27 T 7N R 1W, Hinds, MS

Built 1989 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 20

TROTTER ROAD

Poor

Over: BCH OF BOGUE FALIA CREEK

SEC 18 T 7N R 2W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1977 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 180

HUNT RD

Poor

Over: BIG SAND CREEK

SEC 16 T13N R 5E, Hinds, MS

Built 1974 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 140

CANADA CROSS RD

Poor

Over: BCH OF MAXIE CREEK

SEC 35 T15N R 5E B, Hinds, MS

Built 1972 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 80

BUCK REED ROAD

Poor

Over: BRANCH OF BAKERS CREEK

SEC 26 T 6N R 4W, Hinds, MS

Built 1997 Load: 0.9 t ADT: 80

OFC THOMAS CATCHIN

Poor

Over: LYNCH CR

SEC 31 T 6N R 1E, Hinds, MS

Built 1985 Load: 1.0 t ADT: 4,000

JIMMY WILLIAMS RD

Poor

Over: STRAIGHT FENCE CREEK

SEC 25 T 7N R 2W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1963 Load: 2.2 t ADT: 240

MOSES ROAD

Poor

Over: TRIB OF MCDONALD CREEK

SEC 8 T 4N R 2W, Hinds, MS

Built 1992 Load: 3.2 t ADT: 80

BETIGHAMER ROAD

Poor

Over: MAXIE CR

SEC 1 T14N R 5E, Hinds, MS

Built 1964 Load: 3.8 t ADT: 90

FORD ROAD

Poor

Over: TRIB TO RHODES CREEK

SEC 6 T 3N R 1W, Hinds, MS

Built 1996 Load: 3.8 t ADT: 150

MONUMENT ST

Poor

Over: TOWN CREEK

SEC 4 T 5N R 1E, Hinds, MS

Built 1920 Load: 4.1 t ADT: 14,000

TOM CAIN RD

Poor

Over: JONES CREEK

SEC 24 T14N R 5E, Hinds, MS

Built 1991 Load: 4.3 t ADT: 20

WESTBROOK RD

Poor

Over: PURPLE CR

SEC 17 T 6N R 2E, Hinds, MS

Built 1995 Load: 4.5 t ADT: 40

DIXON RD

Poor

Over: BCH LYNCH CREEK

SEC 1 T 5N R 1W, Hinds, MS

Built 1961 Load: 5.2 t ADT: 7,800

M. L. KING JR. DR.

Poor

Over: TRIBUTARY TOWN CR

SEC 33 T 6N R 1E, Hinds, MS

Built 1994 Load: 5.3 t ADT: 11,000

ASKEW FERRY ROAD

Poor

Over: LARGE STREAM

SEC 21 T 6N R 4W, Hinds, MS

Built 1985 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 120

KENNEBREW RD

Poor

Over: BCH LIMEKILN CR

SEC 4 T 7N R 1W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1965 Load: 6.9 t ADT: 300

SMITH STATION RD

Poor

Over: BCH 14 MILE CREEK

SEC 17 T 5N R 4W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1972 Load: 7.1 t ADT: 140

TRAXLER RD

Poor

Over: BCH WHITE OAK CREEK

SEC 32 T 3N R 4W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1973 Load: 7.2 t ADT: 220

MCLEAN ROAD

Poor

Over: BCH OF BOGUE CHITTO CR

SEC 26 T 7N R 1W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1984 Load: 7.4 t ADT: 260

CHAMPION HILL RD

Poor

Over: BCH OF BAKERS CREEK

SEC 22 T 6N R 3W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1966 Load: 7.6 t ADT: 180

MORRISON RD

Poor

Over: TALLAHALLA CREEK

SEC 13 T 3N R 4W, Hinds, MS

Built 1965 Load: 7.7 t ADT: 175

CHAPEL HILL RD

Poor

Over: BCH OF TURKEY CREEK

SEC 22 T 5N R 3W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1976 Load: 8.1 t ADT: 180

BARLOW DR

Poor

Over: POTTER CR

SEC 10 T13N R 5E, Hinds, MS

Built 1970 Load: 8.4 t ADT: 2

WEST FLOWERS RD

Poor

Over: RHODES CREEK

SEC 30 T 4N R 1W, Hinds, MS

Built 1993 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 90

RICHARDSON RD

Poor

Over: BCH BIG BLACK RVR

SEC 28 T 8N R 3W, Hinds, MS

Built 1991 Load: 9.2 t ADT: 20

FLAG CHAPEL ROAD

Poor

Over: BOGUE CHITTO CREEK

SEC 14 T 6N R 1W, Hinds, MS

Built 1976 Load: 9.4 t ADT: 5,000

LEARNED OAKLEY RD

Poor

Over: HAMILTON CREEK

SEC 8 T 4N R 3W, Hinds, MS

Built 1970 Load: 9.5 t ADT: 180

TOM COLLINS RD

Poor

Over: BCH OF FIVEMILE CREEK

SEC 3 T 3N R 4W, Hinds, MS

Built 1981 Load: 9.7 t ADT: 140

WATKINS DR

Poor

Over: TRIB HANGING MOSS CR

SEC 9 T 6N R 1E, Hinds, MS

Built 1970 Load: 10.7 t ADT: 8,200

MYERS ROAD

Poor

Over: TRIB DITCH TALLAHALLA CR

SEC 23 T 4N R 2W, Hinds, MS

Built 1994 Load: 12.5 t ADT: 180

JAYNE AVE

Poor

Over: LYNCH CR

SEC 31 T 6N R 1E, Hinds, MS

Built 2001 Load: 12.5 t ADT: 520

PARSONS ROAD

Poor

Over: BCH OF ROBERTSON CREEK

SEC 31 T 4N R 1W, Hinds, MS

Built 1993 Load: 13.1 t ADT: 310

FORD AVE

Poor

Over: TOWN CREEK

SEC 30 T 6N R 1E, Hinds, MS

Built 1989 Load: 13.1 t ADT: 110

CANADA CROSS RD

Poor

Over: BCH OF MAXIE CREEK

SEC 34 T15N R 5E B, Hinds, MS

Built 1972 Load: 13.4 t ADT: 80

OLD HWY 51 TERRY R

Poor

Over: RHODES CREEK

SEC 9 T 3N R 1W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1930 Load: 13.5 t ADT: 2,400

ST CHARLES ST

Poor

Over: LYNCH CREEK

SEC 6 T 5N R 1E, Hinds, MS

Built 1970 Load: 13.8 t ADT: 2,100

MORSON RD

Poor

Over: TRIB LYNCH CREEK

SEC 1 T 5N R 1W, Hinds, MS

Built 1965 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 80

MORRISON ROAD

Poor

Over: SMALL STREAM

SEC 15 T 3N R 4W, Hinds, MS

Built 1989 Load: 17.3 t ADT: 140

ST THOMAS ROAD

Poor

Over: RELIEF FOR BAKERS CREEK

SEC 30 T 6N R 2W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1982 Load: 18.9 t ADT: 150

NEIL COLLINS RD

Poor

Over: SNAKE CREEK

SEC 25 T 4N R 3W, Hinds, MS

Built 1973 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 180

BILLY BELL RD

Poor

Over: BCH BOGUE CHITTO CR

SEC 26 T 7N R 1W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1963 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 500

N. DAVIS RD.

Poor

Over: BCH BOGUE FALIA CR

SEC 9 T 7N R 2W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1980 Load: 21.1 t ADT: 160

TOM COLLINS ROAD

Poor

Over: BCH OF FIVE MILE CREEK

SEC 2 T 3N R 4W, Hinds, MS

Built 1984 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 140

SR 27

Poor

Over: TALLAHALA CREEK

9.5 MI N COPIAH CL, Hinds, MS

Built 1951 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 3,300

ALEXANDER RD

Poor

Over: COX CREEK

SEC 23 T 7N R 3W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1974 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 140

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