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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)

I 20 WB LANE

Good

Over: US 51

0.4 MI E I 55S/I 20W, Hinds, MS

Built 2011 Load: 29.3 t ADT: 115,000

US 80

Good

Over: LYNCH CREEK

1.7 MI E I 220, Hinds, MS

Built 1939 Load: 29.3 t ADT: 17,000

SR 25

Good

Over: EUBANKS CREEK

0.2 MI N I 55, Hinds, MS

Built 1968 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 39,000

I 55 W FRT RD

Good

Over: TRAHON CREEK

1.5 MI N BYRAM INTCH, Hinds, MS

Built 1959 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 1,500

I 55 E FRT RD

Good

Over: TRAHON CREEK

1.5 MI N BYRAM INTCH, Hinds, MS

Built 1959 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 2,400

I 55

Good

Over: EASTOVER DRIVE

0.6 MI N SR 25, Hinds, MS

Built 1992 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 55,000

US 51

Good

Over: CNIC RR

JCT I 20, Hinds, MS

Built 1956 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 18,000

DAVIS LANE

Good

Over: BCH OF NIXON BRANCH

SEC 36 T 3N R 4W, Hinds, MS

Built 2009 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 10

DRY GROVE RD

Good

Over: MCDONALD CREEK

SEC 30 T 4N R 2W B, Hinds, MS

Built 2001 Load: 30.4 t ADT: 1,200

DARDEN ROAD

Good

Over: BCH OF LIMEKILN CREEK

SEC 12 T 7N R 1W, Hinds, MS

Built 2004 Load: 30.4 t ADT: 100

JOE COKER RD

Good

Over: LIME KILN CREEK

SEC 10 T 7N R 1W, Hinds, MS

Built 2013 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 400

PINEHAVEN DR.

Good

Over: FENCE CREEK

SEC 17 T 6N R 1W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1999 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 8,300

I 55

Good

Over: PEARL PASGAGOULA ST

1.7 MI N JCT I 55 I 20, Hinds, MS

Built 1967 Load: 31.2 t ADT: 55,000

WILLIAMSON ROAD

Good

Over: STRAIGHT FENCE CREEK

SEC 1 T 6N R 2W, Hinds, MS

Built 2020 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 260

I 55

Good

Over: HIGH STREET

1.9 MI N JCT I 55 I 20, Hinds, MS

Built 1967 Load: 31.6 t ADT: 48,500

I 20

Good

Over: TERRY ROAD

3.5 MI E SR 18, Hinds, MS

Built 1966 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 35,500

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: TWELVE MILE CREEK

8.74 MILES FROM MS ROUTE, Hinds, MS

Built 1961 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 650

I 20

Good

Over: MERIDIAN SPEEDWAY RR

11.0 MI E SR 22, Hinds, MS

Built 2016 Load: 31.9 t ADT: 17,000

SR 27

Good

Over: NATCHEZ TRACE

5.5 MI N SR 18, Hinds, MS

Built 1962 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,100

RANKIN ST

Good

Over: TOWN CR

SEC 10 T 5N R 1E, Hinds, MS

Built 2006 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,200

N. WEST STREET

Good

Over: EUBANKS CREEK

SEC 22 T 6N R 1E, Hinds, MS

Built 1960 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,200

RATLIFF RD

Good

Over: RELIEF BOGUE CHITTO CR

SEC 19 T 7N R 1W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1993 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 850

CHAPMAN RD

Good

Over: BCH WHITE OAK CR

SEC 33 T 3N R 4W, Hinds, MS

Built 2012 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 200

LAKE DOCKERY RD

Good

Over: SPILLWAY LAKE DOCKERY

SEC 11 T 4N R 1W, Hinds, MS

Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 280

GRIFFITH ST

Good

Over: TOWN CREEK

SEC 3 T 5N R 1E, Hinds, MS

Built 1961 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,900

FORTIFICATION ST

Good

Over: TOWN CREEK

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

Built 1964 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,300

OLD CANTON RD

Good

Over: HANGING MOSS CREEK

SEC 13 T 6N R 1E, Hinds, MS

Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,000

NORTHVIEW DR

Good

Over: EUBANKS CR

SEC 22 T 6N R 1E, Hinds, MS

Built 1961 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,550

W. MITCHELL AVE

Good

Over: SMALL DITCH

SEC 27 T 6N R 1E, Hinds, MS

Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,600

MAPLE ST

Good

Over: TOWN CR

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

Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,000

ERIE ST

Good

Over: TRIB TOWN CREEK

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

Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 440

MAPLE STREET

Good

Over: TRIB TOWN CREEK

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

Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 580

ELM ST

Good

Over: TRIB TOWN CREEK

SEC 34 T 6N R 1E, Hinds, MS

Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 80

GREYMONT ST

Good

Over: SMALL UNNAMED STREAM

SEC 35 T 6N R 1E, Hinds, MS

Built 1955 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,000

MAIN STREET

Good

Over: DITCH

SEC 17 T 3N R 4W, Hinds, MS

Built 1937 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,000

ST. MARY STREET

Good

Over: UNNAMED CHANNEL

SEC 35 T 6N R 1E, Hinds, MS

Built 2021 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 500

LEARNED OAKLEY RD

Good

Over: TRIB OF HAMILTON CREEK

SEC 5 T 4N R 3W, Hinds, MS

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 180

HAWTHORNE ST

Good

Over: EUBANKS CREEK

SEC 23 T 6N R 1E, Hinds, MS

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 360

MCGUFFIE ROAD

Good

Over: BCH OF STRAIGHT FENCE CR

SEC 23 T 7N R 2W, Hinds, MS

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 200

THIGPEN ROAD

Good

Over: TALLAHALLA CREEK

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

Built 2020 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 670

LEB PINEGROVE RD

Good

Over: SMALL WATERWAY

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

Built 2021 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 500

RAYMOND RD

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

SEC 28 T 5N R 1W B, Hinds, MS

Built 2019 Load: 33.2 t ADT: 6,000

I 20

Good

Over: I 55/I 20 W RAMPS&US 51

2.4 MI E I 220, Hinds, MS

Built 2021 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 71,000

ROSEMARY RD

Good

Over: VAUGHN CR

SEC 19 T 3N R 1E B, Hinds, MS

Built 2022 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 150

LOWWATER BR RD

Good

Over: WHITE OAK CREEK

SEC 35 T 3N R 4W, Hinds, MS

Built 2018 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 50

CLUBHOUSE RD

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

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

Built 2010 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 100

KICKAPOO RD

Good

Over: BOGUE CHITTO CREEK

SEC 5 T 6N R 1W B, Hinds, MS

Built 2010 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 1,900

PINEHAVEN DR

Good

Over: LARGE DITCH

SEC 33 T 7N R 1W B, Hinds, MS

Built 2010 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 2,400

THORNTON RD

Good

Over: BCH OF MURPHY CREEK

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

Built 2011 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 280

DUNN PEACE ROAD

Good

Over: PEYTON BRANCH

SEC 13 T 5N R 1W, Hinds, MS

Built 2021 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 150

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