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Itawamba County, MS

229 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 65.1% rated Good, 31.4% Fair, 3.5% Poor.

229
Public bridges: 65.1%
Good condition: 3.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 32%
lowest Poor share in state: 3.5%
Poor-condition share: 229
public highway bridges: 1987
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.

Itawamba County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Itawamba County ranks #26 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.5%). Itawamba County, Mississippi contains 229 public highway bridges. Roughly 65.1% are rated “Good,” 31.4% “Fair,” and 3.5% “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

229

Public highway bridges in Itawamba County

Good condition

65.1%

149 of 229 rated 7-9

Fair condition

31.4%

72 of 229 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.5%

8 of 229 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#26 of 82

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

Condition distribution

Share of 229 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

65.1% (149)

Fair

31.4% (72)

Poor

3.5% (8)

Itawamba County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,357 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 170 crossings a day against 2,591 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 229 of 229 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

24% of Itawamba County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

55 of the 229 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 65.1% 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 36.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

FAIRVIEW-BANNER RD over CHAFFIN BRANCH NORTH, built 1950, carries 499 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 8-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 1,357 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1910s

1
1920s

1
1930s

8
1940s

2
1950s

13
1960s

26
1970s

15
1980s

78
1990s

21
2000s

24
2010s

24
2020s

16

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 78 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 34.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1987) matches the Mississippi average (1986).

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

The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Itawamba County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.5% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1987 against a peer-group mean of 1984 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Itawamba County and the 5 Mississippi counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Pearl River County	232	74.6%	22.4%	3%	1986
Panola County	231	28.6%	65.8%	5.6%	1981
Itawamba County (this page)	229	65.1%	31.4%	3.5%	1987
Attala County	228	67.5%	27.2%	5.3%	1985
Oktibbeha County	226	68.6%	27.9%	3.5%	1988
Carroll County	225	37.8%	40.9%	21.3%	1981

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside MS (229 bridges here).

Walton County, FL · 229 bridges
Aroostook County, ME · 229 bridges
Stearns County, MN · 229 bridges
Rockingham County, NC · 229 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1987 here).

St. Louis County, MO · avg 1987 · 912 bridges
Ellis County, TX · avg 1987 · 691 bridges
St. Louis County, MN · avg 1987 · 663 bridges
Palm Beach County, FL · avg 1987 · 610 bridges

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

All 229 Good 149 Fair 72 Poor 8

Fair-condition bridges (72)

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Itawamba County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Itawamba County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,357 vehicle crossings a day

24% of Itawamba County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 36.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

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

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

Fair-condition bridges (72)

VAN BUREN/CAROLINA

ANTIOCH ROAD

BOAT RAMP ROAD

REICH ROAD

FREDRICKS ROAD

PUGH ROAD

HURRICANE CREEK RD

CAGLE/LINDSEY ROAD

DEER HILL ROAD

MAYHALL ROAD

MT. PLEASANT RD NE

CHESTER SHUMPERT

MATTOX SPRINGS RD.

WIYGUL ROAD

BOAT RAMP ROAD

FAWN GROVE ROAD

BOAT RAMP ROAD

YOUNG ROAD N.

WILSON ROAD SE

FAIRVIEW/BANNER RD

WILSON ROAD SE

OZARK/BAPTIST ROAD

GREENWOOD-HOPEWELL

WRIGHT ROAD SE

VAN BUREN ROAD

HARTSELL ROAD

SR 178

CENTERVILLE ROAD

COTTON GIN ROAD

SR 178

SR 25

SR 178

SR 178

SR 178

CENTERVILLE ROAD

SR 25

I 22

NICK RD

SR 23

SR 371

SR 178

SR 371

SR 178

I 22

I 22

JOHN RANKIN HWY.

HORNS CROSSING RD

COTTON GIN ROAD

SR 25

SR 25

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