Total bridges
329
Public highway bridges in Jones County
County profile · official public datasets
Jones County, MS
329 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 48.3% rated Good, 44.1% Fair, 7.6% Poor.
- 329
- Public bridges
- 48.3%
- Good condition
- 7.6%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Jones County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 61st
- of 82 on Poor share
- 7.6%
- Poor-condition share
- 329
- public highway bridges
- 1982
- 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.
Jones County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Jones County ranks #61 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 7.6%). Jones County, Mississippi contains 329 public highway bridges. Roughly 48.3% are rated “Good,” 44.1% “Fair,” and 7.6% “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.
Good condition
48.3%
159 of 329 rated 7-9
Fair condition
44.1%
145 of 329 rated 5-6
Poor condition
7.6%
25 of 329 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#61 of 82
Among Mississippi counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 329 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 48.3% (159)
Fair 44.1% (145)
Poor 7.6% (25)
Jones County's Poor-condition bridges carry 20,856 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.8% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 834 crossings a day against 3,746 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 329 of 329 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
41.9% of Jones County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
138 of the 329 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 48.3% 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 14.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
13TH AVE over I 59, built 1960, carries 3,100 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 25-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 20,856 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Jones County's bridges were built
329 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s 5
1930–1939
5 bridges
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s 9
1950–1959
9 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
80 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
69 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
41 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
57 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
39 bridges
- 2010s 16
2010–2019
16 bridges
- 2020s 11
2020–2029
11 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 80 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 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1982) matches the Mississippi average (1986).
How Jones County compares with Mississippi's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Jones County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 7.6% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1982 against a peer-group mean of 1985 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 81 Mississippi counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rankin County | 374 | 57.2% | 37.4% | 5.3% | 1985 |
| Jones County (this page) | 329 | 48.3% | 44.1% | 7.6% | 1982 |
| Washington County | 317 | 34.7% | 54.9% | 10.4% | 1984 |
| Madison County | 311 | 51.1% | 45.7% | 3.2% | 1983 |
| Harrison County | 301 | 52.8% | 41.9% | 5.3% | 1986 |
| Monroe County | 290 | 64.5% | 31.4% | 4.1% | 1989 |
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 Jones 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 Jones County, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MS (329 bridges here).
- Knox County, NE · 329 bridges
- Mercer County, OH · 329 bridges
- Pike County, IL · 330 bridges
- Tippecanoe County, IN · 330 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1982 here).
- Oklahoma County, OK · avg 1982 · 1,216 bridges
- Jackson County, MO · avg 1982 · 930 bridges
- Milwaukee County, WI · avg 1982 · 893 bridges
- Champaign County, IL · avg 1982 · 727 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (145)
STOCKMAN RD
FairOver: COURTNEY CREEK
SEC 28 T 6N R12W B, Jones, MS
Built 1970 Load: 21.5 t ADT: 100
I 59
FairOver: US 11
I 59 OVER US 11, Jones, MS
Built 1960 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 15,500
RUSHTON ROAD
FairOver: RASHER BRANCH
SEC 29 T 9N R10W, Jones, MS
Built 1975 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 30
I 59
FairOver: US 11
I 59 OVER US 11, Jones, MS
Built 1960 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 15,500
MONARCH RD
FairOver: DRY CREEK
SEC 22 T 7N R11W B, Jones, MS
Built 1976 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 100
COURTNEY CREEK RD
FairOver: COURTNEY CREEK
SEC 28 T 6N R12W, Jones, MS
Built 1972 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 60
DALLAS-BROWNLEE RD
FairOver: PINEY CREEK
SEC 1 T 9N R10W B, Jones, MS
Built 1979 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 60
BLUEHOLE RD
FairOver: SHOLARS MILL CREEK
SEC 19 T 6N R11W, Jones, MS
Built 2003 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 100
MOSELLE ROAD
FairOver: I 59
6.9 MI N FORREST CL, Jones, MS
Built 1960 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 1,700
THREE MILE STRETCH
FairOver: TALLAHALA CREEK
SEC 22 T 7N R12W B, Jones, MS
Built 1961 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 320
HOSKINS CREEK RD
FairOver: HOSKINS CREEK
SEC 9 T 7N R13W, Jones, MS
Built 1978 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 20
OLD HWY 15
FairOver: GATOR BRANCH
SEC 16 T 7N R11W B, Jones, MS
Built 1987 Load: 23.2 t ADT: 670
RAYNER RD
FairOver: THOMAS CREEK
SEC 10 T 6N R13W, Jones, MS
Built 1977 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 60
HEBREW-CENTERVILLE
FairOver: LITTLE CREEK
SEC 18 T 8N R13W, Jones, MS
Built 1974 Load: 24.2 t ADT: 160
PHILLIPS ROAD EAST
FairOver: BURR CREEK
SEC 34 T 7N R13W, Jones, MS
Built 1961 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 30
OLD HWY 84 EAST
FairOver: JENKINS BRANCH
SEC 10 T 8N R10W, Jones, MS
Built 1974 Load: 24.4 t ADT: 60
US 11
FairOver: GRAYSON CREEK
8.5 MI S SR 29, Jones, MS
Built 1931 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 7,100
MYRICK RD
FairOver: MILL CREEK
SEC 16 T 8N R10W B, Jones, MS
Built 1969 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 2,400
LOTT LANE
FairOver: SNOWS CREEK
SEC 23 T 7N R14W, Jones, MS
Built 1973 Load: 24.7 t ADT: 80
OVETT-PETAL RD
FairOver: LANCASTER BRANCH
SEC 24 T 6N R11W, Jones, MS
Built 1981 Load: 24.8 t ADT: 200
FRIENDSHIP RD
FairOver: BRUSHY BRANCH
SEC 7 T 9N R11W, Jones, MS
Built 1970 Load: 24.8 t ADT: 140
BONEY ROAD
FairOver: ETEHOMA CREEK
SEC 34 T10N R13W, Jones, MS
Built 1972 Load: 24.8 t ADT: 40
MILL CREEK RD
FairOver: MILL CREEK
SEC 10 T 8N R10W B, Jones, MS
Built 1976 Load: 24.9 t ADT: 500
I 59
FairOver: SANFORD ROAD
4.7 MI N FORREST CL, Jones, MS
Built 1960 Load: 25.2 t ADT: 16,000
I 59
FairOver: SANFORD ROAD
4.7 MI N FORREST CL, Jones, MS
Built 1960 Load: 25.2 t ADT: 16,000
SHARON-MOSS RD
FairOver: REAGAN BRANCH
SEC 35 T10N R12W B, Jones, MS
Built 1979 Load: 25.2 t ADT: 760
EVANS CREEK RD
FairOver: EVANS CREEK
SEC 5 T 6N R12W, Jones, MS
Built 1990 Load: 25.5 t ADT: 100
SR 15
FairOver: RELIEF
3.2 MI N PERRY CL, Jones, MS
Built 1970 Load: 25.7 t ADT: 1,700
COOKS AVE
FairOver: TRIB.OF TALLAHALA CREEK
SEC 5 T 8N R11W, Jones, MS
Built 1958 Load: 26.5 t ADT: 2,200
SR 590
FairOver: LEAF RIVER
5.1 MI E COVINGTON CL, Jones, MS
Built 1965 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 1,300
MOSELLE-SEMINRY RD
FairOver: LEAF RIVER
SEC 33 T 7N R13W B, Jones, MS
Built 1970 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 1,805
OLD HWY 15
FairOver: RELIEF FOR BOGUEHOMA CK
SEC 23 T 7N R11W B, Jones, MS
Built 1984 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 300
FLORENCE CHURCH RD
FairOver: DRY CREEK
SEC 33 T10N R10W B, Jones, MS
Built 1982 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,700
ORANGE DR
FairOver: GLADE BRANCH
SEC 26 T 8N R11W B, Jones, MS
Built 1974 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 1,800
BURNT BRIDGE RD
FairOver: TALLAHOMA CREEK
SEC 22 T 8N R12W B, Jones, MS
Built 1968 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 340
SHADY GRVE-MOSS RD
FairOver: TALLAHOMA CREEK
SEC 35 T10N R12W B, Jones, MS
Built 1978 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 820
POOLE CREEK RD
FairOver: BRUSHY CREEK
SEC 27 T 9N R10W, Jones, MS
Built 1973 Load: 27.8 t ADT: 350
NORTH RIDGE RD
FairOver: BRADY CK
SEC 9 T 9N R13W B, Jones, MS
Built 1981 Load: 27.8 t ADT: 200
MOSELLE-SEMINARY
FairOver: BURR CREEK
SEC 34 T 7N R13W B, Jones, MS
Built 1970 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 1,700
US 11
FairOver: REEDY CREEK
7.5 MI N US 84, Jones, MS
Built 1937 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 4,300
US 11
FairOver: STREAM
0.8 MI N FORREST CL, Jones, MS
Built 1931 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 4,700
N.PUMPING STA. RD
FairOver: SHOLARS MILL CREEK
SEC 24 T 6N R12W, Jones, MS
Built 2012 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 300
AIRPORT ROAD
FairOver: I 59
2.4 MI N FORREST CL, Jones, MS
Built 1972 Load: 31.5 t ADT: 360
I 59
FairOver: US 84
I 59 OVER US 84 EAST, Jones, MS
Built 1959 Load: 32.1 t ADT: 20,000
I 59
FairOver: 4TH AVENUE
0.9 MI N JCT US 84/SR 15, Jones, MS
Built 1960 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 35,000
MOSELLE OAK GROVE
FairOver: UNNAMED CREEK
SEC 1 T 6N R13W, Jones, MS
Built 1998 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 80
SR 588
FairOver: LEAF RIVER
4.5 MI E COVINGTON CL, Jones, MS
Built 1959 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,700
LAIRD RD
FairOver: FOUR FORKS CREEK
SEC 21 T 7N R13W B, Jones, MS
Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 40
SANDHILL CHURCH RD
FairOver: LITTLE CREEK
SEC 18 T 8N R13W B, Jones, MS
Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 240
I 59
FairOver: LEAF RIVER
4.8 MI N FORREST CL, Jones, MS
Built 1960 Load: 32.9 t ADT: 16,000
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