Total bridges
211
Public highway bridges in Kemper County
County profile · official public datasets
Kemper County, MS
211 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 60.2% rated Good, 37% Fair, 2.8% Poor.
- 211
- Public bridges
- 60.2%
- Good condition
- 2.8%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Kemper County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 26%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 2.8%
- Poor-condition share
- 211
- public highway bridges
- 1991
- 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.
Kemper County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Kemper County ranks #21 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.8%). Kemper County, Mississippi contains 211 public highway bridges. Roughly 60.2% are rated “Good,” 37% “Fair,” and 2.8% “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
60.2%
127 of 211 rated 7-9
Fair condition
37%
78 of 211 rated 5-6
Poor condition
2.8%
6 of 211 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#21 of 82
Among Mississippi counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 211 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 60.2% (127)
Fair 37% (78)
Poor 2.8% (6)
Kemper County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,850 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 475 crossings a day against 987 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 211 of 211 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
13.3% of Kemper County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
28 of the 211 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 60.2% 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 59.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SR 39 over PAWTICFAW CREEK, built 1950, carries 1,700 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 6-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 2,850 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Kemper County's bridges were built
211 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1940s 2
1940–1949
2 bridges
- 1950s 10
1950–1959
10 bridges
- 1960s 10
1960–1969
10 bridges
- 1970s 21
1970–1979
21 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
41 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
66 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
47 bridges
- 2010s 9
2010–2019
9 bridges
- 2020s 4
2020–2029
4 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 66 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 31.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1991, 5 years newer than the Mississippi average of 1986.
How Kemper County compares with Mississippi's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Kemper County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.8% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1991 against a peer-group mean of 1987 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 81 Mississippi counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcorn County | 213 | 64.8% | 33.8% | 1.4% | 1991 |
| Calhoun County | 213 | 48.8% | 40.8% | 10.3% | 1985 |
| Holmes County | 212 | 52.4% | 39.6% | 8% | 1988 |
| Pike County | 211 | 55.5% | 38.9% | 5.7% | 1984 |
| Kemper County (this page) | 211 | 60.2% | 37% | 2.8% | 1991 |
| Amite County | 210 | 69% | 21.4% | 9.5% | 1987 |
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 Kemper 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 Kemper County, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MS (211 bridges here).
- Colusa County, CA · 211 bridges
- Charlotte County, FL · 211 bridges
- Barton County, MO · 211 bridges
- Adams County, NE · 211 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1991 here).
- Denver County, CO · avg 1991 · 458 bridges
- Baldwin County, AL · avg 1991 · 381 bridges
- Union County, NC · avg 1991 · 353 bridges
- Rock County, MN · avg 1991 · 265 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (127)
VARDAMAN ROAD
GoodOver: MAYO BRANCH
SEC 32 T11N R14E B, Kemper, MS
Built 2003 Load: 21.5 t ADT: 180
SR 493
GoodOver: PENDERS CREEK
9.4 MI N LAUDERDALE CL, Kemper, MS
Built 1961 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 500
PANKY RD.
GoodOver: BRANCH
SEC 35 T 9N R18E, Kemper, MS
Built 1998 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 60
SR 16
GoodOver: MCKINNEY CREEK
0.9 MI E NESHOBA CL, Kemper, MS
Built 1976 Load: 23.8 t ADT: 2,300
SR 39
GoodOver: DITCH
9.4 MI N LAUDERDALE CL, Kemper, MS
Built 1950 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 1,700
SR 495
GoodOver: DITCH
0.1 MI S SR 16, Kemper, MS
Built 1972 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 470
SR 39
GoodOver: HALL BRANCH
1.7 MI S SR 16, Kemper, MS
Built 1950 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 2,600
SR 16
GoodOver: FLAT SCOOBA CREEK
9.9 MI E SR 39, Kemper, MS
Built 1979 Load: 25.5 t ADT: 1,600
US 45
GoodOver: BLACKWATER PAWTICFAW CK
4.8 MI N LAUDERDALE CL, Kemper, MS
Built 1992 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 2,800
US 45
GoodOver: BODKA CREEK
5.2 MI N SR 498, Kemper, MS
Built 1994 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 2,200
US 45
GoodOver: PORTERVILLE ROAD/KCS RR
3.1 MI N SR 498, Kemper, MS
Built 1986 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 2,200
US 45
GoodOver: PORTERVILLE ROAD/KCS RR
3.1 MI N SR 498, Kemper, MS
Built 1986 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 2,200
US 45
GoodOver: SUCARNOOCHEE CREEK
0.8 MI N SR 498, Kemper, MS
Built 1986 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 2,200
US 45
GoodOver: BODKA CREEK
5.2 MI N SR 498, Kemper, MS
Built 1986 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 2,200
SR 493
GoodOver: PENDERS CREEK
2.4 MI S SR 16, Kemper, MS
Built 1961 Load: 27.6 t ADT: 590
GAINES WHITE ROAD
GoodOver: LIBERTY BRCH
SEC 6 T 9N R16E, Kemper, MS
Built 2002 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 100
SR 498
GoodOver: SUCARNOOCHEE CREEK
0.9 MI E US 45, Kemper, MS
Built 1991 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 340
SR 16
GoodOver: DITCH
0.4 MI W US 45, Kemper, MS
Built 1968 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 1,800
SR 495
GoodOver: PENDERS CREEK
1.4 MI N LAUDERDALE CL, Kemper, MS
Built 1968 Load: 30.3 t ADT: 370
MURPHY HARDY RD
GoodOver: CHICKASAWHAY CREEK
SEC 25 T10N R14E B, Kemper, MS
Built 1988 Load: 30.4 t ADT: 80
HIGHWAY 498 EAST
GoodOver: CREEK
SEC 3 T 9N R18E B, Kemper, MS
Built 2004 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 250
GHOLSON RD
GoodOver: STRAIGHT CREEK
SEC 21 T12N R16E B, Kemper, MS
Built 1983 Load: 31.3 t ADT: 100
SR 39
GoodOver: YAZOO CREEK
7.8 MI N LAUDERDALE CL, Kemper, MS
Built 1985 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 1,700
SR 39
GoodOver: STRAIT CREEK
4.9 MI N SR 16, Kemper, MS
Built 1959 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 380
LUKE ROAD
GoodOver: BRANCH
SEC 28 T12N R14E, Kemper, MS
Built 1998 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 130
SR 495
GoodOver: LAND CREEK TRIB NO 2
2.8 MI N SR 16, Kemper, MS
Built 2006 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 140
POST ROAD
GoodOver: CREEK
SEC 7 T12N R15E, Kemper, MS
Built 2004 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 75
SR 16
GoodOver: RELIEF
1.2 MI E NESHOBA CL, Kemper, MS
Built 1976 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,300
ROSS STORE RD
GoodOver: SEALS BRANCH
SEC 15 T 9N R16E B, Kemper, MS
Built 1965 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 100
HWY 39 WAHALAK
GoodOver: RELIEF
SEC 15 T12N R17E B, Kemper, MS
Built 1979 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 150
IRR BIA RTE 2353
GoodOver: CREEK
0.7KM S INT 233 & 2353, Kemper, MS
Built 1997 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 200
IRR BIA RTE 2353
GoodOver: TRIB OF PEARL RIVER
BOGUE CHITTO, Kemper, MS
Built 2017 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 500
FOREMAN TOLES ROAD
GoodOver: TOLES BRANCH
SEC 14 T 9N R14E, Kemper, MS
Built 2005 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 60
MT HARMONY RD
GoodOver: CREEK
SEC 6 T12N R15E B, Kemper, MS
Built 1972 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 140
CULLUM RD
GoodOver: BRANCH
SEC 12 T 9N R16E, Kemper, MS
Built 2002 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 50
IRR BIA RTE 233
GoodOver: BOGUE CHITTO CREEK
2.4KM W INT SR495 &BIA233, Kemper, MS
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 108
SR 39
GoodOver: SUCARNOOCHEE RIVER
1.5 MI N SR 16, Kemper, MS
Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 670
LUKE ROAD
GoodOver: BENDIX CREEK
SEC 28 T12N R14E, Kemper, MS
Built 1998 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 130
US 45
GoodOver: SUCARNOOCHEE CREEK
0.8 MI N SR 498, Kemper, MS
Built 1994 Load: 33.2 t ADT: 2,200
ST JOHNS ROAD
GoodOver: CREEK
SEC 4 T 9N R17E, Kemper, MS
Built 2013 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 65
SR 16
GoodOver: LANDS CREEK
4.0 MI E NESHOBA CL, Kemper, MS
Built 1976 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 2,300
BETHEL CHURCH RD
GoodOver: BALES CREEK
SEC 34 T 9N R15E, Kemper, MS
Built 2022 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 140
BEALMAN RD
GoodOver: SNOODY CREEK
SEC 31 T11N R17E, Kemper, MS
Built 2019 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 60
US 45
GoodOver: RELIEF
5.3 MI N SR 498, Kemper, MS
Built 1986 Load: 33.9 t ADT: 2,200
US 45
GoodOver: RELIEF
2.1 MI S SR 16, Kemper, MS
Built 1986 Load: 34.1 t ADT: 2,700
US 45
GoodOver: WAHALAK CREEK
5.2 MI N SR 16, Kemper, MS
Built 1997 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 2,700
US 45
GoodOver: WAHALAK CREEK
5.2 MI N SR 16, Kemper, MS
Built 1996 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 2,700
OLD HWY 45 RD
GoodOver: WAHALAK CREEK
SEC 9 T12N R18E B, Kemper, MS
Built 1979 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 170
BINNSVILLE RD 541
GoodOver: SHY HAMMACK CREEK
SEC 34 T12N R18E B, Kemper, MS
Built 1977 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 380
SUNFLOWER ROAD
GoodOver: CREEK
SEC 24 T12N R18E B, Kemper, MS
Built 2021 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 100
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