Total bridges
259
Public highway bridges in Lafayette County
County profile · official public datasets
Lafayette County, MS
259 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 41.7% rated Good, 54.1% Fair, 4.2% Poor.
- 259
- Public bridges
- 41.7%
- Good condition
- 4.2%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Lafayette County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 43%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 4.2%
- Poor-condition share
- 259
- public highway bridges
- 1990
- 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.
Lafayette County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Lafayette County ranks #35 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.2%). Lafayette County, Mississippi contains 259 public highway bridges. Roughly 41.7% are rated “Good,” 54.1% “Fair,” and 4.2% “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.
Good condition
41.7%
108 of 259 rated 7-9
Fair condition
54.1%
140 of 259 rated 5-6
Poor condition
4.2%
11 of 259 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#35 of 82
Among Mississippi counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 259 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 41.7% (108)
Fair 54.1% (140)
Poor 4.2% (11)
Lafayette County's Poor-condition bridges carry 26,955 vehicle crossings a day
That is 4.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,450 crossings a day against 2,681 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 259 of 259 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
20.5% of Lafayette County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
53 of the 259 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 41.7% 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 77.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
US 278 over STREAM, built 1937, carries 21,000 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 11-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 26,955 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Lafayette County's bridges were built
259 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 2
1920–1929
2 bridges
- 1930s 2
1930–1939
2 bridges
- 1940s 3
1940–1949
3 bridges
- 1950s 19
1950–1959
19 bridges
- 1960s 20
1960–1969
20 bridges
- 1970s 19
1970–1979
19 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
36 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
76 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
37 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
42 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 76 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 29.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1990) matches the Mississippi average (1986).
How Lafayette County compares with Mississippi's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Lafayette County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.2% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1990 against a peer-group mean of 1992 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 81 Mississippi counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson County | 268 | 69.4% | 28% | 2.6% | 1996 |
| Copiah County | 266 | 25.9% | 69.2% | 4.9% | 1987 |
| DeSoto County | 266 | 59.4% | 38.7% | 1.9% | 1995 |
| Lafayette County (this page) | 259 | 41.7% | 54.1% | 4.2% | 1990 |
| Marshall County | 255 | 44.7% | 47.8% | 7.5% | 1993 |
| Lowndes County | 248 | 76.2% | 21% | 2.8% | 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette County, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MS (259 bridges here).
- Apache County, AZ · 259 bridges
- Gila County, AZ · 259 bridges
- Ellsworth County, KS · 259 bridges
- Hampshire County, MA · 259 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1990 here).
- Maricopa County, AZ · avg 1990 · 2,847 bridges
- Tarrant County, TX · avg 1990 · 2,617 bridges
- Fairfax County, VA · avg 1990 · 751 bridges
- Guilford County, NC · avg 1990 · 736 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (259)
CO.ROAD 244
FairOver: 879 OVER WOLF CREEK
SEC 8 T 7S R 1W B, Lafayette, MS
Built 2003 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 150
CO.ROAD 215
FairOver: 850 OVER GRAHAM MILL CK
SEC 2 T 7S R 3W B, Lafayette, MS
Built 2007 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 430
CO.ROAD 251
FairOver: 851 OVER W CYPRESS CREEK
SEC 3 T 8S R 1W B, Lafayette, MS
Built 1999 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 200
CO.ROAD 420
FairOver: MURRAY CREEK
SEC 27 T 9S R 3W, Lafayette, MS
Built 2002 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 110
CO.ROAD 459
FairOver: CREEK
SEC 12 T10S R 1W B, Lafayette, MS
Built 1999 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 100
US 278
FairOver: S.18TH ST EXTENDED
0.2 MI W SR 7, Lafayette, MS
Built 1964 Load: 36.4 t ADT: 16,000
US 278
FairOver: S 18TH ST EXTENDED
0.2 MI W SR 7, Lafayette, MS
Built 1964 Load: 36.4 t ADT: 16,000
WEST OXFORD LOOP
FairOver: DAVIDISON CREEK
SEC 12 T 8S R 4W, Lafayette, MS
Built 2019 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 2,000
CO.ROAD 303
FairOver: SPUR OF TAYLOR CREEK
SEC 14 T 9S R 4W B, Lafayette, MS
Built 1977 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 510
CO.ROAD 107
FairOver: CREEK
SEC 8 T 8S R 4W, Lafayette, MS
Built 2016 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 60
FAS 849
FairOver: 849 OVER UN-NAMED CREEK
SEC 9 T 9S R 2W B, Lafayette, MS
Built 1955 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 300
CO.ROAD 245
FairOver: CREEK
SEC 32 T 7S R 1W B, Lafayette, MS
Built 1958 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 100
CO.ROAD 418
FairOver: 847 OVER UN-NAMED CREEK
SEC 13 T 9S R 3W B, Lafayette, MS
Built 1983 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 810
CO.ROAD 303
FairOver: TAYLOR CREEK
SEC 14 T 9S R 4W B, Lafayette, MS
Built 1977 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 510
WEST OXFORD LOOP
FairOver: EAST GOOSE VALLEY CREEK
SEC 24 T 8S R 4W, Lafayette, MS
Built 2018 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 2,000
SR 7
FairOver: US 278
SR 7 OVER US 278, Lafayette, MS
Built 1967 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 8,000
SR 334
FairOver: RELIEF OPENING
3.5 MI SE SR 6, Lafayette, MS
Built 1992 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 1,800
CO.ROAD 313
FairOver: 2845 OVER UN-NAMED CREEK
SEC 30 T 9S R 4W B, Lafayette, MS
Built 1973 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 800
JACKSON AVE EXT
FairOver: GOOSE VALLEY CREEK
SEC 25 T 8S R 4W, Lafayette, MS
Built 2001 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 23,000
CO.ROAD 445
FairOver: 875 OVER RELIEF OPENING
SEC 28 T 9S R 2W B, Lafayette, MS
Built 1993 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 520
SR 7
FairOver: RELIEF OPENING
8.4 MI N YALOBUSHA CL, Lafayette, MS
Built 1958 Load: 42.8 t ADT: 12,000
SR 7
FairOver: RELIEF OPENING
8.6 MI N YALOBUSHA CL, Lafayette, MS
Built 1958 Load: 42.8 t ADT: 12,000
CR 164
FairOver: CREEK
SEC 27 T 8S R 5W, Lafayette, MS
Built 2011 Load: 42.8 t ADT: 75
CR 309
FairOver: CREEK
SEC 33 T 8S R 4W, Lafayette, MS
Built 2011 Load: 42.8 t ADT: 110
SR 30
FairOver: STREAM
3.3 MI E SR 7, Lafayette, MS
Built 1948 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 2,900
CO.ROAD 471
FairOver: MCCAIN CREEK
SEC 35 T 9S R 3W, Lafayette, MS
Built 2000 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 80
CO.ROAD 471
FairOver: MURRAY CREEK
SEC 35 T 9S R 3W, Lafayette, MS
Built 2000 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 80
CO.ROAD 245
FairOver: CREEK
SEC 18 T 7S R 1W, Lafayette, MS
Built 2010 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 60
CO.ROAD 425
FairOver: EAST KETTLE CREEK
SEC 17 T 9S R 1W B, Lafayette, MS
Built 1978 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 160
CO.ROAD 421
FairOver: LIZZARD CREEK
SEC 22 T 9S R 2W B, Lafayette, MS
Built 2008 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 380
SR 328
FairOver: STREAM
8.9 MI E SR 315, Lafayette, MS
Built 1993 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 520
SR 334
FairOver: WILDCAT CREEK
3.5 MI E SR 331, Lafayette, MS
Built 1988 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 270
CO.ROAD 445
FairOver: RELIEF
SEC 23 T10S R 2W B, Lafayette, MS
Built 1977 Load: 49.2 t ADT: 300
CO.ROAD 387
FairOver: 844 OVER WILSON CREEK
SEC 17 T10S R 4W B, Lafayette, MS
Built 2008 Load: 50.9 t ADT: 930
CO.ROAD 245
FairOver: WOLF CREEK
SEC 7 T 7S R 1W, Lafayette, MS
Built 2002 Load: 53.1 t ADT: 60
CO.ROAD 102
FairOver: 846 OVER UN-NAMED CREEK
SEC 18 T 8S R 3W B, Lafayette, MS
Built 1993 Load: 54.1 t ADT: 5,500
BELK DRIVE EXT
FairOver: BURNEY BRANCH CREEK
SEC 33 T 8S R 3W, Lafayette, MS
Built 2013 Load: 58.6 t ADT: 400
US 278
FairOver: CAT HAIR CREEK
6.7 MI E SR 7, Lafayette, MS
Built 1940 Load: 59.4 t ADT: 12,000
SR 7
FairOver: BURNEY BRANCH
13.4 MI N YALOBUSHA CL, Lafayette, MS
Built 1971 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 16,000
US 278
FairOver: STREAM
9.3 MI E SR 7, Lafayette, MS
Built 1996 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 12,000
CO.ROAD 442
GoodOver: COON CREEK
SEC 23 T10S R 1W, Lafayette, MS
Built 1994 Load: 12.1 t ADT: 70
SR 314
GoodOver: BERRY BRANCH
3.4 MI W OLD SR 6, Lafayette, MS
Built 1971 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 740
SR 314
GoodOver: CREEK
4.9 MI W OLD SR 6, Lafayette, MS
Built 1971 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 740
CO.ROAD 101
GoodOver: HURRICANE CREEK
SEC 28 T 7S R 3W B, Lafayette, MS
Built 2004 Load: 24.9 t ADT: 4,600
CO.ROAD 244
GoodOver: LEE CREEK
SEC 34 T 6S R 3W B, Lafayette, MS
Built 1985 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 115
SR 310
GoodOver: LAFOMBY CREEK
3.7 MI E PANOLA CL, Lafayette, MS
Built 1998 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 630
US 278
GoodOver: PUMPKIN CREEK
7.1 MI E SR 7, Lafayette, MS
Built 1993 Load: 26.5 t ADT: 6,000
CO.ROAD 296
GoodOver: 879 OVER LEE CREEK
SEC 35 T 6S R 3W B, Lafayette, MS
Built 1980 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 140
SR 331
GoodOver: YOCONA RIVER
0.8 MI S SR 334, Lafayette, MS
Built 2010 Load: 27.3 t ADT: 450
SR 334
GoodOver: YELLOW LEAF CREEK
3.4 MI SE SR 6, Lafayette, MS
Built 1992 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 1,800
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