Total bridges
134
Public highway bridges in Lawrence County
County profile · official public datasets
Lawrence County, MS
134 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 78.4% rated Good, 20.9% Fair, 0.7% Poor.
- 134
- Public bridges
- 78.4%
- Good condition
- 0.7%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Lawrence County posts a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 4%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0.7%
- Poor-condition share
- 134
- public highway bridges
- 1989
- 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.
Lawrence County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Lawrence County ranks #3 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0.7%). Lawrence County, Mississippi contains 134 public highway bridges. Roughly 78.4% are rated “Good,” 20.9% “Fair,” and 0.7% “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
78.4%
105 of 134 rated 7-9
Fair condition
20.9%
28 of 134 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0.7%
1 of 134 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#3 of 82
Among Mississippi counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 134 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 78.4% (105)
Fair 20.9% (28)
Poor 0.7% (1)
Lawrence County's Poor-condition bridges carry 109 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 0.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 109 crossings a day against 645 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 134 of 134 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
23.9% of Lawrence County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
32 of the 134 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 78.4% 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 100% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
RIVER ROAD over WHITE SAND CREEK, built 1913, carries 109 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 1-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 109 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Lawrence County's bridges were built
134 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1930s 3
1930–1939
3 bridges
- 1950s 10
1950–1959
10 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
12 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
18 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
15 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
29 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
26 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
14 bridges
- 2020s 6
2020–2029
6 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 29 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1989) matches the Mississippi average (1986).
How Lawrence County compares with Mississippi's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Lawrence County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0.7% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1989 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Davis County | 142 | 77.5% | 19.7% | 2.8% | 1992 |
| Leflore County | 139 | 40.3% | 50.4% | 9.4% | 1976 |
| Tate County | 139 | 39.6% | 58.3% | 2.2% | 1992 |
| Tippah County | 139 | 60.4% | 34.5% | 5% | 1989 |
| Claiborne County | 136 | 25% | 72.8% | 2.2% | 1978 |
| Lawrence County (this page) | 134 | 78.4% | 20.9% | 0.7% | 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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence County, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MS (134 bridges here).
- Anchorage County, AK · 134 bridges
- Knott County, KY · 134 bridges
- Murray County, MN · 134 bridges
- Steele County, MN · 134 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1989 here).
- Harris County, TX · avg 1989 · 4,029 bridges
- Mecklenburg County, NC · avg 1989 · 746 bridges
- Buffalo County, NE · avg 1989 · 459 bridges
- Brazos County, TX · avg 1989 · 370 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (28)
WEST SMITH FERRY
FairOver: BRANCH
SEC 17 T 8N R10E, Lawrence, MS
Built 1980 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 170
SANDIFER DRIVE
FairOver: TOPISAW CREEK
SEC 15 T 5N R10E, Lawrence, MS
Built 2010 Load: 6.6 t ADT: 11
VERNA ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH OF E.TOPISAW CK
SEC 30 T 5N R10E, Lawrence, MS
Built 1992 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 50
SR 27
FairOver: BAHALA CREEK
9.5 MI N US 84, Lawrence, MS
Built 1959 Load: 19.7 t ADT: 2,200
PROVIDENCE CH ROAD
FairOver: TOPISAW CREEK
SEC 19 T 5N R10E B, Lawrence, MS
Built 1992 Load: 19.7 t ADT: 380
LIGHT PLANT ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH
SEC 36 T 7N R10E, Lawrence, MS
Built 1993 Load: 20.6 t ADT: 90
SR 27
FairOver: FAIR RIVER
3.9 MI N US 84, Lawrence, MS
Built 1959 Load: 20.7 t ADT: 3,200
CROOKED CREEK ROAD
FairOver: CROOKED CREEK
SEC 18 T 8N R20W B, Lawrence, MS
Built 1965 Load: 21.6 t ADT: 740
FE SELLERS MEM HWY
FairOver: HALLS CREEK
SEC 32 T 7N R11E B, Lawrence, MS
Built 1950 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 2,400
SR 184
FairOver: PEARL RIVER RELIEF
2.2 MI E SR 27, Lawrence, MS
Built 1937 Load: 23.8 t ADT: 2,900
N.A.SANDIFER M.HWY
FairOver: PEARL RIVER
SEC 35 T 8N R21W B, Lawrence, MS
Built 1967 Load: 25.5 t ADT: 1,300
SR 27
FairOver: MALLARD CREEK
0.5 MI S COPIAH CL, Lawrence, MS
Built 1973 Load: 26.5 t ADT: 2,200
FORREST GROVE CH
FairOver: HALLS CREEK
SEC 23 T 6N R10E B, Lawrence, MS
Built 1977 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 330
NOLA ROAD
FairOver: FAIR RIVER
SEC 2 T 7N R10E B, Lawrence, MS
Built 1977 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 370
ROSE HILL ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH OF SILVER CREEK
SEC 27 T 7N R20W B, Lawrence, MS
Built 1993 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 150
FERGUSON-MILL ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH OF SILVER CREEK
SEC 26 T 9N R20W, Lawrence, MS
Built 1967 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 720
SR 184
FairOver: PEARL RIVER
2.4 MI E SR 27, Lawrence, MS
Built 1937 Load: 30.4 t ADT: 2,900
MONTICELLO ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH
SEC 25 T 9N R10E B, Lawrence, MS
Built 1994 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 460
CARMEL-NEW HOPE RD
FairOver: BRANCH OF HALLS CREEK
SEC 11 T 6N R10E B, Lawrence, MS
Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 260
N.A.SANDIFER M.HWY
FairOver: BRANCH
SEC 35 T 8N R21W B, Lawrence, MS
Built 1967 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,700
COLUMBIA ST
FairOver: BRANCH
SEC 28 T 7N R11E, Lawrence, MS
Built 1983 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 150
RABBIT ROAD
FairOver: HOOKER HOLLOW CREEK
SEC 14 T 7N R20W B, Lawrence, MS
Built 1984 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 70
REID-GIVENS ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH OF TILTON CREEK
SEC 20 T 5N R11E, Lawrence, MS
Built 2005 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 60
SR 27
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
5.3 MI N US 84, Lawrence, MS
Built 1959 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 3,200
DAUGHDRILL ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH
SEC 2 T 7N R20W, Lawrence, MS
Built 1997 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 260
NATCHEZ TRACE PARK
FairOver: STREAM
4.9 MILES NORTH OF MS ROU, Lawrence, MS
Built 1950 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 545
RENFROE ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH OF COOPERS CREEK
SEC 31 T 6N R11E, Lawrence, MS
Built 2012 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 60
LOWER BROOKHAVEN R
FairOver: KINGS CREEK
SEC 4 T 6N R10E B, Lawrence, MS
Built 1976 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 130
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