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Leake County, MS

199 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 80.9% rated Good, 18.1% Fair, 1% Poor.

199
Public bridges
80.9%
Good condition
1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Leake County posts a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 6%
lowest Poor share in state
1%
Poor-condition share
199
public highway bridges
1986
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.

Leake County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Leake County ranks #5 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1%). Leake County, Mississippi contains 199 public highway bridges. Roughly 80.9% are rated “Good,” 18.1% “Fair,” and 1% “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

199

Public highway bridges in Leake County

Good condition

80.9%

161 of 199 rated 7-9

Fair condition

18.1%

36 of 199 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1%

2 of 199 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#5 of 82

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

Condition distribution

Share of 199 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
80.9% (161)
Fair
18.1% (36)
Poor
1% (2)

Leake County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,410 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 705 crossings a day against 1,697 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 199 of 199 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

26.6% of Leake County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

53 of the 199 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 80.9% 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 68.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR 427 over RELIEF, built 1978, carries 970 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 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 1,410 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Leake County's bridges were built

199 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 51 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 25.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1986) matches the Mississippi average (1986).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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

The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Leake County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1986 against a peer-group mean of 1987 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Leake County and the 5 Mississippi counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Marion County 201 5%
Noxubee County 201 4%
Simpson County 200 6.5%
Neshoba County 199 3.5%
Scott County 199 1.5%
Leake County (this page) 199 1%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside MS (199 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1986 here).

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

All 199 Good 161 Fair 36 Poor 2

Good-condition bridges (161)

BARNETT ROAD

Good

Over: POTTOCK CREEK

SEC 28 T10N R 8E, Leake, MS

Built 1996 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 70

RED DOG ROAD

Good

Over: SHAUI KOLI CREEK

SEC 24 T11N R 6E B, Leake, MS

Built 1974 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 160

SR 25

Good

Over: HARPER BRANCH

11.5 MI N SR 35, Leake, MS

Built 2003 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 2,600

SR 25

Good

Over: HARPER BRANCH

11.5 MI N SR 35, Leake, MS

Built 2002 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 2,600

OLD CANTON ROAD

Good

Over: TOWN CREEK

SEC 12 T10N R 7E, Leake, MS

Built 1999 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 800

SR 16

Good

Over: GRAY LAKE

5.5 MI E SR 35, Leake, MS

Built 1988 Load: 36.1 t ADT: 5,700

SR 16

Good

Over: BECKHAM BRANCH

9.0 MI E SR 35, Leake, MS

Built 1936 Load: 36.1 t ADT: 4,700

ST. ANNE ROAD

Good

Over: SHIOLA CREEK

SEC 26 T11N R 6E, Leake, MS

Built 2002 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 40

SALEM ROAD

Good

Over: BIBALUCTA CREEK

SEC_18_T12N_R 9E B, Leake, MS

Built 1998 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 90

BIG SPRINGS ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF COBBS CREEK

SEC 18 T12N R 8E, Leake, MS

Built 1996 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 80

SR 487

Good

Over: DITCH

1.4 MI E SR 35, Leake, MS

Built 1971 Load: 36.8 t ADT: 2,600

SR 43

Good

Over: NINE MILE CREEK

1.5 MI N MADISON CL, Leake, MS

Built 1993 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 670

GUNTER ROAD

Good

Over: TUSCOLAMETA BRANCH

SEC 26 T 9N R 8E B, Leake, MS

Built 1994 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 1,300

GUNTER ROAD

Good

Over: STANDING PINE CREEK

SEC 4 T 9N R 9E B, Leake, MS

Built 1995 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 1,100

BATTLE BLUFF ROAD

Good

Over: PEARL RIVER RELIEF

SEC 30 T11N R 9E B, Leake, MS

Built 1992 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 310

BATTLE BLUFF ROAD

Good

Over: PEARL RIVER

SEC 30 T11N R 9E B, Leake, MS

Built 1992 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 310

MARS HILL ROAD

Good

Over: BIBALUCTA CREEK

SEC 8 T12N R 9E B, Leake, MS

Built 1999 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 560

SR 488

Good

Over: SHOCKOLO CREEK

7.4 MI E SR 35, Leake, MS

Built 2019 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 920

UNION ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH

SEC 35 T10N R 9E B, Leake, MS

Built 1987 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 440

SCARBOROUGH ROAD

Good

Over: COLEMAN CREEK

SEC 17 T12N R 7E, Leake, MS

Built 2008 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 30

ROCKY POINT ROAD

Good

Over: COON CREEK

SEC 23 T12N R 8E B, Leake, MS

Built 1987 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 260

STORM ROAD

Good

Over: SWEETWATER CREEK

SEC 23 T 9N R 7E B, Leake, MS

Built 1987 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 60

MOWDY ROAD

Good

Over: STANDING PINE CREEK

SEC 2 T 9N R 9E B, Leake, MS

Built 1989 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 240

LAUREL HILL ROAD

Good

Over: SHAKALO CREEK

SEC 30 T10N R 9E B, Leake, MS

Built 1989 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 500

SR 43

Good

Over: BAIN CREEK

4.0 MI N MADISON CL, Leake, MS

Built 1993 Load: 38.0 t ADT: 670

SR 492

Good

Over: TUSCOLAMETA TRIBUTARY

1.0 MI E SR 35, Leake, MS

Built 1992 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 930

SR 25

Good

Over: DITCH

2.9 MI N SCOTT CL, Leake, MS

Built 1985 Load: 39.1 t ADT: 6,600

EVANS ROAD

Good

Over: YOCKANOOKANY RIVER

SEC 18 T12N R 7E, Leake, MS

Built 2002 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 80

SR 13

Good

Over: MULLENS BRANCH

3.0 MI N SCOTT CL, Leake, MS

Built 1988 Load: 39.3 t ADT: 1,500

SR 492

Good

Over: TUSCOLAMETA TRIBUTARY

0.7 MI E SR 35, Leake, MS

Built 1992 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 930

SR 16

Good

Over: YELLOW CREEK

2.6 MI E SR 25, Leake, MS

Built 1939 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 7,700

OLD ROBINSON ROAD

Good

Over: PELLAPHALIA CREEK

SEC 19 T10N R 6E, Leake, MS

Built 1996 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 80

OLD CANTON ROAD

Good

Over: PELLAPHALIA CREEK

SEC 10 T10N R 7E, Leake, MS

Built 1997 Load: 41.2 t ADT: 320

UTAH ROAD

Good

Over: GIBBS CREEK

SEC 20 T 9N R 6E B, Leake, MS

Built 1997 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 220

WALNUT GROVE ROAD

Good

Over: BCH OF SHACHALO CREEK

SEC 23 T 9N R 8E B, Leake, MS

Built 1987 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 80

SR 43

Good

Over: YOCKANOOKANY TRIB NO 2

2.3 MI N SR 429, Leake, MS

Built 1993 Load: 41.9 t ADT: 720

SR 427

Good

Over: RELIEF

0.1 MI S SR 16, Leake, MS

Built 1986 Load: 41.9 t ADT: 970

LEWIS ROAD

Good

Over: BCH OF TUSCOLAMETA CK

SEC 25 T 9N R 8E, Leake, MS

Built 1998 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 60

TRUESDALE ROAD

Good

Over: BCH OF YOCKANOOKANY R

SEC 5 T10N R 6E, Leake, MS

Built 1998 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 60

MIDWAY ROAD

Good

Over: BATTLE BRANCH

SEC 2 T11N R 8E B, Leake, MS

Built 2001 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 240

BRANTLEY COVE

Good

Over: HARPER BRANCH

SEC 17 T12N R 9E, Leake, MS

Built 2001 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 80

KEELI ROAD

Good

Over: BELL BRANCH

SEC 36 T12N R 7E, Leake, MS

Built 2002 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 50

MCMURRY ROAD

Good

Over: HOOPER MILL CREEK

SEC 26 T12N R 9E, Leake, MS

Built 2000 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 80

SR 488

Good

Over: STANDING PINE CREEK

4.1 M E SR 35, Leake, MS

Built 2019 Load: 45.1 t ADT: 1,600

BRIT ROAD

Good

Over: BCH OF SHACHALO CREEK

SEC 23 T 9N R 8E, Leake, MS

Built 1998 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 60

WAGGONER RD

Good

Over: SHAUI KOLI BRANCH

SEC 33 T12N R 7E B, Leake, MS

Built 1994 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 140

EBENEZER ROAD

Good

Over: BOSE NUKSE CREEK

SEC 33 T11N R 9E B, Leake, MS

Built 2002 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 280

SR 487

Good

Over: TUSCOLAMETA CREEK

0.8 MI N SR 500, Leake, MS

Built 2023 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 550

SR 43

Good

Over: DITCH

5.2 MI N SR 429, Leake, MS

Built 1993 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 720

SR 487

Good

Over: RELIEF

1.2 MI N SR 500, Leake, MS

Built 2023 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 550

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