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Madison County, MS

311 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 51.1% rated Good, 45.7% Fair, 3.2% Poor.

311
Public bridges
51.1%
Good condition
3.2%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Madison County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 30%
lowest Poor share in state
3.2%
Poor-condition share
311
public highway bridges
1983
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.

Madison County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Madison County ranks #25 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.2%). Madison County, Mississippi contains 311 public highway bridges. Roughly 51.1% are rated “Good,” 45.7% “Fair,” and 3.2% “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.

Total bridges

311

Public highway bridges in Madison County

Good condition

51.1%

159 of 311 rated 7-9

Fair condition

45.7%

142 of 311 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.2%

10 of 311 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#25 of 82

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

Condition distribution

Share of 311 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
51.1% (159)
Fair
45.7% (142)
Poor
3.2% (10)

Madison County's Poor-condition bridges carry 4,980 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 498 crossings a day against 7,286 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 311 of 311 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

34.1% of Madison County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

106 of the 311 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 51.1% 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 38.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US 51 over TILDA BOGUE CREEK, built 1929, carries 1,900 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 10-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 4,980 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Madison County's bridges were built

311 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 60 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1983) matches the Mississippi average (1986).

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

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

The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Madison County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.2% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1983 against a peer-group mean of 1985 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Madison County and the 5 Mississippi counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Jones County 329 7.6%
Washington County 317 10.4%
Madison County (this page) 311 3.2%
Harrison County 301 5.3%
Monroe County 290 4.1%
Forrest County 283 4.2%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside MS (311 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1983 here).

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

All 311 Good 159 Fair 142 Poor 10

Good-condition bridges (159)

US 49

Good

Over: BIG BLACK RIVER RELIEF

4.4 MI N SR 22, Madison, MS

Built 1974 Load: 40.1 t ADT: 6,000

SHARON ROAD

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK

SEC 25 T 9N R 3E B, Madison, MS

Built 2001 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 80

CHEYENNE LN

Good

Over: BCH OF CULLEY CK

SEC 21 T 7N R 2E, Madison, MS

Built 1998 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 120

GUS GREEN ROAD

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 29 T 8N R 1E, Madison, MS

Built 2014 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 50

SR 22 BYPASS

Good

Over: I 55

SR 22 BYPASS OVER I 55, Madison, MS

Built 2004 Load: 41.2 t ADT: 3,200

I 55

Good

Over: STEED ROAD

0.8 MI N NATCHEZ TRACE, Madison, MS

Built 2015 Load: 41.4 t ADT: 42,500

SR 16

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK RELIEF

1.3 MI E US 51, Madison, MS

Built 2012 Load: 41.4 t ADT: 5,000

SR 16

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK RELIEF

1.3 MI E US 51, Madison, MS

Built 2012 Load: 41.4 t ADT: 5,000

I 55

Good

Over: STEED ROAD

0.8 MI N NATCHEZ TRACE, Madison, MS

Built 2015 Load: 41.6 t ADT: 42,500

SR 22

Good

Over: BOGUE CHITTO TRIBUTARY

4.4 MI E HINDS CL, Madison, MS

Built 2000 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 1,100

SR 22 BYPASS

Good

Over: CNIC RR

1.0 MI E I 55, Madison, MS

Built 2004 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 8,000

SR 22 BYPASS

Good

Over: CNIC RR

1.0 MI E I 55, Madison, MS

Built 2004 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 8,000

MCMILLON ROAD

Good

Over: PERSIMMON CREEK

SEC 10 T 8N R 1E, Madison, MS

Built 2001 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 10

ENDRIS ROAD

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK TRIBUTARY

SEC 4 T 8N R 3E, Madison, MS

Built 2001 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 20

KEARNEY ROAD

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK TRIBUTARY

SEC 22 T 9N R 3E, Madison, MS

Built 1998 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 60

PINE GROVE ROAD

Good

Over: BCH OF WALNUT CREEK

SEC 31 T 9N R 4E, Madison, MS

Built 2001 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 100

DRY CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: DRY CREEK RELIEF

SEC 17 T10N R 4E, Madison, MS

Built 2001 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 30

OAKS ROAD

Good

Over: BIRDS CREEK

SEC 23 T11N R 3E, Madison, MS

Built 1999 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 120

I 55

Good

Over: SOLDIER COLONY ROAD

0.9 MI S SR 22, Madison, MS

Built 1961 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 19,500

I 55

Good

Over: SOLDIER COLONY ROAD

0.9 MI S SR 22, Madison, MS

Built 1961 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 19,500

I 55

Good

Over: HEINDL ROAD

1.9 MI N SR 22, Madison, MS

Built 1965 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 13,000

I 220

Good

Over: DITCH

0.5 MI E HINDS CL, Madison, MS

Built 1977 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 46,000

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: AIRPORT ROAD (OLD CANTON

11.18 MILES FROM MS ROUTE, Madison, MS

Built 2005 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 250

SW RAMP

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK TRIB

3.3 MI N SR 857, Madison, MS

Built 2004 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 1,200

SR 16

Good

Over: LUCKETT DITCH

1.4 MI E I 55, Madison, MS

Built 1970 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 2,500

I 55

Good

Over: TILDA BOGUE CREEK

3.0 MI N SR 22, Madison, MS

Built 1965 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 13,000

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: HIGHLAND COLONY PARKWAY

3P PROJECT SECTION, Madison, MS

Built 1999 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 210

SR 463

Good

Over: I 55

SR 463 OVER I 55, Madison, MS

Built 2001 Load: 44.8 t ADT: 27,000

MAGNOLIA DRIVE

Good

Over: BRASHEAR CREEK

SEC 17 T 7N R 2E, Madison, MS

Built 1999 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 150

PISGAH BOTTOM RD

Good

Over: TILDA BOGUE TRIBUTARY

SEC 32 T10N R 3E, Madison, MS

Built 1999 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 80

SULPHUR SPRINGS RD

Good

Over: PELLOPHALIA CREEK

SEC 1 T10N R 5E, Madison, MS

Built 1999 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 5

SIMPSON ROAD

Good

Over: LOVES CREEK TRIBUTARY

SEC 1 T11N R 3E, Madison, MS

Built 2002 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 5

COOPER ROAD

Good

Over: HOBUCK CREEK

SEC 15 T11N R 4E, Madison, MS

Built 1999 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 20

COOPER ROAD

Good

Over: HOBUCK CREEK RELIEF

SEC 15 T11N R 4E, Madison, MS

Built 1999 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 20

BEAVER DAM ROAD

Good

Over: MANSELL CREEK TRIBUTARY

SEC 34 T11N R 5E, Madison, MS

Built 2002 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 30

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: COUNTY ROAD

3O PROJECT SECTION., Madison, MS

Built 1997 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 210

I 55

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK TRIB

3.3 MI N SR 857, Madison, MS

Built 1961 Load: 45.9 t ADT: 39,000

SR 43

Good

Over: RELIEF

9.5 MI N SR 16, Madison, MS

Built 1971 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 1,400

SR 16

Good

Over: DITCH

0.1 MI E US 51, Madison, MS

Built 2012 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 10,000

GLUCKSTADT ROAD

Good

Over: I 55

3.0 MI N SR 463, Madison, MS

Built 2015 Load: 49.5 t ADT: 15,000

BOZEMAN ROAD

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK

SEC 31 T 8N R 2E B, Madison, MS

Built 1992 Load: 50.5 t ADT: 400

SR 16

Good

Over: DITCH

0.3 MI W SR 43, Madison, MS

Built 2012 Load: 54.3 t ADT: 10,000

SOCIETY RIDGE ROAD

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 17 T 7N R 1E, Madison, MS

Built 2004 Load: 54.8 t ADT: 50

I 55

Good

Over: DITCH

0.4 MI N SR 857, Madison, MS

Built 1961 Load: 57.3 t ADT: 39,000

SR 16

Good

Over: RELIEF

1.6 MI E I 55, Madison, MS

Built 1970 Load: 58.2 t ADT: 2,500

SR 857

Good

Over: STREAM

0.7 MI N SR 859, Madison, MS

Built 2008 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 7,600

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: COUNTY ROAD

4.5 MILES FROM U.S. ROUTE, Madison, MS

Built 1968 Load: 78.0 t ADT: 2,500

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: RICE ROAD

9.99 MILES FROM MS ROUTE, Madison, MS

Built 1968 Load: 78.9 t ADT: 2,500

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR R

6.2 MILES FROM MS ROUTE 4, Madison, MS

Built 1968 Load: 78.9 t ADT: 2,500

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR

4.4 MILES FROM MS ROUTE 4, Madison, MS

Built 1968 Load: 82.5 t ADT: 2,500

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