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Neshoba County, MS

199 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 58.8% rated Good, 37.7% Fair, 3.5% Poor.

199
Public bridges
58.8%
Good condition
3.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 33%
lowest Poor share in state
3.5%
Poor-condition share
199
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.

Neshoba County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Neshoba County ranks #27 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.5%). Neshoba County, Mississippi contains 199 public highway bridges. Roughly 58.8% are rated “Good,” 37.7% “Fair,” and 3.5% “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 Neshoba County

Good condition

58.8%

117 of 199 rated 7-9

Fair condition

37.7%

75 of 199 rated 5-6

Poor condition

3.5%

7 of 199 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#27 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
58.8% (117)
Fair
37.7% (75)
Poor
3.5% (7)

Neshoba County's Poor-condition bridges carry 8,330 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,190 crossings a day against 2,341 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.

17.1% of Neshoba County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

34 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 58.8% 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 74.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

WEYERHAEUSER ST over BRANCH, built 1979, carries 6,200 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 7-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 8,330 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Neshoba 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 49 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 24.6% 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).

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

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

The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Neshoba County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.5% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1989 against a peer-group mean of 1986 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Neshoba 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%
Leake County 199 1%
Scott County 199 1.5%
Neshoba County (this page) 199 3.5%

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 Neshoba 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 Neshoba 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 (1989 here).

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

Fair-condition bridges (75)

COUNTY ROAD 301

Fair

Over: LITTLE SIPSEY CREEK

SEC 31 T 9N R11E, Neshoba, MS

Built 2002 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 50

IRR BIA RTE 22

Fair

Over: JONES CREEK

3.2KM N INT SR16 & BIA22, Neshoba, MS

Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 630

IRR BIA RTE 24

Fair

Over: UNNAMED CREEK

0.9KM W JCT SR19 &LOOP RD, Neshoba, MS

Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 308

IRR BIA RTE 24

Fair

Over: CREEK

2.0KM W JCT SR19 &LOOP RD, Neshoba, MS

Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 260

COUNTY ROAD 529

Fair

Over: CUSHTUSIA CREEK

SEC 24 T10N R12E B, Neshoba, MS

Built 1996 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 90

COUNTY ROAD 147

Fair

Over: BEASHA BRANCH

SEC 35 T11N R10E B, Neshoba, MS

Built 1975 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 225

COUNTY ROAD 602

Fair

Over: LUKFAPA CREEK

SEC 28 T12N R10E B, Neshoba, MS

Built 2002 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 320

SR 15

Fair

Over: KENTAWKA CANAL

0.8 MI N SR 21 WEST, Neshoba, MS

Built 1976 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 9,500

SR 15

Fair

Over: KCS RR

3.9 MI N NEWTON CL, Neshoba, MS

Built 1981 Load: 35.1 t ADT: 4,500

COUNTY ROAD 505

Fair

Over: KENTAWKA CREEK RELIEF

SEC 1 T10N R11E B, Neshoba, MS

Built 1990 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 1,500

COUNTY ROAD 149

Fair

Over: BEASHA CREEK BRANCH

SEC 3 T10N R10E, Neshoba, MS

Built 2008 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 300

COUNTY ROAD 753

Fair

Over: OWL CREEK

SEC 15 T11N R13E B, Neshoba, MS

Built 1998 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 210

COUNTY ROAD 505

Fair

Over: CUSHTUSIA CREEK

SEC 19 T10N R12E B, Neshoba, MS

Built 1998 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 710

COUNTY ROAD 789

Fair

Over: NANIH WAIYA RELIEF

SEC 2 T12N R13E B, Neshoba, MS

Built 1994 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 440

COUNTY ROAD 789

Fair

Over: NANIH WAIYA RELIEF

SEC 3 T12N R13E B, Neshoba, MS

Built 1994 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 440

SR 15

Fair

Over: COON SHUCK CREEK

1.0 MI S SR 485, Neshoba, MS

Built 1965 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 5,200

COUNTY ROAD 525

Fair

Over: BLINKER CREEK

SEC 27 T10N R12E, Neshoba, MS

Built 1995 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 50

SR 15

Fair

Over: PEARL RIVER RELIEF

2.8 MI N SR 19, Neshoba, MS

Built 1963 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 5,200

COUNTY ROAD 432

Fair

Over: LONSILOCHER BRANCH

SEC 15 T10N R11E, Neshoba, MS

Built 2009 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 50

SR 19

Fair

Over: PEARL RIVER RELIEF

1.9 MI N SR 15, Neshoba, MS

Built 1981 Load: 45.5 t ADT: 3,000

SR 19

Fair

Over: PEARL RIVER RELIEF

2.2 MI N SR 15, Neshoba, MS

Built 1981 Load: 45.5 t ADT: 3,000

IRR BIA RTE 221

Fair

Over: WOLF CREEK

SE OF CASINO, Neshoba, MS

Built 2002 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 4,021

COUNTY ROAD 701

Fair

Over: DOUBLE REED BRAKE BR

SEC 32 T 9N R13E B, Neshoba, MS

Built 1977 Load: 50.2 t ADT: 100

COUNTY ROAD 4300

Fair

Over: EASON BRANCH

SEC 10 T 9N R13E B, Neshoba, MS

Built 1985 Load: 50.5 t ADT: 430

COUNTY ROAD 147

Fair

Over: BEASHA BRANCH

SEC 2 T10N R10E B, Neshoba, MS

Built 1975 Load: 82.6 t ADT: 200
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