Total bridges
243
Public highway bridges in Newton County
County profile · official public datasets
Newton County, MS
243 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 46.1% rated Good, 49% Fair, 4.9% Poor.
- 243
- Public bridges
- 46.1%
- Good condition
- 4.9%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Newton County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 42nd
- of 82 on Poor share
- 4.9%
- Poor-condition share
- 243
- public highway bridges
- 1982
- 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.
Newton County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Newton County ranks #42 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.9%). Newton County, Mississippi contains 243 public highway bridges. Roughly 46.1% are rated “Good,” 49% “Fair,” and 4.9% “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
46.1%
112 of 243 rated 7-9
Fair condition
49%
119 of 243 rated 5-6
Poor condition
4.9%
12 of 243 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#42 of 82
Among Mississippi counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 243 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 46.1% (112)
Fair 49% (119)
Poor 4.9% (12)
Newton County's Poor-condition bridges carry 6,255 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 521 crossings a day against 2,053 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 243 of 243 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
39.1% of Newton County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
95 of the 243 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 46.1% 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 23.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
PINE BLUFF ROAD over DUNNAGIN CREEK, built 2002, carries 1,480 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 12-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 6,255 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Newton County's bridges were built
243 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1930s 10
1930–1939
10 bridges
- 1950s 5
1950–1959
5 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
57 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
39 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
31 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
29 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
45 bridges
- 2010s 21
2010–2019
21 bridges
- 2020s 2
2020–2029
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 57 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1982) matches the Mississippi average (1986).
How Newton County compares with Mississippi's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Newton County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.9% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1982 against a peer-group mean of 1986 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 81 Mississippi counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall County | 255 | 44.7% | 47.8% | 7.5% | 1993 |
| Lowndes County | 248 | 76.2% | 21% | 2.8% | 1987 |
| Chickasaw County | 247 | 57.5% | 36% | 6.5% | 1984 |
| Newton County (this page) | 243 | 46.1% | 49% | 4.9% | 1982 |
| Pearl River County | 232 | 74.6% | 22.4% | 3% | 1986 |
| Panola County | 231 | 28.6% | 65.8% | 5.6% | 1981 |
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 Newton 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 Newton County, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MS (243 bridges here).
- Talladega County, AL · 243 bridges
- Pettis County, MO · 243 bridges
- Gloucester County, NJ · 243 bridges
- Columbia County, NY · 243 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1982 here).
- Oklahoma County, OK · avg 1982 · 1,216 bridges
- Jackson County, MO · avg 1982 · 930 bridges
- Milwaukee County, WI · avg 1982 · 893 bridges
- Champaign County, IL · avg 1982 · 727 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (119)
PINE RIDGE ROAD
FairOver: TUSCOLAMETA CREEK RELIEF
SEC 22 T 6N R10E, Newton, MS
Built 1962 Load: 1.1 t ADT: 110
BUCKLEY ROAD
FairOver: POTTERCHITTO CREEK
SEC 33 T 6N R13E, Newton, MS
Built 1992 Load: 5.2 t ADT: 64
HICKORY-LITTLE RCK
FairOver: CHUNKY CANAL
SEC 31 T 7N R13E B, Newton, MS
Built 1973 Load: 14.4 t ADT: 270
PLEASANT RIDGE RD
FairOver: CHUNKY RIVER
SEC 21 T 6N R13E B, Newton, MS
Built 1965 Load: 14.8 t ADT: 100
UNION ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH OF CHUNKY CREEK
SEC 7 T 8N R12E, Newton, MS
Built 1931 Load: 16.7 t ADT: 950
UNION ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH OF CHUNKY CREEK
SEC 7 T 8N R12E, Newton, MS
Built 1931 Load: 16.7 t ADT: 950
HICKORY-FELLOWSHIP
FairOver: POTTERCHITTO CREEK
SEC 6 T 5N R13E B, Newton, MS
Built 1975 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 460
MCGEE ROAD
FairOver: OKAHATTA CREEK
SEC 32 T 6N R13E, Newton, MS
Built 2004 Load: 17.6 t ADT: 50
LIBERTY CHURCH RD
FairOver: BOGUE FALEMA CREEK
SEC 17 T 5N R12E B, Newton, MS
Built 1962 Load: 17.8 t ADT: 80
LAWRENCE-HAZEL RD
FairOver: SIVILS CREEK
SEC 9 T 6N R10E B, Newton, MS
Built 1960 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 640
GREENLAND ROAD
FairOver: LITTLE ROCK CREEK
SEC 14 T 8N R12E B, Newton, MS
Built 2001 Load: 19.3 t ADT: 60
US 80
FairOver: KCS RR
1.0 M W SR 15, Newton, MS
Built 1952 Load: 19.7 t ADT: 5,400
SR 489
FairOver: DITCH
IN UNION (DOWNTOWN), Newton, MS
Built 1986 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 670
SR 881 (OLD US 80)
FairOver: POTTERCHITTO CREEK
6.1 MI E I 20, Newton, MS
Built 1930 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 750
US 80
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
2.5 MI E SR 15, Newton, MS
Built 1930 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 1,100
TURKEY CK PARK RD
FairOver: BCH OF TURKEY CREEK
SEC 34 T 7N R11E, Newton, MS
Built 1983 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 66
US 80
FairOver: TONACANA CREEK
5.1 MI E SR 503, Newton, MS
Built 1929 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 1,000
US 80
FairOver: CHUNKY RIVER
6.2 MI E SR 503, Newton, MS
Built 1929 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 1,000
SR 503
FairOver: I 20
SR 503 OVER I 20, Newton, MS
Built 1960 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 1,300
LAWRENCE-HAZEL RD
FairOver: TUSCOLAMBTA CREEK
SEC 15 T 6N R10E B, Newton, MS
Built 1960 Load: 22.8 t ADT: 640
OLD HIGHWAY 494
FairOver: CHUNKY CREEK
SEC 6 T 8N R12E, Newton, MS
Built 2007 Load: 22.9 t ADT: 500
ROGER REID ROAD
FairOver: BCH OF SIPSEY CREEK
SEC 2 T 8N R10E B, Newton, MS
Built 1975 Load: 23.8 t ADT: 80
SOUTH PILATE ST.
FairOver: BCH OF TARLOW CREEK
SEC 35 T 6N R11E, Newton, MS
Built 1976 Load: 24.8 t ADT: 200
US 80
FairOver: CHUNKY RELIEF
2.8 MI E SR 503, Newton, MS
Built 1930 Load: 24.9 t ADT: 1,100
US 80
FairOver: CHUNKY RELIEF
3.1 MI E SR 503, Newton, MS
Built 1930 Load: 24.9 t ADT: 1,100
PINE BLUFF ROAD
FairOver: I 20
1.6 MI W SR 15, Newton, MS
Built 1966 Load: 25.5 t ADT: 740
THIRD AVE
FairOver: BCH OF TARLOW CREEK
SEC 34 T 6N R11E, Newton, MS
Built 1976 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 300
BLASS ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH OF CHUNKY CREEK
SEC 2 T 7N R12E, Newton, MS
Built 2006 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 50
LIBERTY CHURCH RD
FairOver: SCOTCHENFLIPPER CREEK
SEC 29 T 5N R12E B, Newton, MS
Built 1991 Load: 26.6 t ADT: 140
GREENFIELD ROAD
FairOver: BOGUE FALIAH CREEK
SEC 29 T 8N R10E B, Newton, MS
Built 1973 Load: 27.1 t ADT: 130
LITTLE ROCK DEC RD
FairOver: OKAHATTA CREEK
SEC 17 T 7N R12E B, Newton, MS
Built 1991 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 2,000
FIRST AVE
FairOver: BRANCH OF TARLOW CREEK
SEC 34 T 6N R11E, Newton, MS
Built 1976 Load: 27.3 t ADT: 200
WICKWARE ROAD
FairOver: TARLOW CREEK
SEC 2 T 5N R11E B, Newton, MS
Built 1975 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 300
MULEY ROAD
FairOver: OKAHATTA CANAL
SEC 18 T 7N R12E B, Newton, MS
Built 1979 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 200
HICKORY-LITTLE RCK
FairOver: CHUNKY CREEK
SEC 31 T 7N R13E B, Newton, MS
Built 1973 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 270
CONEHATTA PROSPECT
FairOver: BOGUE FALIAH CREEK
SEC 21 T 8N R10E B, Newton, MS
Built 1989 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 1,000
LAWRENCE BETHEL RD
FairOver: POTTERCHITTO CREEK
SEC 31 T 6N R11E B, Newton, MS
Built 1985 Load: 27.7 t ADT: 180
TURKEY CREEK RD
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
SEC 34 T 7N R11E B, Newton, MS
Built 1969 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 500
US 80
FairOver: POTTERCHITTO CREEK
6.2 MI E I 20, Newton, MS
Built 1952 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 3,000
STRATTON ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH OF OKOHATTA CK
SEC 35 T 8N R11E B, Newton, MS
Built 2001 Load: 28.4 t ADT: 600
CHAPEL HILL ROAD
FairOver: OKAHATTA CREEK
SEC 20 T 7N R12E B, Newton, MS
Built 1985 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 1,200
SAWMILL ROAD
FairOver: LITTLE ROCK CREEK
SEC 31 T 8N R13E, Newton, MS
Built 2005 Load: 29.1 t ADT: 50
I 20
FairOver: US 80
I 20 OVER US 80, Newton, MS
Built 1966 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 10,500
I 20
FairOver: US 80
I 20 OVER US 80, Newton, MS
Built 1966 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 10,500
SR 492
FairOver: SIPSEY RELIEF
0.6 MI E SCOTT CL, Newton, MS
Built 1989 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 2,100
D. BYRUM ROAD
FairOver: DRY CREEK
SEC 14 T 7N R11E, Newton, MS
Built 2000 Load: 30.2 t ADT: 50
CANEY CREEK ROAD
FairOver: CANEY CREEK
SEC 26 T 7N R10E B, Newton, MS
Built 1971 Load: 31.1 t ADT: 220
SR 492
FairOver: SIPSEY CREEK
0.7 MI E SCOTT CL, Newton, MS
Built 1989 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 2,100
LITTLE ROCK DEC RD
FairOver: CHUNKY CREEK
SEC 33 T 8N R12E B, Newton, MS
Built 1979 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 1,800
SKINNER PLACE ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH OF TALLASHER CK
SEC 6 T 8N R13E B, Newton, MS
Built 2000 Load: 32.3 t ADT: 50
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