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Noxubee County, MS

201 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 50.2% rated Good, 45.8% Fair, 4% Poor.

201
Public bridges
50.2%
Good condition
4%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 37%
lowest Poor share in state
4%
Poor-condition share
201
public highway bridges
1985
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.

Noxubee County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Noxubee County ranks #30 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4%). Noxubee County, Mississippi contains 201 public highway bridges. Roughly 50.2% are rated “Good,” 45.8% “Fair,” and 4% “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

201

Public highway bridges in Noxubee County

Good condition

50.2%

101 of 201 rated 7-9

Fair condition

45.8%

92 of 201 rated 5-6

Poor condition

4%

8 of 201 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#30 of 82

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

Condition distribution

Share of 201 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
50.2% (101)
Fair
45.8% (92)
Poor
4% (8)

Noxubee County's Poor-condition bridges carry 4,230 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 529 crossings a day against 849 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 201 of 201 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

23.9% of Noxubee County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

48 of the 201 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 50.2% 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 70.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR 14/SR 145 over NOXUBEE RIVER, built 1935, carries 3,000 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 8-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 4,230 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Noxubee County's bridges were built

201 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 25.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1985) matches the Mississippi average (1986).

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

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

The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Noxubee County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1985 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 Noxubee County and the 5 Mississippi counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Union County 202 1.5%
Marion County 201 5%
Noxubee County (this page) 201 4%
Simpson County 200 6.5%
Leake County 199 1%
Neshoba County 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 Noxubee 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 Noxubee County, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside MS (201 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1985 here).

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

Good-condition bridges (101)

SANDYLAND RD

Good

Over: DITCH

SEC 2 T15N R19E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 1986 Load: 14.1 t ADT: 520

BUTLER - SHUQUALAK

Good

Over: MUD CREEK

SEC 10 T13N R16E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 1980 Load: 17.4 t ADT: 130

SR 14

Good

Over: DITCH

7.9 MI E US 45, Noxubee, MS

Built 1949 Load: 20.7 t ADT: 780

MACON LYNN CREEK

Good

Over: NOXUBEE RIVER

SEC 6 T15N R16E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 1959 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 180

FOX CHASE RD

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 17 T15N R19E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 2001 Load: 25.5 t ADT: 200

UNION BLUFF RD.

Good

Over: BROKEN PUMPKIN CREEK

SEC 6 T16N R18E, Noxubee, MS

Built 2014 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 40

SR 21

Good

Over: SAND CREEK

0.8 MI S SR 39, Noxubee, MS

Built 1985 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 580

TRIPLETT PASTURE

Good

Over: LOAKFOMA CREEK

TRIPLETT PASTURE ROAD, Noxubee, MS

Built 1998 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 10

SR 145

Good

Over: DITCH

1.0 MI N SR 39, Noxubee, MS

Built 1938 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 710

US 45

Good

Over: MACEDONIA CREEK

4.1 MI N SR 39, Noxubee, MS

Built 1996 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 2,900

US 45

Good

Over: MACEDONIA CREEK

4.1 MI N SR 39, Noxubee, MS

Built 1996 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 2,850

US 45

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

5.1 MI N SR 39, Noxubee, MS

Built 1998 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 2,900

US 45

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

5.1 MI N SR 39, Noxubee, MS

Built 1996 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 2,850

LOCKETT RD.

Good

Over: BRANCH

SEC 31 T14N R18E, Noxubee, MS

Built 2005 Load: 27.1 t ADT: 40

PRAIRIE POINT RD

Good

Over: DITCH

SEC 18 T15N R19E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 1966 Load: 27.1 t ADT: 670

DORROH HILL RD.

Good

Over: SHUQUALAK CREEK

SEC 30 T13N R17E, Noxubee, MS

Built 2014 Load: 27.3 t ADT: 10

ELON RD

Good

Over: PLUM CREEK

SEC 11 T14N R17E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 1975 Load: 27.4 t ADT: 250

FAIRPORT RD

Good

Over: SHOTBAG CREEK

SEC 4 T16N R16E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 1977 Load: 27.4 t ADT: 100

SR 14

Good

Over: TIBBY CREEK

3.5 MI E US 45, Noxubee, MS

Built 1949 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 780

SR 388

Good

Over: HORSE HUNTERS TRIB

2.6 MI E US 45, Noxubee, MS

Built 1978 Load: 28.3 t ADT: 1,300

BUGGS FERRY RD

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 9 T15N R19E, Noxubee, MS

Built 1998 Load: 28.7 t ADT: 60

US 45

Good

Over: HORSE HUNTERS CREEK

4.5 MI N SR 14, Noxubee, MS

Built 1992 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 4,200

HIGGINBOTHAN LOOP

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 31 T14N R15E, Noxubee, MS

Built 1999 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 60

LYNN CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: LYNN CREEK BRANCH

SEC 14 T16N R15E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 2007 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 130

PAULETTE ROAD

Good

Over: JORDAN CREEK

SEC 16 T14N R18E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 1998 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 540

HONEY LAKE RD

Good

Over: RUNNING WATER CREEK

SEC 4 T13N R16E, Noxubee, MS

Built 1996 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 100

HONEY LAKE RD

Good

Over: MACEDONIA CREEK

SEC 10 T13N R16E, Noxubee, MS

Built 1996 Load: 30.4 t ADT: 80

BALDWYN RD

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 27 T16N R17E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 1984 Load: 31.3 t ADT: 60

SR 14

Good

Over: NOXUBEEE RIVER RELIEF

14.8 MI E WINSTON CL, Noxubee, MS

Built 2002 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 2,300

GRIFFIN RD

Good

Over: SHUQUALAK CREEK

SEC 21 T13N R18E, Noxubee, MS

Built 2004 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 50

MAY RD

Good

Over: LYNN CREEK

SEC 26 T16N R15E, Noxubee, MS

Built 2011 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 70

SR 14

Good

Over: NOXUBEE RIVER RELIEF

13.5 MI E WINSTON CL, Noxubee, MS

Built 2002 Load: 32.1 t ADT: 2,300

PINEY WOODS RD

Good

Over: JOES CREEK

SEC 19 T15N R17E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 1984 Load: 32.3 t ADT: 270

COWHEAD RD

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 5 T16N R18E, Noxubee, MS

Built 1999 Load: 32.3 t ADT: 45

US 45

Good

Over: RELIEF

4.2 MI N SR 39, Noxubee, MS

Built 1996 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,700

SR 14

Good

Over: NOXUBEE RIVER RELIEF

14.0 MI E WINSTON CL, Noxubee, MS

Built 2002 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,300

SR 14

Good

Over: NOXUBEE RIVER RELIEF

14..6 MI E WINSTON CL, Noxubee, MS

Built 2002 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,300

PAULETTE ROAD

Good

Over: ASH CREEK

SEC 17 T13N R19E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 1984 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 120

MCLEOD CHAPEL RD

Good

Over: HEARD BRANCH

SEC 21 T16N R16E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 1979 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 170

BALDWYN ROAD

Good

Over: DITCH

SEC 30 T16N R18E, Noxubee, MS

Built 1998 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 60

SANDYLAND RD

Good

Over: DITCH

SEC 35 T16N R19E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 1987 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 620

SANDYLAND RD

Good

Over: BRANCH

SEC 35 T16N R19E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 1987 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 630

PRARIE POINT RD

Good

Over: BOGUE CHITTO RELIEF

SEC 17 T15N R19E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 1959 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 1,200

DRAKE HILL RD.

Good

Over: BOGUE CHITTO CREEK

SEC 27 T16N R18E, Noxubee, MS

Built 1980 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 40

JACK SPANN RD

Good

Over: WOODARD CREEK RELIEF

SEC 33 T14N R19E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 2020 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 80

HARRISON ROAD

Good

Over: WET WATER CREEK

SEC 36 T16N R16E, Noxubee, MS

Built 2019 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 55

SR 14

Good

Over: WOODWARD CREEK

6.6 MI E US 45, Noxubee, MS

Built 1982 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 780

MAHORNER

Good

Over: NOXUBEE RIVER RELIEF

SEC 5 T13N R18E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 1981 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 100

RED COTTON ROAD

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

SEC 12 T14N R16E, Noxubee, MS

Built 2007 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 80

CONNER

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 19 T13N R15E, Noxubee, MS

Built 2005 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 30
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges

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