Total bridges
226
Public highway bridges in Oktibbeha County
County profile · official public datasets
Oktibbeha County, MS
226 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 68.6% rated Good, 27.9% Fair, 3.5% Poor.
- 226
- Public bridges
- 68.6%
- Good condition
- 3.5%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Oktibbeha County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 34%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 3.5%
- Poor-condition share
- 226
- public highway bridges
- 1988
- 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.
Oktibbeha County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Oktibbeha County ranks #28 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.5%). Oktibbeha County, Mississippi contains 226 public highway bridges. Roughly 68.6% are rated “Good,” 27.9% “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.
Good condition
68.6%
155 of 226 rated 7-9
Fair condition
27.9%
63 of 226 rated 5-6
Poor condition
3.5%
8 of 226 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#28 of 82
Among Mississippi counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 226 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 68.6% (155)
Fair 27.9% (63)
Poor 3.5% (8)
Oktibbeha County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,820 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.4% 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 353 crossings a day against 3,412 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 226 of 226 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
21.2% of Oktibbeha County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
48 of the 226 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 68.6% 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 56.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
OLD WEST POINT RD over SAND CREEK, built 1991, carries 1,600 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 2,820 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Oktibbeha County's bridges were built
226 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 6
1930–1939
6 bridges
- 1940s 10
1940–1949
10 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
27 bridges
- 1970s 20
1970–1979
20 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
51 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
29 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
66 bridges
- 2010s 10
2010–2019
10 bridges
- 2020s 7
2020–2029
7 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 66 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 29.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1988) matches the Mississippi average (1986).
How Oktibbeha County compares with Mississippi's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Oktibbeha County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.5% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1988 against a peer-group mean of 1983 is 5 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 81 Mississippi counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panola County | 231 | 28.6% | 65.8% | 5.6% | 1981 |
| Itawamba County | 229 | 65.1% | 31.4% | 3.5% | 1987 |
| Attala County | 228 | 67.5% | 27.2% | 5.3% | 1985 |
| Oktibbeha County (this page) | 226 | 68.6% | 27.9% | 3.5% | 1988 |
| Carroll County | 225 | 37.8% | 40.9% | 21.3% | 1981 |
| Clarke County | 224 | 48.7% | 44.6% | 6.7% | 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 Oktibbeha 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 Oktibbeha County, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MS (226 bridges here).
- Faribault County, MN · 226 bridges
- Beaverhead County, MT · 226 bridges
- Columbus County, NC · 226 bridges
- Jefferson County, OH · 226 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1988 here).
- Travis County, TX · avg 1988 · 1,544 bridges
- Grant County, OK · avg 1988 · 476 bridges
- Loudoun County, VA · avg 1988 · 442 bridges
- Licking County, OH · avg 1988 · 439 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (226)
SCHOOL DRIVE
GoodOver: HOLLIS CREEK
SEC 3 T18N R14E, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 2022 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 2,400
SR 12
GoodOver: CREEK
13.9 MI E CHOCTAW CL, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 1947 Load: 45.5 t ADT: 5,100
SR 12
GoodOver: SR 182
SR 12 OVER SR 182, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 1962 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 17,000
SR 12
GoodOver: SR 182
SR 12 OVER SR 182, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 1962 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 17,000
SR 12
GoodOver: CHINCHAHOMA CREEK
10.6 MI E CHOCTAW CL, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 1947 Load: 47.8 t ADT: 3,900
OSWALT ROAD
GoodOver: BCH OF BIG CREEK
SEC 17 T18N R12E, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 2009 Load: 49.7 t ADT: 40
MOOR HIGH ROAD
GoodOver: BCH OF BROWNING CREEK
SEC 15 T17N R15E B, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 1961 Load: 50.0 t ADT: 840
STURGIS-WEST POINT
GoodOver: CYPRESS CREEK
SEC 34 T18N R12E B, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 1961 Load: 50.0 t ADT: 280
DOTSON ROAD
GoodOver: SAND CREEK
SEC 31 T18N R12E, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 2014 Load: 55.8 t ADT: 50
US 82
GoodOver: SAND CREEK TRIB
4.8 MI W LOWNDES CL, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 1976 Load: 63.0 t ADT: 22,000
SR 12
GoodOver: SAND CREEK
0.3 MI S US 82, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 2004 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 12,000
US 82
GoodOver: DITCH
0.3 MI W SR 25, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 2004 Load: 69.5 t ADT: 8,700
US 82
GoodOver: SAND CREEK TRIB
3.8 MI W LOWDES CL, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 1976 Load: 72.9 t ADT: 22,000
US 82
GoodOver: JOSEY CREEK TRIBUTARY
0.4 MI W SR 389, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 2004 Load: 80.0 t ADT: 15,000
SR 25
GoodOver: JOSEY CREEK TRIBUTARY
0.8 MI S US 82, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 2004 Load: 89.2 t ADT: 12,000
US 82
GoodOver: DITCH
2.0 MI W SR 25, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 2004 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 8,700
US 82
GoodOver: DITCH
1.7 MI W SR 25, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 2004 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 8,700
US 82
GoodOver: ITTABECHIE CREEK
1.4 MI W LOWNDES CL, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 1976 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 23,000
MORGAN TOWN ROAD
PoorOver: NOXUBEE RIVER
SEC 31 T17N R13E B, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 1961 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 270
CRAWFORD ROAD
PoorOver: RED BUD CREEK
SEC 35 T18N R15E B, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 1965 Load: 6.3 t ADT: 100
MORGAN TOWN ROAD
PoorOver: NOXUBEE RIVER RELIEF
SEC 31 T17N R13E B, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 1978 Load: 17.6 t ADT: 270
JEFF PEAY ROAD
PoorOver: TRIM CANE CREEK
SEC 32 T19N R12E B, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 1966 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 210
SUN CREEK RD.
PoorOver: SUN CREEK CANAL
SEC 32 T20N R14E B, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 1973 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 250
OLD WEST POINT RD
PoorOver: SAND CREEK
SEC 24 T19N R14E B, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 1991 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,600
DRY CREEK RD
PoorOver: SAND CREEK
SEC 25 T17N R12E, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 1983 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 60
STURGIS WEST POINT
PoorOver: BIG CREEK
SEC 27 T18N R12E B, Oktibbeha, MS
Built 1989 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 60
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