Total bridges
231
Public highway bridges in Panola County
County profile · official public datasets
Panola County, MS
231 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 28.6% rated Good, 65.8% Fair, 5.6% Poor.
- 231
- Public bridges
- 28.6%
- Good condition
- 5.6%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Panola County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- 50th
- of 82 on Poor share
- 5.6%
- Poor-condition share
- 231
- public highway bridges
- 1981
- 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.
Panola County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Panola County ranks #50 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 5.6%). Panola County, Mississippi contains 231 public highway bridges. Roughly 28.6% are rated “Good,” 65.8% “Fair,” and 5.6% “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
28.6%
66 of 231 rated 7-9
Fair condition
65.8%
152 of 231 rated 5-6
Poor condition
5.6%
13 of 231 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#50 of 82
Among Mississippi counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 231 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 28.6% (66)
Fair 65.8% (152)
Poor 5.6% (13)
Panola County's Poor-condition bridges carry 10,939 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.8% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 5.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 841 crossings a day against 2,941 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 231 of 231 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
43.3% of Panola County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
100 of the 231 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 28.6% 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 43.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SR 35 over STREAM, built 1927, carries 4,800 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 13-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 10,939 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Panola County's bridges were built
231 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 5
1920–1929
5 bridges
- 1930s 11
1930–1939
11 bridges
- 1940s 11
1940–1949
11 bridges
- 1950s 19
1950–1959
19 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
38 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
26 bridges
- 1980s 10
1980–1989
10 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
51 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
32 bridges
- 2010s 20
2010–2019
20 bridges
- 2020s 8
2020–2029
8 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 51 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1981, 5 years older than the Mississippi average of 1986.
How Panola County compares with Mississippi's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Panola County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 5.6% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1981 against a peer-group mean of 1985 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 81 Mississippi counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl River County | 232 | 74.6% | 22.4% | 3% | 1986 |
| Panola County (this page) | 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 | 226 | 68.6% | 27.9% | 3.5% | 1988 |
| Carroll County | 225 | 37.8% | 40.9% | 21.3% | 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 Panola 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 Panola County, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MS (231 bridges here).
- Saline County, AR · 231 bridges
- Jones County, IA · 231 bridges
- Clay County, KS · 231 bridges
- Burke County, NC · 231 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1981 here).
- Franklin County, OH · avg 1981 · 922 bridges
- Greenville County, SC · avg 1981 · 635 bridges
- Montgomery County, OH · avg 1981 · 632 bridges
- McLean County, IL · avg 1981 · 624 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (152)
SR 35
FairOver: JONES CREEK
7.1 MI N US 51, Panola, MS
Built 1996 Load: 35.5 t ADT: 720
HUBBARD ROAD
FairOver: LONG CREEK
SEC 12 T10S R 7W, Panola, MS
Built 1997 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 90
MAIN STREET
FairOver: DITCH
SEC 4 T10S R 7W, Panola, MS
Built 1997 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 1,200
US 278
FairOver: SAND CREEK
0.1 MI W US 51, Panola, MS
Built 1939 Load: 37.7 t ADT: 19,000
SR 310
FairOver: NELSON CREEK
2.9 MI E I 55, Panola, MS
Built 1970 Load: 38.4 t ADT: 1,700
CROWDER-POPE ROAD
FairOver: TRIB TO YOCONA RIVER
SEC 25 T27N R 2E B, Panola, MS
Built 1974 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 1,100
SR 35
FairOver: BUCK HORN CREEK
2.4 MI N US 51, Panola, MS
Built 1995 Load: 38.8 t ADT: 1,900
OLD PANOLA ROAD
FairOver: CREEK
SEC 32 T 7S R 7W B, Panola, MS
Built 2014 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 190
HADORN ROAD
FairOver: CREEK
SEC 7 T 9S R 7W, Panola, MS
Built 1998 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 60
TIDWELL ROAD
FairOver: CREEK
SEC 33 T 9S R 5W, Panola, MS
Built 1998 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 60
SR 315
FairOver: STREAM
0.5 MI W LAFAYETTE CL, Panola, MS
Built 1952 Load: 41.4 t ADT: 1,700
I 55
FairOver: TALLAHATCHIE RIVER
3.8 MI N SR 6, Panola, MS
Built 1960 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 12,500
I 55
FairOver: TALLAHATCHIE RIVER
3.8 MI N SR 6, Panola, MS
Built 1960 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 12,500
CHAPEL TOWN ROAD
FairOver: OBRIEN CREEK
SEC 4 T10S R 8W, Panola, MS
Built 1997 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 60
US 278
FairOver: SR 35 & CNIC RR
0.9 MI W US 51, Panola, MS
Built 1939 Load: 42.0 t ADT: 12,000
I 55
FairOver: HENTZ ROAD
4.2 MI N YALOBUSHA CL, Panola, MS
Built 1960 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 9,000
I 55
FairOver: HENTZ ROAD
4.2 MI N YALOBUSHA CL, Panola, MS
Built 1960 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 9,000
US 51
FairOver: STREAM
2.7 MI N YALOBUSHA CL, Panola, MS
Built 1936 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 1,700
US 278
FairOver: HARRIS CREEK
3.4 MI E I 55, Panola, MS
Built 1979 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 17,000
FARMER ROAD
FairOver: CREEK
SEC 3 T 7S R 9W, Panola, MS
Built 2015 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 50
SMART ROAD
FairOver: SENATOBIA CREEK
SEC 19 T 6S R 5W, Panola, MS
Built 2006 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 100
ACCESS ROAD
FairOver: SARDIS EMERG. SPILLWAY
NW END OF SARDIS DAM, Panola, MS
Built 1995 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 400
RIALES ROAD
FairOver: NELSON CREEK
SEC 7 T 7S R 5W, Panola, MS
Built 2001 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 60
ORWOOD ROAD
FairOver: BYNUM CREEK
SEC 5 T10S R 5W, Panola, MS
Built 2014 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 60
HERRON ROAD
FairOver: BOBO CREEK
SEC 7 T10S R 7W B, Panola, MS
Built 2009 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 100
POPE-W VALLEY RD
FairOver: FLOWERS CREEK
SEC 19 T10S R 5W B, Panola, MS
Built 1988 Load: 50.2 t ADT: 520
RIVER ROAD
FairOver: VINEY CREEK
SEC 22 T 8S R 7W, Panola, MS
Built 1996 Load: 50.5 t ADT: 100
WILL STEWART RD.
FairOver: ARMSTEAD CREEK
SEC 27 T 8S R 8W, Panola, MS
Built 1999 Load: 50.9 t ADT: 70
BAKER ROAD
FairOver: GOODWIN CREEK
SEC 31 T 9S R 6W, Panola, MS
Built 2003 Load: 51.5 t ADT: 60
CHAPELTOWN ROAD
FairOver: OBRIEN CREEK
SEC 33 T 9S R 8W, Panola, MS
Built 1995 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 90
PLEASANT GROVE RD
FairOver: PEACH CREEK
SEC 24 T 7S R 9W B, Panola, MS
Built 1991 Load: 53.1 t ADT: 100
PINE LODGE ROAD
FairOver: HURT CREEK
SEC 22 T 9S R 7W, Panola, MS
Built 2002 Load: 53.1 t ADT: 80
OLD PANOLA ROAD
FairOver: BEARTAIL CREEK
SEC 6 T 8S R 7W B, Panola, MS
Built 2014 Load: 54.1 t ADT: 180
ORWOOD ROAD
FairOver: BYNUM CREEK
SEC 5 T10S R 5W, Panola, MS
Built 1996 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 50
BRAHAM ROAD
FairOver: CREEK
SEC 19 T 7S R 8W, Panola, MS
Built 2010 Load: 55.4 t ADT: 100
KELSEY MASSIE RD.
FairOver: CREEK
SEC 27 T 6S R 6W, Panola, MS
Built 2002 Load: 57.0 t ADT: 80
DAVID ROSS CRAIG
FairOver: CREEK
SEC 21 T 8S R 8W, Panola, MS
Built 2003 Load: 57.7 t ADT: 60
BENSON ROAD
FairOver: TRIB OF LONG CREEK
SEC 14 T10S R 8W B, Panola, MS
Built 2003 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 100
HENDERSON ROAD
FairOver: CREEK
SEC 21 T 9S R 6W, Panola, MS
Built 2002 Load: 59.6 t ADT: 90
BURFORD ROAD
FairOver: EGYPT CREEK
SEC 21 T 6S R 9W, Panola, MS
Built 1994 Load: 60.9 t ADT: 90
TRAVIS ROAD
FairOver: BOBO BAYOU
SEC 31 T28N R 3E, Panola, MS
Built 1990 Load: 61.6 t ADT: 70
HOME PLACE ROAD
FairOver: MATTIE CREEK
SEC 6 T 7S R 6W, Panola, MS
Built 1998 Load: 64.5 t ADT: 90
PAUL WHITE ROAD
FairOver: SENATOBIA CREEK
SEC 23 T 6S R 6W, Panola, MS
Built 1997 Load: 67.1 t ADT: 80
VINEY CREEK ROAD
FairOver: VINEY CREEK
SEC 28 T 8S R 7W, Panola, MS
Built 2017 Load: 67.4 t ADT: 100
CLINE ROAD
FairOver: JONES CREEK
SEC 26 T 8S R 6W, Panola, MS
Built 2014 Load: 70.0 t ADT: 80
SIMON CHAPEL ROAD
FairOver: WILBORN CREEK
SEC 14 T 7S R 6W, Panola, MS
Built 1996 Load: 71.3 t ADT: 60
AVANT ROAD
FairOver: INDIAN CREEK
SEC 11 T 7S R 9W, Panola, MS
Built 1996 Load: 71.3 t ADT: 70
FITTS ROAD
FairOver: BUTTERBOWL CREEK
SEC 32 T 6S R 8W, Panola, MS
Built 1995 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 100
LAND FILL ROAD
FairOver: CREEK
SEC 31 T 7S R 9W B, Panola, MS
Built 2000 Load: 75.5 t ADT: 60
COLD SPRINGS ROAD
FairOver: JONES CREEK
SEC 21 T 8S R 6W, Panola, MS
Built 2005 Load: 80.0 t ADT: 130
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