Total bridges
162
Public highway bridges in Perry County
County profile · official public datasets
162 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 71% rated Good, 29% Fair, 0% Poor.
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Perry County posts a top-1% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
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.
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Perry County ranks #1 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Perry County, Mississippi contains 162 public highway bridges. Roughly 71% are rated “Good,” 29% “Fair,” and 0% “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
162
Public highway bridges in Perry County
Good condition
71%
115 of 162 rated 7-9
Fair condition
29%
47 of 162 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 162 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#1 of 82
Among Mississippi counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Share of 162 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
35 of the 162 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 71% 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.
162 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
1940–1949
4 bridges
1950–1959
5 bridges
1960–1969
19 bridges
1970–1979
19 bridges
1980–1989
23 bridges
1990–1999
34 bridges
2000–2009
23 bridges
2010–2019
33 bridges
2020–2029
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 34 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1990) matches the Mississippi average (1986).
The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Perry County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1990 against a peer-group mean of 1984 is 6 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 81 Mississippi counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontotoc County | 166 | 62% | 34.3% | 3.6% | 1987 |
| Choctaw County | 164 | 54.3% | 37.2% | 8.5% | 1981 |
| Covington County | 164 | 80.5% | 16.5% | 3% | 1989 |
| Grenada County | 163 | 47.9% | 50.3% | 1.8% | 1983 |
| Perry County (this page) | 162 | 71% | 29% | 0% | 1990 |
| Yalobusha County | 158 | 45.6% | 48.1% | 6.3% | 1979 |
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 Perry County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Perry County, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Nearest county inventories outside MS (162 bridges here).
Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1990 here).
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Over: BLACK CREEK
SEC 34 T 1S R10W B, Perry, MS
Over: THOMPSON CREEK
SEC 9 T 5N R 9W B, Perry, MS
Over: PIERCES CREEK
SEC 15 T 1N R11W B, Perry, MS
Over: THOMPSON CREEK
SEC 33 T 4N R 9W B, Perry, MS
Over: THOMPSON CREEK
SEC 33 T 3N R 9W B, Perry, MS
Over: BOGUE HOMO CK
SEC 17 T 5N R10W B, Perry, MS
Over: TALLAHALA CREEK
SEC 5 T 4N R11W B, Perry, MS
Over: BLUFF CREEK
2.4 MI N STONE CL, Perry, MS
Over: BOGUE HOMA CREEK
5.1 MI W SR 15, Perry, MS
Over: LEAF RIVER
SEC 15 T 3N R10W B, Perry, MS
Over: READY BRANCH
SEC 7 T 4N R10W B, Perry, MS
Over: UNNAMED BRANCH
SEC 33 T 4N R11W, Perry, MS
Over: GAINES CREEK
SEC 2 T 3N R 9W B, Perry, MS
Over: UNNAMED BRANCH
SEC 7 T 4N R10W, Perry, MS
Over: PARKER BRANCH
SEC 18 T 5N R11W B, Perry, MS
Over: SWEETWATER CREEK
SEC 35 T 1S R 9W B, Perry, MS
Over: BEAVER CREEK
SEC 11 T 1S R10W B, Perry, MS
Over: DEEP CREEK
SEC 36 T 1S R10W B, Perry, MS
Over: UNNAMED BRANCH
SEC 33 T 5N R 9W B, Perry, MS
Over: MCCOMB BRANCH
SEC 7 T 5N R11W B, Perry, MS
Over: WOLFPEN BRANCH
SEC 16 T 1N R11W B, Perry, MS
Over: LITTLE CREEK
SEC 23 T 2N R 9W B, Perry, MS
Over: UNNAMED BRANCH
SEC 1 T 3N R11W B, Perry, MS
Over: UNNAMED BRANCH
SEC 12 T 3N R11W B, Perry, MS
Over: LONG BRANCH
SEC 14 T 4N R 9W B, Perry, MS
Over: BUG BRANCH
SEC 33 T 1S R10W B, Perry, MS
Over: CALF BRANCH
SEC 23 T 1S R10W B, Perry, MS
Over: WELDY CREEK
SEC 26 T 2N R 9W B, Perry, MS
Over: REESES CREEK
SEC 19 T 4N R11W B, Perry, MS
Over: UNNAMED BRANCH
SEC 1 T 5N R 9W B, Perry, MS
Over: LONG BRANCH
SEC 11 T 5N R 9W B, Perry, MS
Over: UNNAMED BRANCH
SEC 14 T 3N R10W B, Perry, MS
Over: HICKORY CREEK
SEC 11 T 1S R10W B, Perry, MS
Over: CARTER CREEK
SEC 8 T 2N R 9W B, Perry, MS
Over: BEAR BRANCH
SEC 20 T 4N R10W, Perry, MS
Over: MILL CREEK
SEC 29 T 4N R10W, Perry, MS
Over: MCWILLIAMS BRANCH
SEC 19 T 5N R11W B, Perry, MS
Over: UNNAMED BRANCH
SEC 1 T 3N R 9W B, Perry, MS
Over: THIRD CREEK
SEC 30 T 5N R11W B, Perry, MS
Over: MILL CREEK
SEC 6 T 5N R10W, Perry, MS
Over: BEAR BRANCH
SEC 18 T 4N R10W B, Perry, MS
Over: UNNAMED BRANCH
SEC_36_T 1S_R11W B, Perry, MS
Over: PENN BRANCH
SEC 19 T 4N R11W B, Perry, MS
Over: STREAM
2.8 MI S SR 42, Perry, MS
Over: STREAM
0.1 MI S SR 42, Perry, MS
Over: LINDA CREEK
SEC 17 T 5N R10W B, Perry, MS
Over: LITTLE CREEK
1.0 MI W GREENE CL, Perry, MS
Over: GAINES CREEK
SEC 25 T 3N R 9W B, Perry, MS
Over: STREAM
AT JCT SR 42 WEST, Perry, MS
Over: WATER PRONG CREEK
SEC 11 T1SR9W, Perry, MS
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.