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Pike County, MS

211 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 55.5% rated Good, 38.9% Fair, 5.7% Poor.

211
Public bridges: 55.5%
Good condition: 5.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

51st
of 82 on Poor share: 5.7%
Poor-condition share: 211
public highway bridges: 1984
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.

Pike County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Pike County ranks #51 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 5.7%). Pike County, Mississippi contains 211 public highway bridges. Roughly 55.5% are rated “Good,” 38.9% “Fair,” and 5.7% “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

211

Public highway bridges in Pike County

Good condition

55.5%

117 of 211 rated 7-9

Fair condition

38.9%

82 of 211 rated 5-6

Poor condition

5.7%

12 of 211 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#51 of 82

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

Condition distribution

Share of 211 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

55.5% (117)

Fair

38.9% (82)

Poor

5.7% (12)

Pike County's Poor-condition bridges carry 9,105 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 5.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 759 crossings a day against 2,483 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 211 of 211 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

37% of Pike County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

78 of the 211 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 55.5% 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 64.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US 51 over UNNAMED STREAM, built 1933, carries 5,900 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 9,105 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1930s

8
1940s

3
1950s

18
1960s

40
1970s

19
1980s

29
1990s

30
2000s

36
2010s

25
2020s

3

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 40 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1984) matches the Mississippi average (1986).

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

The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Pike County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 5.7% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1984 against a peer-group mean of 1988 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 81 Mississippi counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Pike County and the 5 Mississippi counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Alcorn County	213	64.8%	33.8%	1.4%	1991
Calhoun County	213	48.8%	40.8%	10.3%	1985
Holmes County	212	52.4%	39.6%	8%	1988
Kemper County	211	60.2%	37%	2.8%	1991
Pike County (this page)	211	55.5%	38.9%	5.7%	1984
Amite County	210	69%	21.4%	9.5%	1987

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 Pike 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 Pike County, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside MS (211 bridges here).

Colusa County, CA · 211 bridges
Charlotte County, FL · 211 bridges
Barton County, MO · 211 bridges
Adams County, NE · 211 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1984 here).

Hennepin County, MN · avg 1984 · 936 bridges
Duval County, FL · avg 1984 · 831 bridges
El Paso County, CO · avg 1984 · 686 bridges
Bell County, TX · avg 1984 · 660 bridges

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

All 211 Good 117 Fair 82 Poor 12

Good-condition bridges (117)

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Pike County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Pike County's Poor-condition bridges carry 9,105 vehicle crossings a day

37% of Pike County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 64.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

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

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

Good-condition bridges (117)

ERNWOOD ROAD

RIVER ROAD NORTH

PIKE ROAD 93 S.

US 51

IRENE ROAD

US 51

S MAGNOLIA STREET

DUDLEY RIMES ROAD

US 51

CHESTER REEVES RD.

SR 24

SR 44

JEWEL DRIVE

BRENT ROAD

LEATHERWOOD ROAD

US 51

US 51

I 55

CHATAWA ROAD

COUNTY LINE ROAD

FOXCHASE ROAD

LOVE CREEK DRIVE

SR 570

SCHMITT ROAD

MCCOMB-HOLMESVILLE

OLD HWY 24

MUDDY SPRINGS ROAD

SR 24

SR 570

OSYKA PROGRESS RD.

US 51

WELSH ROAD

LAZY HEFIER ROAD

WILLIS COTTON ROAD

I 55

I 55

LINE CREEK ROAD

LINDBERGH ROAD

SOUTH YARD ROAD

ROBERT JONES ROAD

SILVER DRIVE

SMITHBURG ROAD

EMERALD-STATELINE

SILVER DRIVE

EAST FERNWOOD RD.

FRED BACOT ROAD

STEWART MILL ROAD

VON BEARD LANE

I 55

I 55

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