Total bridges
166
Public highway bridges in Pontotoc County
County profile · official public datasets
Pontotoc County, MS
166 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 62% rated Good, 34.3% Fair, 3.6% Poor.
- 166
- Public bridges
- 62%
- Good condition
- 3.6%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Pontotoc County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 35%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 3.6%
- Poor-condition share
- 166
- public highway bridges
- 1987
- 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.
Pontotoc County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Pontotoc County ranks #29 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.6%). Pontotoc County, Mississippi contains 166 public highway bridges. Roughly 62% are rated “Good,” 34.3% “Fair,” and 3.6% “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
62%
103 of 166 rated 7-9
Fair condition
34.3%
57 of 166 rated 5-6
Poor condition
3.6%
6 of 166 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#29 of 82
Among Mississippi counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 166 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 62% (103)
Fair 34.3% (57)
Poor 3.6% (6)
Pontotoc County's Poor-condition bridges carry 4,625 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 771 crossings a day against 2,927 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 166 of 166 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
24.1% of Pontotoc County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
40 of the 166 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 62% 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 45.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SR 346 over MUD CREEK, built 1964, carries 2,100 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 6-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 4,625 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Pontotoc County's bridges were built
166 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1930s 2
1930–1939
2 bridges
- 1940s 4
1940–1949
4 bridges
- 1950s 15
1950–1959
15 bridges
- 1960s 9
1960–1969
9 bridges
- 1970s 12
1970–1979
12 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
39 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
32 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
22 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
23 bridges
- 2020s 4
2020–2029
4 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 39 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1987) matches the Mississippi average (1986).
How Pontotoc County compares with Mississippi's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Pontotoc County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.6% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1987 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery County | 170 | 74.1% | 22.9% | 2.9% | 1989 |
| Sunflower County | 169 | 52.7% | 21.9% | 25.4% | 1981 |
| Pontotoc County (this page) | 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 |
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 Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc County, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MS (166 bridges here).
- Clay County, IL · 166 bridges
- Trego County, KS · 166 bridges
- Bay County, MI · 166 bridges
- Barry County, MO · 166 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1987 here).
- St. Louis County, MO · avg 1987 · 912 bridges
- Ellis County, TX · avg 1987 · 691 bridges
- St. Louis County, MN · avg 1987 · 663 bridges
- Palm Beach County, FL · avg 1987 · 610 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (57)
COOPERS CROSSING
FairOver: CALLOWAY CREEK
SEC 24 T10S R 3E, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1972 Load: 1.9 t ADT: 80
CANE CREEK ROAD
FairOver: CANE CREEK
SEC 1 T 9S R 1E B, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1970 Load: 6.2 t ADT: 270
ESPERANZA ROAD
FairOver: MILL CRK
SEC 26 T 8S R 1E, Pontotoc, MS
Built 2002 Load: 6.6 t ADT: 890
MOORMAN ROAD
FairOver: FUNNY CREEK
SEC 27 T10S R 2E B, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1990 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 260
HURRICANE RD
FairOver: DUNCAN CREEK
SEC 6 T 9S R 1E B, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1992 Load: 7.2 t ADT: 100
HITCHCOCK BEND
FairOver: LONG BRANCH
SEC 15 T11S R 2E, Pontotoc, MS
Built 2003 Load: 8.4 t ADT: 30
HEBRON ROAD
FairOver: INDIAN CREEK
SEC 13 T11S R 1E B, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1989 Load: 14.6 t ADT: 90
SR 334
FairOver: STREAM
1.0 MI W SR 9, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1920 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 810
OLD HWY 9
FairOver: TRIB TO COONEWAH CREEK
SEC 4 T 9S R 4E B, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1956 Load: 17.3 t ADT: 1,300
MILL CREEK ROAD
FairOver: MILL CREEK
SEC 27 T11S R 3E, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1963 Load: 17.7 t ADT: 40
SR 41
FairOver: CHIWAPA CREEK
3.8 MI S SR 15, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1955 Load: 18.2 t ADT: 2,600
SR 334
FairOver: UNNAMED CREEK
8.3 MI W SR 9, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1925 Load: 18.7 t ADT: 730
SR 338
FairOver: MUD CREEK
8.3 MI E LAFAYETTE CL, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1940 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 2,000
LONGVIEW ROAD
FairOver: MUBBY CREEK
SEC 20 T 9S R 4E B, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1963 Load: 19.3 t ADT: 960
REDLAND SAREPTA
FairOver: SKUNA RIVER
SEC 27 T11S R 2E B, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1981 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 580
SR 41
FairOver: CALLOWAY CREEK
3.4 MI S SR 15, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1955 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 2,600
SR 41
FairOver: CHIWAPA CREEK RELIEF
4.0 MI S SR 15, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1955 Load: 20.1 t ADT: 2,600
CR 272
FairOver: LITTLE CREEK
SEC 31 T11S R 4E, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1993 Load: 20.5 t ADT: 10
SR 334
FairOver: TOCCOPOLA CREEK
7.7 MI W SR 9, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1925 Load: 20.7 t ADT: 730
SR 341
FairOver: UNNAMED CREEK
5.0 MI N CALHOUN CL, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1984 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 310
NATCHEZ TRACE PARK
FairOver: MS ROUTE 41
7.7 MILES NORTH OF MS ROU, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1959 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 3,959
BOY SCOUT ROAD
FairOver: YOCONA CREEK
SEC 21 T10S R 1E, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1989 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 60
US 278
FairOver: LYON CREEK_TANGLEFOOT TR
1.0 MI E SR 15, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1996 Load: 26.4 t ADT: 7,000
WALDO ROAD
FairOver: YOCONA CREEK
SEC 22 T10S R 1E, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1990 Load: 27.1 t ADT: 60
VALLEY ROAD
FairOver: DRY CREEK
SEC 13 T10S R 4E B, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1972 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 1,900
SR 345
FairOver: CHEERY CREEK
2.7 MI S UNION CL, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1975 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 1,300
US 278
FairOver: LYON CREEK TRIB
2.3 MI E SR 15, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1996 Load: 27.7 t ADT: 7,000
US 278
FairOver: MUD CREEK
8.4 MI E LAFAYETTE CL, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1988 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 5,000
SR 336
FairOver: LAPPATUBBY CREEK
2.1 MI W SR 15, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1981 Load: 28.6 t ADT: 1,600
SR 345
FairOver: LYON CREEK
0.6 MI S SR 76, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1975 Load: 28.6 t ADT: 1,700
MOORMAN ROAD
FairOver: TRIBUTARY OF SKUNA
SEC 26 T10S R 2E, Pontotoc, MS
Built 2001 Load: 29.1 t ADT: 260
US 278
FairOver: LAPPATUBBY CREEK
12.0 MI E LAFAYETTE CL, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1988 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 10,000
WEST MAIN ST
FairOver: CREEK
SEC 9 T10S R 4E B, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1952 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 8,700
CHAPMAN ROAD
FairOver: TALLABINNELA CR W FORK
SEC 6 T11S R 4E, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 80
SR 346
FairOver: CANE CREEK
6.7 MI W SR 15, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1964 Load: 33.1 t ADT: 2,100
SR 346
FairOver: CREEK
6.2 MI W SR 15, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1964 Load: 33.1 t ADT: 2,100
SR 341
FairOver: SKUNA RIVER
15.5 MI N CALHOUN CL, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1971 Load: 33.2 t ADT: 1,200
JUDAH ROAD
FairOver: INDIAN CREEK
SEC 13 T11S R 1E, Pontotoc, MS
Built 2001 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 60
SR 41
FairOver: GARRETT CREEK
4.3 MI S SR 15, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1955 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 2,600
SR 342
FairOver: HALL BRANCH
3.6 MI E SR 41, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1990 Load: 36.5 t ADT: 1,900
WOODLAND ROAD
FairOver: CHIWAPA CHANNEL
SEC 20 T10S R 4E B, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1987 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 100
SR 336
FairOver: BUTTERMILK BRANCH
5.2 MI W SR 76, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1983 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 210
SEWELL ROAD
FairOver: CANE CREEK
SEC 12 T 9S R 1E, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1978 Load: 36.8 t ADT: 60
THAXTON HURRICANE
FairOver: BUTTER MILK BRANCH
SEC 10 T 9S R 1E B, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1959 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 630
US 278
FairOver: DITCH
11.8 MI E LAFAYETTE CL, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1988 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 10,000
WEST MAIN STREET
FairOver: TRIB TO DRY CREEK
SEC 11 T10S R 4E B, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1953 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 3,500
I 22
FairOver: SR 9
US 78 OVER SR 9 SOUTH, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1978 Load: 41.2 t ADT: 14,000
I 22
FairOver: SR 9
US 78 OVER SR 9 SOUTH, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1978 Load: 41.2 t ADT: 14,000
SR 6/US 278
FairOver: MILLER CREEK TRIB
4.4 MI E SR 9, Pontotoc, MS
Built 2006 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 13,000
NATCHEZ TRACE PARK
FairOver: TALLABINNELA CREEK
0.9 MILES NORTH OF MS ROU, Pontotoc, MS
Built 1959 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 4,200
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