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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.

Total bridges

166

Public highway bridges in Pontotoc County

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

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).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Pontotoc County and the 5 Mississippi counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Montgomery County 170 2.9%
Sunflower County 169 25.4%
Pontotoc County (this page) 166 3.6%
Choctaw County 164 8.5%
Covington County 164 3%
Grenada County 163 1.8%

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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1987 here).

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

All 166 Good 103 Fair 57 Poor 6

Good-condition bridges (103)

SR 341

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

7.5 MI N CALHOUN CL, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1985 Load: 35.7 t ADT: 310

SR 15

Good

Over: CALLOWAY CREEK

8.4 MI N CHICKASAW CL, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1993 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 5,800

SR 346

Good

Over: JOHN CREEK

1.3 MI W SR 15, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1988 Load: 36.1 t ADT: 2,900

SR 15

Good

Over: CHUQUATONCHEE CREEK

0.2 MI N CHICKASAW CL, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1993 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 3,700

CARTER ROAD

Good

Over: DUNCAN CREEK

SEC 4 T 9S R 1E, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1999 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 60

COOPERS CROSSING

Good

Over: CHIWAPA CREEK

SEC 24 T10S R 3E, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1997 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 80

THAXTON ROAD

Good

Over: DUNCAN CREEK

SEC 36 T 8S R 1E B, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1989 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 630

MOORMAN ROAD

Good

Over: SKUNA RIVER

SEC 26 T10S R 2E, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1997 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 260

SR 15

Good

Over: LAPPATUBBY CREEK

1.1 MI N US 278/SR 6, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2019 Load: 36.8 t ADT: 13,000

SR 15

Good

Over: LAPATUBBY CREEK

1.1 MI N US 278/SR 6, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2020 Load: 36.8 t ADT: 13,000

ENDVILLE ROAD

Good

Over: SR 9 & COONEWAH BOTTOM

6.6 MI N OF US 278, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2012 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 2,100

ESPERANZA ROAD

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

SEC 23 T 8S R 1E, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1984 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 890

FAULKNER ROAD

Good

Over: MUBBY CREEK

SEC 28 T 9S R 4E B, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1984 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 150

PEAR TREE ROAD

Good

Over: BOB MILLER CREEK

SEC 6 T10S R 4E, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2001 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 50

LOCUST HILL ROAD

Good

Over: OWL CREEK

SEC 27 T 8S R 4E, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1993 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 60

SR 6/US 278 RAMP

Good

Over: SR 6/US 278

4.7 MI E SR 9, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2006 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 1,800

SR 342

Good

Over: SAND BRANCH CREEK

5.8 MI E SR 41, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1990 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 1,900

BRASSFIELD ROAD

Good

Over: CHERRY CREEK

SEC 31 T 8S R 3E B, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2006 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 100

SIMS GIN RD

Good

Over: COONEWAH CREEK

SEC 25 T 9S R 4E, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2000 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 240

ANTIOCH ROAD

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY OF YOCONA

SEC 19 T10S R 1E B, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1997 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 280

REDLAND SAREPTA

Good

Over: MUD CREEK

SEC 28 T11S R 2E B, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1990 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 580

SR 9

Good

Over: DOZIER HILL ROAD

5.9 MI N US 278, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2012 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 3,450

SR 9

Good

Over: DOZIER HILL ROAD

5.9 MI N US 278, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2012 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 3,450

TUTOR ROAD

Good

Over: CHERRY CREEK

SEC 32 T 8S R 3E, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2015 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 70

SR 9

Good

Over: COONEWAH BOTTOM

6.5 MI N SR 6_, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2012 Load: 39.7 t ADT: 3,450

SR 9

Good

Over: COONEWAH BOTTOM

6.5 MI N SR 6, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2012 Load: 39.7 t ADT: 3,450

SR 9

Good

Over: COONEWAH CREEK

5.5 MI N US 278, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2012 Load: 41.2 t ADT: 3,450

SR 9

Good

Over: COONEWAH CREEK

5.5 MI N US 278, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2012 Load: 41.2 t ADT: 3,450

ANTIOCH ROAD

Good

Over: TWO MILE CREEK

SEC 5 T10S R 1E B, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1993 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 280

CHICASA ROAD

Good

Over: REDLAND CREEK

SEC 21 T11S R 3E, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2019 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 50

ROCK HILL ROAD

Good

Over: OWL CREEK

SEC 20 T11S R 4E, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2018 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 140

SR 15

Good

Over: LAPPATUBBY CREEK

0.1 MI S SR 345, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2019 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 13,000

ANTIOCH ROAD

Good

Over: YOCONA CREEK

SEC 18 T10S R 1E B, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1997 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 280

REDLAND SAREPTA

Good

Over: CHUQUATONCHEE CREEK

SEC 30 T11S R 3E B, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2001 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 110

ARROW ROAD

Good

Over: GUINN CREEK

SEC 15 T10S R 1E, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2003 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 40

BOY SCOUT ROAD

Good

Over: GUINN CREEK

SEC 21 T10S R 1E, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2009 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 60

STEWARD LOOP

Good

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

SEC 9 T11S R 1E, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2011 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 40

SR 341

Good

Over: BRUSH CREEK

12.3 MI N CALHOUN CL, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1983 Load: 44.8 t ADT: 1,200

OLD HIGHWAY 15

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY LAPPATUBBY CR

SEC 30 T 8S R 3E, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2000 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 500

COCHRAN ROAD

Good

Over: LILLY CREEK

SEC 11 T 9S R 4E, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1999 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 50

SR 341

Good

Over: FUNNY CREEK

14.5 MI N CALHOUN CL, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1971 Load: 45.3 t ADT: 1,200

SR 15

Good

Over: TANGLEFOOT TRAIL

1.5 MI N SR 345, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2019 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 9,300

SR 15

Good

Over: TANGLEFOOT TRAIL

1.5 MI N SR 345, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2020 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 9,300

SR 346

Good

Over: DITCH

5.8 MI W SR 15, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1986 Load: 47.7 t ADT: 2,100

SR 336

Good

Over: CREEK

0.7 MI W SR 15, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1987 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 1,600

GARRETT CREEK LOOP

Good

Over: GARRETT CREEK

SEC 2 T11S R 3E, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2019 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 60

SR 342

Good

Over: BOB MILLER CREEK RELIEF

1.0 MI S SR 6, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1985 Load: 56.9 t ADT: 1,400

SR 341

Good

Over: DITCH

9.7 MI N CALHOUN CL, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1983 Load: 62.7 t ADT: 1,200

SR 342

Good

Over: DONALDSON CREEK

0.1 MI E SR 41, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2021 Load: 65.8 t ADT: 1,900

SR 6

Good

Over: STREAM

0.6 MI W LEE CL, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2015 Load: 79.5 t ADT: 8,300

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