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Quitman County, MS

106 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 55.7% rated Good, 36.8% Fair, 7.5% Poor.

106
Public bridges
55.7%
Good condition
7.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Quitman 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.

60th
of 82 on Poor share
7.5%
Poor-condition share
106
public highway bridges
1978
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.

Quitman County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Quitman County ranks #60 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 7.5%). Quitman County, Mississippi contains 106 public highway bridges. Roughly 55.7% are rated “Good,” 36.8% “Fair,” and 7.5% “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

106

Public highway bridges in Quitman County

Good condition

55.7%

59 of 106 rated 7-9

Fair condition

36.8%

39 of 106 rated 5-6

Poor condition

7.5%

8 of 106 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#60 of 82

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

Condition distribution

Share of 106 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
55.7% (59)
Fair
36.8% (39)
Poor
7.5% (8)

Quitman County's Poor-condition bridges carry 5,320 vehicle crossings a day

That is 5.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 665 crossings a day against 769 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 106 of 106 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

50.9% of Quitman County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

54 of the 106 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 55.7% 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 82.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US 278 over COLDWATER RIVER, built 1940, carries 4,400 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 8-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 5,320 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Quitman County's bridges were built

106 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 23 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1978, 8 years older than the Mississippi average of 1986.

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

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

The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Quitman County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 7.5% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1987 is 9 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Quitman County and the 5 Mississippi counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Coahoma County 115 4.3%
Quitman County (this page) 106 7.5%
Hancock County 104 6.7%
Benton County 103 7.8%
Adams County 100 10%
Jefferson County 100 2%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside MS (106 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1978 here).

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

All 106 Good 59 Fair 39 Poor 8

All bridges (106)

BOBO ROAD

Good

Over: OLD LITTLE TALLAHATCHIE

SEC 23 T27N R 1E B, Quitman, MS

Built 1974 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 100

BRAHAN ROAD

Good

Over: OLD COLDWATER RIVER

SEC 3 T29N R 2W B, Quitman, MS

Built 1981 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 40

SR 3

Good

Over: RELIEF OPENING

0.3 MI N SR 6, Quitman, MS

Built 1946 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 1,900

CHURCH ROAD

Good

Over: OLD COLDWATER RIVER

SEC 19 T 7S R10W, Quitman, MS

Built 2003 Load: 29.5 t ADT: 60

JONES ROAD

Good

Over: CASSIDY BAYOU

SEC 29 T26N R 2W B, Quitman, MS

Built 1968 Load: 29.5 t ADT: 40

BILL STREET ROAD

Good

Over: WHITING CHUTE

SEC 5 T28N R 1W B, Quitman, MS

Built 1980 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 50

SR 322

Good

Over: CASSIDY BAYOU

0.6 MI E COAHOMA CL, Quitman, MS

Built 1985 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 360

SR 322

Good

Over: BUFORD LAKE

8.2 MI E COAHOMA CL, Quitman, MS

Built 1990 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 380

FLBA HARBOR ROAD

Good

Over: OLD COLDWATER RIVER

SEC_32_T7S_R10W, Quitman, MS

Built 2015 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 325

PINION ROAD

Good

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

SEC 36 T26N R 1W, Quitman, MS

Built 2011 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 20

HOOD ROAD

Good

Over: MARKS CUTOFF

SEC 6 T27N R 1E B, Quitman, MS

Built 2022 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 270

PONDEROSA ROAD

Good

Over: FOUR MILE BAYOU

SEC 32 T27N R 1W, Quitman, MS

Built 2014 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 40

JAMISON ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE TALAHATCHIE RIVER

SEC 1 T27N R 1E B, Quitman, MS

Built 2018 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 560

HANDY ROAD

Good

Over: DAVID BAYOU

SEC 27 T 7S R10W, Quitman, MS

Built 2006 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 100

BOOKER RD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF CASSIDY BAYOU

SEC 6 T26N R 2W, Quitman, MS

Built 2007 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 20

DARLING ROAD

Good

Over: COLDWATER RIVER

SEC 30 T 8S R10W B, Quitman, MS

Built 1974 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 210

BALLENTINE ROAD

Good

Over: BURRELL BAYOU

SEC 10 T 8S R10W B, Quitman, MS

Built 1990 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 140

FALCON SCHOOL ROAD

Good

Over: BURRELL BAYOU

SEC 16 T 8S R10W, Quitman, MS

Built 1993 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 100

SQUIRRELL LAKE RD

Good

Over: SQUIRRELL LAKE

SEC 26 T 8S R10W B, Quitman, MS

Built 1990 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 250

SQUIRRELL LAKE RD

Good

Over: BURRELL BAYOU

SEC 28 T 8S R10W B, Quitman, MS

Built 1990 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 250

US 278/SR 6

Good

Over: WEST CASSIDY BAYOU

1.3 MI E COAHOMA CL, Quitman, MS

Built 2017 Load: 37.5 t ADT: 3,300

COOTER ROAD

Good

Over: SQUIRREL LAKE

SEC 27 T 8S R10W, Quitman, MS

Built 2001 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 30

JACKSON ROAD

Good

Over: BURRELL BAYOU

SEC 28 T 8S R10W, Quitman, MS

Built 2001 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 60

YANDELL EXTENDED R

Good

Over: CASSIDY BAYOU

SEC 23 T26N R 2W, Quitman, MS

Built 1997 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 50

EASON ROAD

Good

Over: COLDWATER RIVER

SEC 18 T27N R 1E B, Quitman, MS

Built 1983 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 150

MARCELLINI ROAD

Good

Over: CUTOFF BAYOU

SEC 2 T28N R 2W B, Quitman, MS

Built 1990 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 30

US 278/SR 6

Good

Over: BUCK BAYOU

2.0 MI W SR 3, Quitman, MS

Built 2017 Load: 37.7 t ADT: 3,600

US 278/SR 6

Good

Over: EAST CASSIDY BAYOU

1.4 MI E COAHOMA CL, Quitman, MS

Built 2017 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 3,300

US 278/SR 6

Good

Over: BOBO BAYOU

6.0 MI E SR 3, Quitman, MS

Built 2017 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 4,500

HENDERSON RD

Good

Over: CASSIDY BAYOU

SEC 30 T26N R 2W, Quitman, MS

Built 2002 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 30

PONDEROSA ROAD

Good

Over: OPOSSUM BAYOU

SEC 28 T27N R 1W, Quitman, MS

Built 1996 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 40

SHADY GROVE

Good

Over: BIG CREEK DEADWATER

SEC 19 T27N R 2W, Quitman, MS

Built 2002 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 50

SR 3

Good

Over: STREAM

2.4 MI S SR 6, Quitman, MS

Built 1946 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 3,800

FAIRHAVEN LOOP

Good

Over: DAVID BAYOU

SEC 15 T 7S R10W, Quitman, MS

Built 2003 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 60

WALNUT ROAD

Good

Over: OPOSSUM OUTLET

SEC 25 T26N R 2W B, Quitman, MS

Built 2004 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 80

CAPPEY ROAD

Good

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

SEC 25 T27N R 2W B, Quitman, MS

Built 1994 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 120

US 278/SR 6

Good

Over: ASHLOG BAYOU

5.1 MI E SR 3, Quitman, MS

Built 2017 Load: 40.3 t ADT: 4,500

US 278/SR 6

Good

Over: QUITMAN-PANOLA DITCH

3.9 MI E SR 3, Quitman, MS

Built 2017 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 4,400

DUMMY-LINE ROAD

Good

Over: 837 OVER DRAINAGE DITCH

SEC 13 T27N R 1E B, Quitman, MS

Built 2000 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 1,100

JAMISON ROAD

Good

Over: 1851 OVER BEECH BAYOU

SEC 35 T28N R 1E B, Quitman, MS

Built 2000 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 120

SR 3

Good

Over: DRAINAGE CANAL

0.8 MI S PANOLA CL, Quitman, MS

Built 1949 Load: 43.6 t ADT: 1,500

PUGH ROAD

Good

Over: STOVALL BAYOU

SEC 26 T26N R 1E, Quitman, MS

Built 2017 Load: 45.9 t ADT: 40

FAIRHAVEN LOOP

Good

Over: DAVID BAYOU

SEC 10 T 7S R10W, Quitman, MS

Built 1996 Load: 53.1 t ADT: 50

TERRY ROAD

Good

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

SEC 10 T26N R 1E, Quitman, MS

Built 1998 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 120

SHADY GROVE

Good

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

SEC 19 T27N R 2W, Quitman, MS

Built 2016 Load: 55.9 t ADT: 40

SR 315

Good

Over: POMPEY LAKE

3.1 MI W SR 3, Quitman, MS

Built 2015 Load: 58.0 t ADT: 630

US 278/SR 6

Good

Over: ONEMILE BAYOU

3.3 MI E SR 3, Quitman, MS

Built 2017 Load: 58.6 t ADT: 4,400

BOWLES ROAD

Good

Over: SOUTH LAKE DRAIN

SEC 13 T 8S R10W, Quitman, MS

Built 2021 Load: 66.1 t ADT: 80

ROAD TO FIELD

Poor

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

SEC 1 T 7S R10W, Quitman, MS

Built 1972 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 40

DEAN ROAD

Poor

Over: YELLOW LAKE BAYOU CUTOFF

SEC 23 T 7S R10W, Quitman, MS

Built 1940 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 60

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