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Simpson County, MS

200 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 63.5% rated Good, 30% Fair, 6.5% Poor.

200
Public bridges
63.5%
Good condition
6.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

55th
of 82 on Poor share
6.5%
Poor-condition share
200
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.

Simpson County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Simpson County ranks #55 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6.5%). Simpson County, Mississippi contains 200 public highway bridges. Roughly 63.5% are rated “Good,” 30% “Fair,” and 6.5% “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

200

Public highway bridges in Simpson County

Good condition

63.5%

127 of 200 rated 7-9

Fair condition

30%

60 of 200 rated 5-6

Poor condition

6.5%

13 of 200 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#55 of 82

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

Condition distribution

Share of 200 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
63.5% (127)
Fair
30% (60)
Poor
6.5% (13)

Simpson County's Poor-condition bridges carry 7,755 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 6.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 597 crossings a day against 1,331 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 200 of 200 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

30% of Simpson County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

60 of the 200 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 63.5% 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 37.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

SR 149 over SELLERS CREEK, built 1935, carries 2,900 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 13-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 7,755 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Simpson County's bridges were built

200 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 41 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1984) matches the Mississippi average (1986).

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

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

The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Simpson County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 6.5% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1984 against a peer-group mean of 1987 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Simpson County and the 5 Mississippi counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Marion County 201 5%
Noxubee County 201 4%
Simpson County (this page) 200 6.5%
Leake County 199 1%
Neshoba County 199 3.5%
Scott County 199 1.5%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside MS (200 bridges here).

Similar average build year

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

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

All 200 Good 127 Fair 60 Poor 13

Good-condition bridges (127)

DRY CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: OKATOMA CREEK

SEC 32 T 1N R 6E B, Simpson, MS

Built 1999 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 2,400

AIRPORT ROAD

Good

Over: RILES CREEK

SEC 6 T10N R18W B, Simpson, MS

Built 1974 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 170

VARNER ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF SKIFFER CREEK

SEC 15 T10N R18W B, Simpson, MS

Built 2006 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 100

SR 541

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

0.4 MI N SR 149, Simpson, MS

Built 1976 Load: 35.5 t ADT: 3,300

NEW ZION MB CHURCH

Good

Over: BRANCH OF STRONG RIVER

SEC 32 T 1N R 3E B, Simpson, MS

Built 2005 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 130

JOHN L. MAY

Good

Over: TRIB OF SELLERS CREEK

SEC 17 T 1N R 5E, Simpson, MS

Built 2003 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50

ATHENS ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF SELLERS CREEK

SEC 21 T 1N R 5E B, Simpson, MS

Built 1986 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 250

OLD PINOLA-BRAXTN

Good

Over: BRANCH OF SANDERS CREEK

SEC 36 T 2N R 3E B, Simpson, MS

Built 2005 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 120

OLD WESTVILLE ROAD

Good

Over: TANYARD CREEK

SEC 5 T10N R19W, Simpson, MS

Built 1988 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 60

BILL SMITH ROAD

Good

Over: MID PRONG SILVER CREEK

SEC 20 T10N R19W, Simpson, MS

Built 2005 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 40

BUSHTOWN-SHIVERS

Good

Over: W PRONG OF SILVER CREEK

SEC 11 T10N R20W, Simpson, MS

Built 1985 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50

PEACOCK ROAD

Good

Over: TRIB OF RILES CREEK

SEC 14 T 1N R 4E, Simpson, MS

Built 1985 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50

TOM WARE ROAD

Good

Over: RELIEF TO HAW BRANCH

SEC_ 6_T 1N_R 6E B, Simpson, MS

Built 2013 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 80

TOM WARE ROAD

Good

Over: HAW BRANCH

SEC_ 6_T 1N_R 6E B, Simpson, MS

Built 2013 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 80

GUY SHERMAN ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF VAUGHNS CREEK

SEC 32 T10N R20W, Simpson, MS

Built 2017 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 60

RIDGEPORT ROAD

Good

Over: SINKLER CREEK

SEC 26 T10N R21W, Simpson, MS

Built 2021 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 260

DOCTOR MCGEE RD.

Good

Over: BRANCH OF STRONG RIVER

SEC 7 T 2N R 6E, Simpson, MS

Built 1996 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 10

BIG V ROAD

Good

Over: USPOHA CREEK

SEC 27 T10N R17W, Simpson, MS

Built 1996 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 40

WILSON FLOYD ROAD

Good

Over: SKIFFER CREEK

SEC 14 T10N R18W, Simpson, MS

Built 2000 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 80

GRUBBS HOG FARM RD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF VAUGHNS CREEK

SEC 31 T10N R20W, Simpson, MS

Built 1998 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 50

HEED-NEELY RD

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

SEC 1 T 1N R 2E B, Simpson, MS

Built 1987 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 60

GUM SPRINGS ROAD

Good

Over: DOBBS CREEK

SEC 19 T 2N R 4E B, Simpson, MS

Built 1981 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 240

SARATOGA-SHARON RD

Good

Over: OKATOMA CREEK

SEC 26 T10N R17W B, Simpson, MS

Built 1974 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 660

US 49

Good

Over: GOODWATER CREEK

1.5 MI S SR 28, Simpson, MS

Built 1998 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 10,000

MOODY WALLACE RD.

Good

Over: BRANCH OF STRONG RIVER

SEC 7 T 2N R 5E B, Simpson, MS

Built 2002 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 160

MT. ZION RD.

Good

Over: EAST PRONG SILVER CREEK

SEC 6 T 9N R18W B, Simpson, MS

Built 2003 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 210

MT ZION RD

Good

Over: BOWIE CREEK

SEC 27 T10N R18W B, Simpson, MS

Built 1994 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 210

NEVIL CRAFT ROAD

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

SEC 8 T 1N R 6E B, Simpson, MS

Built 2005 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 80

FIFTH AVENUE

Good

Over: BRANCH OF OKATOMA CREEK

SEC 31 T 1N R 6E, Simpson, MS

Built 1992 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 1,000

MT. ZION ROAD

Good

Over: SKIFFER CREEK

SEC 25 T10N R18W B, Simpson, MS

Built 2003 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 210

ROCKPRT-NEW HEBRON

Good

Over: SINKLER CREEK

SEC 27 T10N R21W B, Simpson, MS

Built 2004 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 340

US 49

Good

Over: GOODWATER CREEK

1.5 MI S SR 28, Simpson, MS

Built 1965 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 10,000

SR 540

Good

Over: HARPER CREEK

3.4 MI E SR 469, Simpson, MS

Built 2006 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 2,200

HEED-NEELY ROAD

Good

Over: HARPER CREEK

SEC 7 T 1N R 3E B, Simpson, MS

Built 2019 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 40

LEE BOGGAN ROAD

Good

Over: RILES CREEK

SEC 26 T 1N R 4E, Simpson, MS

Built 2013 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 50

SARATOGA-SHARON RD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF OKATOMA CREEK

SEC 25 T10N R17W B, Simpson, MS

Built 2023 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 560

N.JAKE BARNES ROAD

Good

Over: WESTVILLE CREEK

SEC 4 T10N R19W, Simpson, MS

Built 2020 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 60

MAT LEE ROAD

Good

Over: BANKS CREEK

SEC 18 T10N R20W, Simpson, MS

Built 2016 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 5

HIGHWAY 472

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

SEC 3 T10N R20W, Simpson, MS

Built 1975 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 110

HEED NEELY RD.

Good

Over: RELIEF FOR BIG CREEK

SEC 2 T 1N R 2E B, Simpson, MS

Built 1996 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 60

MERIT ROAD

Good

Over: STRONG RIVER

SEC 8 T 1N R 4E B, Simpson, MS

Built 2006 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 160

COX ROAD

Good

Over: DOBBS CREEK

SEC 1 T 2N R 3E B, Simpson, MS

Built 1997 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 100

STRONG RIVER ROAD

Good

Over: STRONG RIVER

SEC 14 T 2N R 4E, Simpson, MS

Built 2006 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 40

HIGHWAY 472

Good

Over: UNNAMED STREAM

SEC 2 T10N R20W, Simpson, MS

Built 1975 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 110

SR 540

Good

Over: CREEK

3.0 MI W SR 149, Simpson, MS

Built 2006 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 2,200

OLD GRAVEL 49

Good

Over: BRANCH OF SELLERS CREEK

SEC 12 T 1N R 4E, Simpson, MS

Built 2010 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 50

WATERS ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF USPOHA CREEK

SEC 21 T10N R17W, Simpson, MS

Built 1983 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 300

CALVARY CHURCH RD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF OKATOMA CREEK

SEC 25 T10N R17W, Simpson, MS

Built 2005 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 50

SR 13

Good

Over: SR 149

SR 13 OVER SR 149, Simpson, MS

Built 1960 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 4,800

HOSEY ROAD

Good

Over: HATCHAPALOG CREEK

SEC 34 T 2N R 6E, Simpson, MS

Built 1996 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 80

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