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Tallahatchie County, MS

155 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 42.6% rated Good, 37.4% Fair, 20% Poor.

155
Public bridges
42.6%
Good condition
20%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

80th
of 82 on Poor share
20%
Poor-condition share
155
public highway bridges
1985
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.

Tallahatchie County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Tallahatchie County ranks #80 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 20%). Tallahatchie County, Mississippi contains 155 public highway bridges. Roughly 42.6% are rated “Good,” 37.4% “Fair,” and 20% “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

155

Public highway bridges in Tallahatchie County

Good condition

42.6%

66 of 155 rated 7-9

Fair condition

37.4%

58 of 155 rated 5-6

Poor condition

20%

31 of 155 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#80 of 82

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

Condition distribution

Share of 155 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
42.6% (66)
Fair
37.4% (58)
Poor
20% (31)

Tallahatchie County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,695 vehicle crossings a day

That is 3.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 20% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 87 crossings a day against 741 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 155 of 155 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

31.6% of Tallahatchie County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

49 of the 155 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 42.6% 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 40.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

TEASDALE ROAD over TILLATOBA CRK, built 1963, carries 1,100 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 31-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 2,695 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Tallahatchie County's bridges were built

155 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 34 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1985) matches the Mississippi average (1986).

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

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

The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Tallahatchie County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 20% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1985 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 Tallahatchie County and the 5 Mississippi counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Yalobusha County 158 6.3%
Franklin County 157 10.2%
Tallahatchie County (this page) 155 20%
Clay County 154 1.9%
Walthall County 154 1.3%
Lamar County 150 0%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside MS (155 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1985 here).

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

All 155 Good 66 Fair 58 Poor 31

Good-condition bridges (66)

GEORGE ALLEN ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE CREEK

SEC 5 T25N R 3E, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1996 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 40

US 49E

Good

Over: SOUTH QUIVER RIVER

4.0 MI N SR 32, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1965 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 2,800

SR 32

Good

Over: RELIEF OPENING

11.5 MI E US 49E, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1949 Load: 20.1 t ADT: 1,900

SR 35

Good

Over: STREAM

2.4 MI N SR 32 EAST, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1951 Load: 20.8 t ADT: 950

SHARKEY ROAD

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 33 T24N R 1E B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1981 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 660

DOUBLE G RANCH RD.

Good

Over: MC SWINE CREEK

SEC 24 T23N R 3E, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2002 Load: 24.9 t ADT: 30

SR 32

Good

Over: HUNTER CREEK

1.4 MI E SR 35 NORTH, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1989 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 3,700

LEVERETTE LANE

Good

Over: ASCALMORE CREEK

SEC 6 T23N R 2E B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1985 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 210

HIGH POINT ROAD

Good

Over: ASCALMORE CREEK

SEC 19 T23N R 2E, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1985 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 10

SR 32

Good

Over: TALLAHATCHIE RELIEF

4.3 MI E US 49E, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2018 Load: 29.3 t ADT: 950

TATUM POND ROAD

Good

Over: TILLATOBA CREEK

SEC 4 T24N R 3E B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1975 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 180

MABUS ROAD

Good

Over: ASCALMORE CREEK

SEC 12 T22N R 1E B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1979 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 30

SR 35

Good

Over: HUBBARD CREEK

0.3 MI S SR 32 WEST, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1967 Load: 30.3 t ADT: 1,100

SHELEY ROAD

Good

Over: TALLAHATCHIE RIVER

SEC 33 T25N R 1E B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2008 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 120

HUNTER CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: HUNTER CREEK

SEC_20_T25N_R 3E B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1972 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 30

LEVEE ROAD

Good

Over: TALLAHATCHIE RIVER

SEC 21 T25N R 1E B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2023 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 80

FLAUTT ROAD

Good

Over: TRIB TO CASSIDY BAYOU

SEC 14 T24N R 1W, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2019 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 50

THORNTON ROAD

Good

Over: TRIB TO HOBSON BAYOU

SEC 1 T25N R 2W, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2014 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 60

JENKINS ROAD

Good

Over: CASSIDY BAYOU

SEC 27 T25N R 1W B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1994 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 170

US 49E

Good

Over: FISH LAKE

6.1 MI N LEFLORE CL, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1988 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 1,300

SR 32

Good

Over: TIPPO BAYOU

5.9 MI W SR 35, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2018 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 1,900

US 49E

Good

Over: STREAM

2.4 MI N LEFLORE CL, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1987 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 1,300

LEVERETTE LANE

Good

Over: TIPPO BAYOU

SEC 2 T23N R 1E B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2005 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 210

STURDIVANT ROAD

Good

Over: BLACK BAYOU

SEC 19 T23N R 1W B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1999 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 380

TIPPO ROAD

Good

Over: TIPPO BAYOU

SEC 26 T23N R 1E B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2000 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 550

ALBIN-MIKOMA ROAD

Good

Over: CASSIDY BAYOU

SEC_29_T24N_R 1W B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1993 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 80

MURPHEY DRIVE

Good

Over: TIPPO BAYOU

SEC 35 T24N R 1E, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2001 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 30

HOPSON STREET

Good

Over: HOPSON BAYOU

SEC 19 T25N R 2W, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1980 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 500

BRAZIL-QUITMN RD

Good

Over: OPPOSUM BAYOU

SEC_22_T25N_R 1W B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1995 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 250

WHITE LAKE ROAD

Good

Over: MUDDY BAYOU

SEC 30 T25N R 1E B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2009 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 80

TATE STREET

Good

Over: CASSIDY BAYOU

SEC 2 T24N R 2W, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1984 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 380

SR 32

Good

Over: CASSIDY BAYOU

0.5 MI E US 49E, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1976 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 980

SR 32

Good

Over: WILLIAMS LAKE

4.5 MI E US 49E, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2018 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 950

SR 32

Good

Over: MCQUIRTER BAYOU

6.4 MI W SR 35, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2018 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 880

BEAR LAKE ROAD

Good

Over: BRUSHY BAYOU

SEC 36 T23N R 1E, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1998 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 10

PUMPING STATION RD

Good

Over: HARPER CREEK

SEC_23_T24N_R 3E B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1986 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 50

PHARIS ROAD

Good

Over: DITCH

SEC 21 T25N R 2W, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2010 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 60

SR 32

Good

Over: HUBBARD CREEK TRIBUTARY

4.6 MI W SR 35, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2018 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 1,900

TIPPO ROAD

Good

Over: TIPPO BAYOU

SEC 14 T23N R 1E B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2000 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 550

TATUM POND ROAD

Good

Over: TILLATOBA CREEK

SEC 33 T25N R 3E B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1987 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 180

SR 32

Good

Over: BLUE SLOUGH

4.9 MI E US 49E, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2018 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 880

SR 32

Good

Over: BLUE SLOUGH RELIEF

5.0 MI E US 49E, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2018 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 880

SR 32

Good

Over: RELIEF OPENING

6.9 MI W SR 35, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2018 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 880

SR 32

Good

Over: RELIEF OPENING

3.9 MI W SR 35, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2018 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 1,900

CHAPMAN ROAD

Good

Over: HURRICANE BAYOU

SEC 10 T25N R 1E, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1996 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 30

NORTH CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: TILLATOBA CREEK

SEC 30 T25N R 2E, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2017 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 30

HAYWARD JACKS ROAD

Good

Over: BAYOU

SEC 35 T22N R 1E, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2015 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 50

SHOESTRING ROAD

Good

Over: SANDY BAYOU

SEC 1 T23N R 2W, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2014 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 40

SR 32

Good

Over: RELIEF

2.5 MI W SR 35, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2017 Load: 40.1 t ADT: 1,900

SR 32

Good

Over: NORTH FORK HUBBARD CREEK

2.2 MI W SR 35, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2017 Load: 40.1 t ADT: 1,900

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