Total bridges
139
Public highway bridges in Tate County
County profile · official public datasets
Tate County, MS
139 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 39.6% rated Good, 58.3% Fair, 2.2% Poor.
- 139
- Public bridges
- 39.6%
- Good condition
- 2.2%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Tate County pairs a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 20%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 2.2%
- Poor-condition share
- 139
- public highway bridges
- 1992
- 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.
Tate County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Tate County ranks #16 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.2%). Tate County, Mississippi contains 139 public highway bridges. Roughly 39.6% are rated “Good,” 58.3% “Fair,” and 2.2% “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
39.6%
55 of 139 rated 7-9
Fair condition
58.3%
81 of 139 rated 5-6
Poor condition
2.2%
3 of 139 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#16 of 82
Among Mississippi counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 139 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 39.6% (55)
Fair 58.3% (81)
Poor 2.2% (3)
Tate County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,810 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 937 crossings a day against 6,740 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 139 of 139 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
25.9% of Tate County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
36 of the 139 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 39.6% 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 81.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SR 3 over CNIC RR, built 1956, carries 2,300 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 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 2,810 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Tate County's bridges were built
139 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1940s 2
1940–1949
2 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
14 bridges
- 1960s 9
1960–1969
9 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
16 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
14 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
28 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
24 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
21 bridges
- 2020s 11
2020–2029
11 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 28 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1992, 6 years newer than the Mississippi average of 1986.
How Tate County compares with Mississippi's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Tate County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.2% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1992 against a peer-group mean of 1984 is 8 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 81 Mississippi counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tishomingo County | 144 | 58.3% | 37.5% | 4.2% | 1985 |
| Jefferson Davis County | 142 | 77.5% | 19.7% | 2.8% | 1992 |
| Leflore County | 139 | 40.3% | 50.4% | 9.4% | 1976 |
| Tippah County | 139 | 60.4% | 34.5% | 5% | 1989 |
| Tate County (this page) | 139 | 39.6% | 58.3% | 2.2% | 1992 |
| Claiborne County | 136 | 25% | 72.8% | 2.2% | 1978 |
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 Tate 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 Tate County, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MS (139 bridges here).
- Bulloch County, GA · 139 bridges
- St. Helena County, LA · 139 bridges
- Garrett County, MD · 139 bridges
- Midland County, MI · 139 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1992 here).
- Johnson County, KS · avg 1992 · 781 bridges
- Wake County, NC · avg 1992 · 760 bridges
- Benton County, AR · avg 1992 · 410 bridges
- Nodaway County, MO · avg 1992 · 396 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (81)
US 51
FairOver: PORTERS CREEK
0.1 MI N PANOLA CL, Tate, MS
Built 1998 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 7,100
SR 4
FairOver: SENATOBIA CREEK
0.6 MI E I 55, Tate, MS
Built 1974 Load: 35.1 t ADT: 6,500
SPRINGFIELD ROAD
FairOver: GRAVEL SPRINGS CREEK
SEC 11 T 6S R 7W, Tate, MS
Built 2001 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 110
DEANTOWN ROAD
FairOver: HICKAHALA CREEK
SEC 17 T 5S R 6W, Tate, MS
Built 1992 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 130
SR 4
FairOver: JAMES WOLF CREEK
7.5 MI E I 55, Tate, MS
Built 1974 Load: 36.4 t ADT: 3,400
LONGTOWN ROAD
FairOver: TERRY BRANCH
SEC 9 T 6S R 9W, Tate, MS
Built 2011 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 80
FAS 0913
FairOver: BAD BRANCH
SEC 19 T 4S R 5W B, Tate, MS
Built 1983 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 500
SR 4
FairOver: JAMES WOLF CANAL TRIB
0.3 MI E SR 305, Tate, MS
Built 2009 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 3,400
BET-THYATIRA ROAD
FairOver: HICKAHALA CREEK
SEC 5 T 5S R 5W, Tate, MS
Built 1995 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 330
TATE-MARSHALL CORD
FairOver: CATHY CREEK
SEC 8 T 5S R 5W, Tate, MS
Built 1999 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 90
SOWELL ROAD
FairOver: CREEK
SEC 1 T 4S R 7W, Tate, MS
Built 2013 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 80
SR 4
FairOver: RELIEF
0.3 MI E I 55, Tate, MS
Built 1974 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 6,500
STRAYHORN-SARAH RD
FairOver: RADER CREEK
SEC 4 T 6S R 9W B, Tate, MS
Built 2004 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 850
SR 4
FairOver: WEST CANAL
0.2 MI E I 55, Tate, MS
Built 1974 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 6,500
PIDGEON ROOST ROAD
FairOver: PIDGEON ROOST CK BRANCH
SEC 5 T 4S R 5W, Tate, MS
Built 2002 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 80
MOORE ROAD
FairOver: ROCK CREEK BRANCH
SEC 21 T 4S R 9W, Tate, MS
Built 1990 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 70
I 55
FairOver: COLDWATER RIVER
1.6 MI N SR 306, Tate, MS
Built 1959 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 18,500
I 55
FairOver: COLDWATER RIVER
1.6 MI N SR 306, Tate, MS
Built 1959 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 18,500
SR 4
FairOver: PATTEN CREEK
8.7 MI W US 51, Tate, MS
Built 1953 Load: 42.0 t ADT: 3,100
SR 4
FairOver: BASKET CREEK
3.1 MI E I 55, Tate, MS
Built 1974 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 5,700
BETHEL ROAD
FairOver: BILLY CREEK
SEC 21 T 5S R 7W, Tate, MS
Built 2006 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 140
EVANSVILLE ROAD
FairOver: ARKABUTLA CREEK BRANCH
SEC 18 T 5S R 9W B, Tate, MS
Built 2013 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 100
GRAVEL SPRINGS RD
FairOver: SENATOBIA CREEK BRANCH
SEC 13 T 6S R 7W, Tate, MS
Built 2000 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 180
HAMMOND HILL ROAD
FairOver: ARKABUTLA CREEK
SEC 13 T 6S R 8W, Tate, MS
Built 2009 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 80
INDEPENDENCE ROAD
FairOver: BEARTAIL CREEK BRANCH
SEC 27 T 4S R 6W, Tate, MS
Built 2005 Load: 53.1 t ADT: 90
OLD COLDW-SCOTTLAN
FairOver: BEARTAIL CREEK BRANCH
SEC_22_T 4S_R 7W B, Tate, MS
Built 1996 Load: 56.1 t ADT: 430
EAST TATE ROAD
FairOver: HICKAHALA CREEK BRANCH
SEC 8 T 5S R 6W, Tate, MS
Built 2018 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 140
POAGVILLE ROAD
FairOver: HICKAHALA CREEK BRANCH
SEC 5 T 5S R 6W, Tate, MS
Built 2007 Load: 65.4 t ADT: 130
ROWELL RD.
FairOver: WHITES CREEK
SEC 11 T 5S R 6W, Tate, MS
Built 1998 Load: 69.7 t ADT: 130
SALEM ROAD
FairOver: STRAYHORN CREEK
SEC 7 T 6S R 8W, Tate, MS
Built 1996 Load: 71.3 t ADT: 80
CLIFF WMS. ROAD
FairOver: CREEK
SEC 2 T 6S R 6W, Tate, MS
Built 1996 Load: 78.1 t ADT: 90
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