Total bridges
94
Public highway bridges in Wilkinson County
County profile · official public datasets
Wilkinson County, MS
94 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 67% rated Good, 23.4% Fair, 9.6% Poor.
- 94
- Public bridges
- 67%
- Good condition
- 9.6%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Wilkinson County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.
- 69th
- of 82 on Poor share
- 9.6%
- Poor-condition share
- 94
- 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.
Wilkinson County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Wilkinson County ranks #69 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 9.6%). Wilkinson County, Mississippi contains 94 public highway bridges. Roughly 67% are rated “Good,” 23.4% “Fair,” and 9.6% “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.
Good condition
67%
63 of 94 rated 7-9
Fair condition
23.4%
22 of 94 rated 5-6
Poor condition
9.6%
9 of 94 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#69 of 82
Among Mississippi counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 94 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 67% (63)
Fair 23.4% (22)
Poor 9.6% (9)
Wilkinson County's Poor-condition bridges carry 600 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 9.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 67 crossings a day against 524 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 94 of 94 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
37.2% of Wilkinson County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
35 of the 94 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 67% 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 23.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
PERRYTOWN ROAD over TURKEY CREEK, built 1962, carries 140 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 9-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 600 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Wilkinson County's bridges were built
94 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 2
1930–1939
2 bridges
- 1940s 2
1940–1949
2 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
8 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
14 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
17 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
10 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
14 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
14 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
7 bridges
- 2020s 6
2020–2029
6 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 17 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1984) matches the Mississippi average (1986).
How Wilkinson County compares with Mississippi's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Wilkinson County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 9.6% Poor share is the 5th-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.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock County | 104 | 62.5% | 30.8% | 6.7% | 1989 |
| Benton County | 103 | 70.9% | 21.4% | 7.8% | 1993 |
| Adams County | 100 | 42% | 48% | 10% | 1979 |
| Jefferson County | 100 | 47% | 51% | 2% | 1989 |
| Humphreys County | 94 | 56.4% | 39.4% | 4.3% | 1987 |
| Wilkinson County (this page) | 94 | 67% | 23.4% | 9.6% | 1984 |
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 Wilkinson 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 Wilkinson County, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MS (94 bridges here).
- Yukon-Koyukuk County, AK · 94 bridges
- Lee County, AR · 94 bridges
- Huerfano County, CO · 94 bridges
- Henry County, KY · 94 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1984 here).
- Hennepin County, MN · avg 1984 · 936 bridges
- Duval County, FL · avg 1984 · 831 bridges
- El Paso County, CO · avg 1984 · 686 bridges
- Bell County, TX · avg 1984 · 660 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (94)
MOUNT CARMEL ROAD
GoodOver: BR. OF LITTLE BUFFALO R
SEC 28 T 3N R 1E, Wilkinson, MS
Built 2022 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 90
OLD US 61
GoodOver: FRIENDSHIP CREEK
SEC 7 T 3N R 1W B, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1985 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 30
SR 33
GoodOver: HOMMOCHITTO RIVER
WILKINSON/FRANKLIN CL, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1978 Load: 34.1 t ADT: 500
US 61
GoodOver: PINEY WOOD CREEK
12.0 MI N US 24, Wilkinson, MS
Built 2000 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 2,400
US 61
GoodOver: PINEY WOOD CREEK
12.0 MI N SR 24, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1997 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 2,400
COONS HILL ROAD
GoodOver: BROWNS CREEK
SEC 15 T 2N R 1W, Wilkinson, MS
Built 2012 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 60
BEAVER CREEK ROAD
GoodOver: BEAVER CREEK
SEC 43 T 3N R 3W B, Wilkinson, MS
Built 2021 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 60
US 61
GoodOver: BUFFALO RIVER RELIEF
9.6 MI N SR 24, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1996 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 2,300
ANCIL COX ROAD
GoodOver: THOMPSON CREEK
SEC 33 T 1N R 1W B, Wilkinson, MS
Built 2021 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 110
H STREET
GoodOver: FOSTER CREEK
SEC 31 T 4N R 1E, Wilkinson, MS
Built 2005 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 680
SR 563
GoodOver: PINEY CREEK
10.8 MI N US 61, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1959 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 580
DONEGAL RD
GoodOver: BEASLEY CREEK
SEC 18 T 1N R 3W, Wilkinson, MS
Built 2002 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 55
HAYS ROAD
GoodOver: PERCY CREEK
SEC 12 T 2N R 3W, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1996 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 50
BLUFF SPRINGS ROAD
GoodOver: BR. OF LITTLE BUFFALO R.
SEC 23 T 3N R 1E, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1998 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 50
WOODLAWN ROAD
GoodOver: STEEL CREEK
SEC 12 T 3N R 3W, Wilkinson, MS
Built 2001 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 10
ANCIL COX ROAD
GoodOver: MATTHEWS CREEK
SEC 32 T 1N R 1W B, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1986 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 380
WHITAKER RD
GoodOver: SHARPS CREEK
SEC 40 T 1N R 1E B, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1977 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 150
TOMMY WHITAKER RD
GoodOver: THOMPSON CREEK
SEC 43 T 1N R 2W, Wilkinson, MS
Built 2003 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 60
PERCY CRK SAND RD
GoodOver: BRANCH OF PERCY CREEK
SEC 5 T 2N R 4W, Wilkinson, MS
Built 2007 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 120
DR. ANDERSON ROAD
GoodOver: SMITH CREEK
SEC 26 T 2N R 1E, Wilkinson, MS
Built 2008 Load: 38.3 t ADT: 90
MOUNT CARMEL ROAD
GoodOver: BR. OF LITTLE BUFFALO R.
SEC 26 T 3N R 1E, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1998 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 50
BUFFALO ROAD
GoodOver: BRANCH OF BUFFALO RIVER
SEC 18 T 3N R 2W B, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1955 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 550
CROOKED CREEK ROAD
GoodOver: BRANCH OF CROOKED CREEK
SEC 25 T 4N R 1W B, Wilkinson, MS
Built 2017 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 55
BUFFALO ROAD
GoodOver: BRANCH OF BUFFALO RIVER
SEC 19 T 3N R 1W B, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1955 Load: 40.9 t ADT: 510
SR 24
GoodOver: SMITH CREEK
14.7 MI W US 61, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1959 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 80
PERRYTOWN RD
GoodOver: CAHAL CREEK
SEC 10 T 4N R 1E B, Wilkinson, MS
Built 2021 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 150
TURKEY CREEK ROAD
GoodOver: TURKEY CREEK
SEC 29 T 4N R 1W, Wilkinson, MS
Built 2018 Load: 45.1 t ADT: 60
LAKE MARY ROAD
GoodOver: BUFFALO RIVER
SEC 10 T 2N R 4W, Wilkinson, MS
Built 2011 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 110
COLD SPRING ROAD
GoodOver: HAZLIT CREEK
SEC 42 T 4N R 2W B, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1961 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 50
WHITAKER ROAD
GoodOver: LITTLE COMITE CREEK
SEC 39 T 1N R 1E B, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1977 Load: 51.5 t ADT: 200
POSSUM CORNER ROAD
GoodOver: BCH OF HOMOCHITTO RIV.
SEC 49 T 4N R 2W, Wilkinson, MS
Built 2013 Load: 55.9 t ADT: 55
WALTER ANDERSON RD
GoodOver: DIXONS CREEK
SEC 5 T 2N R 1E, Wilkinson, MS
Built 2003 Load: 64.9 t ADT: 50
RACCOON ROAD
GoodOver: PERCY CREEK
SEC 17 T 2N R 3W, Wilkinson, MS
Built 2001 Load: 68.3 t ADT: 50
FORDS CREEK ROAD
GoodOver: BRANCH OF FORDS CREEK
SEC 3 T 2N R 2W, Wilkinson, MS
Built 2008 Load: 87.8 t ADT: 60
FORDS CREEK ROAD
GoodOver: SANDY CREEK
SEC 15 T 2N R 2W, Wilkinson, MS
Built 2000 Load: 90.6 t ADT: 55
BOWLING GREEN ROAD
PoorOver: BRANCH OF MIDDLE FORK
SEC 20 T 1N R 1W, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1950 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 75
BOWLING GREEN ROAD
PoorOver: THOMPSON CREEK
SEC 22 T 1N R 1W, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1940 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 55
WHETSTONE ROAD
PoorOver: DRY FORK CREEK
SEC 9 T 2N R 1W, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1940 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 50
JACKSON POINT ROAD
PoorOver: BUFFALO RIVER
SEC 18 T 2N R 5W, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1973 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 50
L LEAKE ROAD
PoorOver: CALEDONIA CREEK
SEC 40 T 3N R 1W, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1935 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 60
OLD US 61
PoorOver: CROOKED CREEK
SEC 12 T 4N R 1W B, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1958 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 10
COLD SPRINGS ROAD
PoorOver: CYPRESS BRANCH
SEC 35 T 4N R 2W B, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1961 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 60
PERRYTOWN ROAD
PoorOver: TURKEY CREEK
SEC 17 T 4N R 1W B, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1962 Load: 7.2 t ADT: 140
LAKE MARY ROAD
PoorOver: PERCY CREEK
SEC 6 T 2N R 4W, Wilkinson, MS
Built 1979 Load: 8.9 t ADT: 100
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