Total bridges
271
Public highway bridges in Yazoo County
County profile · official public datasets
Yazoo County, MS
271 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 26.6% rated Good, 60.9% Fair, 12.5% Poor.
- 271
- Public bridges
- 26.6%
- Good condition
- 12.5%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Yazoo County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 78th
- of 82 on Poor share
- 12.5%
- Poor-condition share
- 271
- public highway bridges
- 1987
- 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.
Yazoo County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Yazoo County ranks #78 of 82 Mississippi counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 12.5%). Yazoo County, Mississippi contains 271 public highway bridges. Roughly 26.6% are rated “Good,” 60.9% “Fair,” and 12.5% “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.
Good condition
26.6%
72 of 271 rated 7-9
Fair condition
60.9%
165 of 271 rated 5-6
Poor condition
12.5%
34 of 271 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#78 of 82
Among Mississippi counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 271 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 26.6% (72)
Fair 60.9% (165)
Poor 12.5% (34)
Yazoo County's Poor-condition bridges carry 15,125 vehicle crossings a day
That is 3.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 12.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 445 crossings a day against 2,191 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 271 of 271 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
25.1% of Yazoo County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
68 of the 271 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 26.6% 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 24.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SR 16 over PEPPER CREEK, built 1976, carries 3,700 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 34-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 15,125 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Yazoo County's bridges were built
271 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 2
1930–1939
2 bridges
- 1940s 6
1940–1949
6 bridges
- 1950s 6
1950–1959
6 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
32 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
64 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
32 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
56 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
37 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
27 bridges
- 2020s 9
2020–2029
9 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 64 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1987) matches the Mississippi average (1986).
How Yazoo County compares with Mississippi's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Mississippi counties nearest Yazoo County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 12.5% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1987 against a peer-group mean of 1989 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 81 Mississippi counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forrest County | 283 | 46.3% | 49.5% | 4.2% | 1982 |
| Bolivar County | 272 | 26.1% | 65.8% | 8.1% | 1987 |
| Yazoo County (this page) | 271 | 26.6% | 60.9% | 12.5% | 1987 |
| Jackson County | 268 | 69.4% | 28% | 2.6% | 1996 |
| Copiah County | 266 | 25.9% | 69.2% | 4.9% | 1987 |
| DeSoto County | 266 | 59.4% | 38.7% | 1.9% | 1995 |
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 Yazoo 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 Yazoo County, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MS (271 bridges here).
- Morgan County, AL · 271 bridges
- Yolo County, CA · 271 bridges
- Hall County, NE · 271 bridges
- Ottawa County, OK · 271 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1987 here).
- St. Louis County, MO · avg 1987 · 912 bridges
- Ellis County, TX · avg 1987 · 691 bridges
- St. Louis County, MN · avg 1987 · 663 bridges
- Palm Beach County, FL · avg 1987 · 610 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (271)
RUSCHE ROAD
FairOver: WALESHEBA CREEK
SEC 16 T11N R 1W, Yazoo, MS
Built 1990 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 60
BERRYVILLE ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH OF DEER CREEK
SEC 5 T11N R 1E B, Yazoo, MS
Built 1994 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 60
MYRLEVILLE ROAD
FairOver: CYPRESS CREEK
SEC 14 T10N R 1W B, Yazoo, MS
Built 2016 Load: 2.0 t ADT: 80
DARK CORNER ROAD
FairOver: WALESHEBA CREEK
SEC 31 T11N R 1W, Yazoo, MS
Built 1993 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 30
SHANNON BOTTOM RD
FairOver: CREEK
SEC 14 T13N R 1W B, Yazoo, MS
Built 2006 Load: 2.8 t ADT: 60
GRABALL FREERUN RD
FairOver: MARTIN CREEK
SEC 24 T12N R 2W B, Yazoo, MS
Built 1994 Load: 3.1 t ADT: 220
LINK ROAD
FairOver: CLEAR CREEK
SEC 30 T 9N R 2W, Yazoo, MS
Built 2021 Load: 3.1 t ADT: 30
ROSEHILL ROAD
FairOver: BLUFF CREEK
SEC 31 T10N R 1W, Yazoo, MS
Built 1972 Load: 3.3 t ADT: 40
MYRLEVILLE ROAD
FairOver: CYPRESS CREEK
SEC 13 T10N R 1W B, Yazoo, MS
Built 1994 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 80
TAYLOR ROAD
FairOver: BEAVER CREEK
SEC 22 T 9N R 3W, Yazoo, MS
Built 2004 Load: 4.2 t ADT: 40
HEBRON CHURCH ROAD
FairOver: BEAVER CREEK
SEC 5 T 8N R 3W, Yazoo, MS
Built 2020 Load: 4.4 t ADT: 60
BEALE ROAD
FairOver: HURRICANE CREEK
SEC_34_T13N_R 1W, Yazoo, MS
Built 2000 Load: 4.8 t ADT: 60
VAUGHAN ROAD
FairOver: PEPPER CREEK
SEC 18 T11N R 2E B, Yazoo, MS
Built 1976 Load: 7.7 t ADT: 480
LOCUST GROVE ROAD
FairOver: TECHEVA CREEK
SEC 19 T13N R 1E, Yazoo, MS
Built 2019 Load: 8.5 t ADT: 60
SHIPP ROAD
FairOver: TECHEVA CREEK
SEC 31 T13N R 2E B, Yazoo, MS
Built 1970 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 180
COX ROAD
FairOver: WALESHEBA CREEK
SEC 21 T11N R 1W, Yazoo, MS
Built 2018 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 20
STRICKLAND ROAD
FairOver: HURICANE CREEK
SEC 4 T12N R 1W, Yazoo, MS
Built 2016 Load: 9.3 t ADT: 60
LINK ROAD
FairOver: POPULAR CREEK
SEC 29 T 9N R 2W, Yazoo, MS
Built 2023 Load: 9.8 t ADT: 30
WITHERSPOON ROAD
FairOver: SHORT CREEK
SEC 11 T11N R 2W, Yazoo, MS
Built 1987 Load: 10.1 t ADT: 100
COX FERRY ROAD
FairOver: CREEK
SEC 8 T 8N R 3W, Yazoo, MS
Built 2020 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 20
MOLESTAGE SLACK RD
FairOver: DRY CREEK
SEC 16 T12N R 2E B, Yazoo, MS
Built 1986 Load: 11.1 t ADT: 80
SAXTON ROAD
FairOver: TECHEVA CREEK
SEC 9 T12N R 1E, Yazoo, MS
Built 2019 Load: 11.3 t ADT: 90
LOGAN ROAD
FairOver: CREEK
SEC 14 T10N R 3W, Yazoo, MS
Built 1997 Load: 11.4 t ADT: 40
FORDYKE ROAD
FairOver: TECHEVA CREEK
SEC 1 T12N R 1E, Yazoo, MS
Built 2020 Load: 12.0 t ADT: 80
NOD ROAD
FairOver: CYPRESS CREEK
SEC 31 T11N R 1E, Yazoo, MS
Built 1996 Load: 12.8 t ADT: 100
SR 16/SR 149
FairOver: WHITTINGTON AUX CHANNEL
1.4 MI E HUMPHREYS CL, Yazoo, MS
Built 1959 Load: 13.2 t ADT: 1,900
DAVIS ROAD
FairOver: TECHEVA CREEK
SEC 5 T12N R 1E, Yazoo, MS
Built 1970 Load: 13.7 t ADT: 120
MIDWAY GIN ROAD
FairOver: PINEY CREEK
SEC 22 T12N R 1E B, Yazoo, MS
Built 1977 Load: 13.7 t ADT: 150
CENTER RIDGE ROAD
FairOver: SHORT CREEK
SEC 10 T11N R 2W, Yazoo, MS
Built 1991 Load: 13.9 t ADT: 80
STEVE JOHNSON ROAD
FairOver: WALESHEBA CREEK
SEC 21 T10N R 1W, Yazoo, MS
Built 1992 Load: 14.1 t ADT: 40
CHAT PHILLIPS ROAD
FairOver: OLD CREEK
SEC 13 T13N R 2W, Yazoo, MS
Built 1962 Load: 14.9 t ADT: 80
HARRIS SWAYZE ROAD
FairOver: DRAINAGE CANAL
SEC 23 T12N R 1E, Yazoo, MS
Built 1981 Load: 15.2 t ADT: 200
LAKE GEORGE ROAD
FairOver: DRAINAGE CANAL
SEC 27 T10N R 4W, Yazoo, MS
Built 1971 Load: 16.6 t ADT: 20
PEPPER WILSON ROAD
FairOver: ELLISON CREEK
SEC 5 T11N R 2E, Yazoo, MS
Built 1979 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 100
GROSVENOR RD
FairOver: SILVER CREEK
SEC 22 T12N R 5W, Yazoo, MS
Built 1974 Load: 17.3 t ADT: 100
SLICK ROAD
FairOver: CREEK
SEC 35 T11N R 3W, Yazoo, MS
Built 1975 Load: 17.7 t ADT: 40
SATARTIA ROAD
FairOver: YAZOO RIVER CUT OFF
SEC 29 T11N R 4W B, Yazoo, MS
Built 1959 Load: 19.9 t ADT: 390
UPSHAW ROAD
FairOver: BIG CYPRESS CREEK
SEC 30 T12N R 3E, Yazoo, MS
Built 1972 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 100
FUGATES ROAD
FairOver: DEER CREEK
SEC 9 T10N R 1E B, Yazoo, MS
Built 1974 Load: 20.2 t ADT: 120
US 49W
FairOver: US 49E
US 49W OVER US 49E, Yazoo, MS
Built 1963 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 3,000
COX ROAD
FairOver: WALESHEBA CREEK
SEC 23 T11N R 1W, Yazoo, MS
Built 2014 Load: 20.5 t ADT: 20
SATARTIA ROAD
FairOver: YAZOO RIVER
SEC 31 T10N R 3W B, Yazoo, MS
Built 1976 Load: 20.7 t ADT: 465
WARREN ROAD
FairOver: WOLF CREEK
SEC 13 T11N R 1W, Yazoo, MS
Built 2014 Load: 21.1 t ADT: 40
ONEIL CREEK ROAD
FairOver: ONEIL CREEK
SEC 34 T11N R 3W, Yazoo, MS
Built 1940 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 5
OLD HIGHWAY 49
FairOver: THOMPSOM CREEK
SEC 22 T10N R 2W B, Yazoo, MS
Built 1994 Load: 21.5 t ADT: 140
US 51
FairOver: CNIC RR
0.3 MI S SR 432, Yazoo, MS
Built 2008 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 950
BERRYVILLE ROAD
FairOver: DEER CREEK
SEC 4 T10N R 1E B, Yazoo, MS
Built 1985 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 80
RUSCHE ROAD
FairOver: WALESHEBA CREEK
SEC 16 T11N R 1W, Yazoo, MS
Built 2018 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 60
MADISON STREET
FairOver: CITY CANAL
SEC 32 T12N R 2W, Yazoo, MS
Built 1960 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 1,100
TINSLEY ROAD
FairOver: ROCKY BAYOU
SEC 24 T11N R 3W, Yazoo, MS
Built 2008 Load: 23.1 t ADT: 380
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