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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.

Total bridges

271

Public highway bridges in Yazoo County

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

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).

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

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Yazoo County and the 5 Mississippi counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Forrest County 283 4.2%
Bolivar County 272 8.1%
Yazoo County (this page) 271 12.5%
Jackson County 268 2.6%
Copiah County 266 4.9%
DeSoto County 266 1.9%

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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside MS (1987 here).

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

All 271 Good 72 Fair 165 Poor 34

Poor-condition bridges (34)

OLD HIGHWAY 49S

Poor

Over: MOUND CREEK

SEC 11 T 9N R 2W, Yazoo, MS

Built 1940 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 180

GREEN ROAD

Poor

Over: WALESHEBA CREEK

SEC_ 4_T10N_R 1W, Yazoo, MS

Built 1994 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 40

CAMPBELL ROAD

Poor

Over: DRAINAGE CANAL

SEC 14 T10N R 1E B, Yazoo, MS

Built 2002 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 5

KIRK ROAD

Poor

Over: INDIAN CREEK

SEC 13 T10N R 2W B, Yazoo, MS

Built 1976 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 20

CESSNA ROAD

Poor

Over: THOMPSON CREEK

SEC 18 T10N R 2W, Yazoo, MS

Built 2004 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 30

GORDON ROAD

Poor

Over: PEPPER CREEK

SEC 31 T11N R 2E, Yazoo, MS

Built 1980 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 10

GREER ROAD

Poor

Over: VAUGHAN CREEK

SEC 28 T12N R 2E, Yazoo, MS

Built 1996 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 20

PINEY SPRINGS ROAD

Poor

Over: CREEK

SEC_13_T13N_R 1W, Yazoo, MS

Built 1994 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 60

VANDEVERE ROAD

Poor

Over: CREEK

SEC 27 T13N R 1W, Yazoo, MS

Built 1999 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 60

LEEAUBRE LANE

Poor

Over: TURKEYFOOT BRANCH

SEC 24 T 9N R 3W, Yazoo, MS

Built 1965 Load: 0.7 t ADT: 10

PEARCE ROAD

Poor

Over: TECHEVA CREEK

SEC 31 T13N R 1E, Yazoo, MS

Built 1991 Load: 1.4 t ADT: 120

WILLIAMS ROAD

Poor

Over: DRAINAGE CANAL

SEC 14 T13N R 1W B, Yazoo, MS

Built 1990 Load: 2.2 t ADT: 90

STRICKLAND ROAD

Poor

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

SEC_32_T13N_R 1W, Yazoo, MS

Built 1997 Load: 2.9 t ADT: 60

NOD ROAD

Poor

Over: WALESHEBA CREEK

SEC 34 T11N R 1W, Yazoo, MS

Built 1958 Load: 4.1 t ADT: 80

PINEY SPRINGS ROAD

Poor

Over: CREEK

SEC 19 T13N R 1E, Yazoo, MS

Built 1994 Load: 5.2 t ADT: 50

GOODWIN ROAD

Poor

Over: DRANAGE CANAL

SEC 14 T11N R 5W, Yazoo, MS

Built 1993 Load: 5.3 t ADT: 40

JOHNSTON ROAD

Poor

Over: PINEY CREEK

SEC 24 T12N R 1W, Yazoo, MS

Built 1991 Load: 6.8 t ADT: 60

MOORE ROAD

Poor

Over: ELLISON CREEK

SEC 28 T11N R 2E B, Yazoo, MS

Built 1997 Load: 7.6 t ADT: 40

WALLER ROAD

Poor

Over: PINEY CREEK

SEC 36 T13N R 2W, Yazoo, MS

Built 1994 Load: 8.9 t ADT: 60

SATARTIA ROAD

Poor

Over: SILVER CREEK

SEC 10 T11N R 5W B, Yazoo, MS

Built 1975 Load: 10.3 t ADT: 570

SCOTLAND ROAD

Poor

Over: WALESHEBA CREEK

SEC 33 T10N R 1W B, Yazoo, MS

Built 1988 Load: 11.1 t ADT: 340

PROVIDENCE ROAD

Poor

Over: THOMPSON CREEK

SEC 6 T10N R 2W, Yazoo, MS

Built 1979 Load: 11.2 t ADT: 30

NICKELSON ROAD

Poor

Over: DRAINAGE CANAL

SEC 17 T12N R 4W, Yazoo, MS

Built 1993 Load: 14.1 t ADT: 20

DIXIE FARM ROAD

Poor

Over: DRAINAGE CANAL

SEC 9 T 9N R 4W B, Yazoo, MS

Built 1979 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 150

CHEW FORKS ROAD

Poor

Over: PINEY CREEK

SEC 30 T12N R 1E, Yazoo, MS

Built 1991 Load: 18.2 t ADT: 150

GRAND OAK RD

Poor

Over: DRAINAGE CANAL

SEC 18 T12N R 4W, Yazoo, MS

Built 1975 Load: 18.9 t ADT: 80

FUGATES ROAD

Poor

Over: BCH OF DEER CK

SEC 4 T10N R 1E B, Yazoo, MS

Built 1987 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 120

LINK ROAD

Poor

Over: CREEK

SEC 29 T 9N R 2W, Yazoo, MS

Built 1974 Load: 19.4 t ADT: 30

SR 3

Poor

Over: ONEIL CREEK

5.4 MI N SR 433, Yazoo, MS

Built 1978 Load: 20.2 t ADT: 1,300

SR 16

Poor

Over: PEPPER CREEK

3.5 MI W MADISON CL, Yazoo, MS

Built 1976 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 3,700

SR 16

Poor

Over: BIG BLACK RIVER

YAZOO/MADISON CL, Yazoo, MS

Built 1960 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 3,100

SR 16/SR 149

Poor

Over: RELIEF

1.6 MI E HUMPHREYS CL, Yazoo, MS

Built 1959 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 1,900

SR 3

Poor

Over: SHORT CREEK

3.1 MI S US 149, Yazoo, MS

Built 1963 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 1,300

SR 3

Poor

Over: CREEK

0.1 MI N SR 433, Yazoo, MS

Built 1940 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,300

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