State profile · Below median Poor share

Mississippi bridge safety

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition shares for every public highway bridge in Mississippi.

16,739
Public bridges
55.1%
Good condition
6.0%
Poor condition

Mississippi holds 16,739 public highway bridges (#14 of 52 by inventory) with a 6.03% Poor share (#26 of 52 by Poor share).

That is 6.0% of the state's inventory, against an average of 7.5% across the 54 states and territories with Poor-rated bridges on file, which places it 27 of 54 ordered from the lowest Poor share upward. A bridge is rated Poor when its weakest applicable component scores 4 or below on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, so the category is a maintenance and funding signal rather than a closure order or a live crossing-safety verdict.

Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026

Total Bridges

16,739

Public highway bridges in Mississippi

Good Condition

55.1%

9,228 bridges rated 7-9

5.1pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

6.0%

1,009 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

-1.5pp vs national avg 7.5%

Mississippi vs national bridge condition

Mississippi - Good condition share 55.1%
National avg

Share of bridges rated 7-9 on the FHWA 0-9 scale (deck, superstructure, substructure all good).

Mississippi - Poor-condition share 20.1%
National avg

Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.5%.

Mississippi in the national condition pattern

Each point is a state or territory in the FHWA NBI; the highlighted point is this profile.

Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Mississippi has 16,739 bridges and a 6.0% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #27 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold. Scatter plot of 54 data points. 0%10%20%30%40% 0k20k40k60k Public bridges in inventory (thousands) Poor-condition share (%) MS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.03%AL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.35%AK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.89%AZ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.15%AR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.43%CA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 25.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.91%CO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.82%CT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.72%DE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.26%DC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.95%FL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.79%GA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.59%GU, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.77%HI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.53%ID, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.9%IL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.35%IN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.22%IA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 19.16%KS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.26%KY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.37%LA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 12.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.48%ME, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.41%MD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.56%MA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.88%MI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 11.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.27%MN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.44%MO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.95%MT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.81%NE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.9%NV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.14%NH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.51%NJ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 6.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.01%NM, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.51%NY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 17.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.43%NC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.76%ND, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 10.98%OH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.74%OK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 22.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.7%OR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.61%PA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.58%PR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 13.92%RI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.2%SC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.17%SD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 16.36%TN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 20.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.41%TX, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 56.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.23%UT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.91%VT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.9%VI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 29.17%VA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.39%WA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.45%WV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 7.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 18.64%WI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.52%WY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.51%
Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Mississippi has 16,739 bridges and a 6.0% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #27 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold.

Mississippi vs all states by public bridge inventory

Where this state's FHWA NBI public-highway bridge count sits among every state and territory on PlainBridges

16,739 14th of 54 higher than 40 of 54 states

States and territories, banded by public bridge inventory size

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · 2024

Read the rank neighborhood for Mississippi

The highlighted point is Mississippi: 16,739 bridges and 6.03% in Poor condition, rank #27 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The five jurisdictions immediately above and below Mississippi on that same Poor-share ordering:

  • California: 25,848 bridges · 5.91% Poor
  • New Jersey: 6,827 bridges · 6.01% Poor
  • Mississippi: 16,739 bridges · 6.03% Poor
  • South Carolina: 9,490 bridges · 6.17% Poor
  • Wyoming: 3,136 bridges · 6.51% Poor

The full national sortable table lives on the rankings page.

Material families in Mississippi

Exclusive FHWA material families across all 16,739 bridges in this state; continuous variants fold into the parent family. Orthogonal to the Poor-share scatter above.

Who maintains Mississippi’s inventory

State agency holds 34.8% of the 16,739 public highway bridges filed under Mississippi in the 2024 NBI, the agency-of-record split for this state, not a condition verdict.

When Mississippi’s bridges were built

Pre-1950 construction accounts for 4.9% of the 16,739 bridges with a recorded original year in Mississippi. Era bands are orthogonal to the Poor-share ranking above.

Condition Distribution

Mississippi55.1%38.8%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - Mississippi (FHWA NBI)

Counties (82)

Adams 100 Alcorn 213 Amite 210 Attala 228 Benton 103 Bolivar 272 Calhoun 213 Carroll 225 Chickasaw 247 Choctaw 164 Claiborne 136 Clarke 224 Clay 154 Coahoma 115 Copiah 266 Covington 164 DeSoto 266 Forrest 283 Franklin 157 George 115 Greene 171 Grenada 163 Hancock 104 Harrison 301 Hinds 663 Holmes 212 Humphreys 94 Issaquena 20 Itawamba 229 Jackson 268 Jasper 193 Jefferson 100 Jefferson Davis 142 Jones 329 Kemper 211 Lafayette 259 Lamar 150 Lauderdale 481 Lawrence 134 Leake 199 Lee 385 Leflore 139 Lincoln 380 Lowndes 248 Madison 311 Marion 201 Marshall 255 Monroe 290 Montgomery 170 Neshoba 199 Newton 243 Noxubee 201 Oktibbeha 226 Panola 231 Pearl River 232 Perry 162 Pike 211 Pontotoc 166 Prentiss 205 Quitman 106 Rankin 374 Scott 199 Sharkey 61 Simpson 200 Smith 175 Stone 125 Sunflower 169 Tallahatchie 155 Tate 139 Tippah 139 Tishomingo 144 Tunica 81 Union 202 Walthall 154 Warren 175 Washington 317 Wayne 214 Webster 178 Wilkinson 94 Winston 176 Yalobusha 158 Yazoo 271

Mississippi vs nearby ranks

Adjacent states by Poor-condition share (lower share = better)

States are ranked by the share of bridges whose lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below. This describes recorded condition; it does not measure funding effectiveness or live crossing safety. States here sit immediately above and below Mississippi on the same metric.

CA

California

5.91% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$25,848

NJ

New Jersey

6.01% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$6,827
Selected

MS

Mississippi

6.03% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$16,739

SC

South Carolina

6.17% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$9,490

WY

Wyoming

6.51% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$3,136

Bridges Needing Most Attention in Mississippi

Six lowest-condition bridges in Mississippi, ranked by the portal's composite display score. Inspection intervals are risk-based under current NBIS rules.

US 11

Poor

Over: HOBOLOCHITTO CREEK

0.3 MI S SR 43 NORTH, Pearl River, MS

Built 1948 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 15,000

SR 145

Poor

Over: BLACK CREEK

2.6 MI S SR 18, Clarke, MS

Built 1937 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 810

US 51

Poor

Over: CREEK

1.6 MI N HOLMES CL, Carroll, MS

Built 1937 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 480

US 51

Poor

Over: RELIEF OPENING

2.9 MI N HOLMES CL, Carroll, MS

Built 1937 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 460

US 51

Poor

Over: RELIEF OPENING

3.0 MI N HOLMES CL, Carroll, MS

Built 1937 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 460

US 51

Poor

Over: PEACHAHALA CREEK

3.3 MI N HOLMES CL, Carroll, MS

Built 1937 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 460

All Bridges in Mississippi

SR 15

Fair

Over: RELIEF

2.1 MI N NESHOBA CL, Winston, MS

Built 1963 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 3,900

SR 15

Fair

Over: NOXAPATER CREEK

2.5 MI N NESHOBA CL, Winston, MS

Built 1963 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 3,900

SR 15

Fair

Over: RELIEF

1.4 MI N SR 490, Winston, MS

Built 1965 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 4,700

SR 25

Fair

Over: JAMES CREEK

1.7 MI W TENN TOM, Monroe, MS

Built 1963 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 3,700

SR 27

Fair

Over: CNIC RR

0.5 MI E SR 51, Copiah, MS

Built 1959 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 13,000

US 49W TO US 49

Fair

Over: US 49E/CNIC RAILROAD

JCT US 49/US 49W, Yazoo, MS

Built 2002 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 2,800

MCNEIL HOLLOW ROAD

Fair

Over: I 59

9.0 N SR 43 NORTH, Pearl River, MS

Built 1963 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 1,500

LIBERTY 495 ROAD

Fair

Over: PENDERS CREEK

SEC 7 T 9N R15E B, Kemper, MS

Built 1982 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 200

FAS437 OLD JACKSON

Fair

Over: TALLACHULA CREEK

SEC 33 T10N R14E B, Kemper, MS

Built 1996 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 220

FAS437 OLD JACKSON

Fair

Over: DELPHIA CREEK

SEC 10 T10N R15E B, Kemper, MS

Built 1995 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 400

MT. NEBO ROAD

Fair

Over: PAWTICFAW CREEK

SEC 25 T10N R15E B, Kemper, MS

Built 1987 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 60

NEW HOPE RD.

Fair

Over: YAZOO CREEK

SEC 20 T10N R16E B, Kemper, MS

Built 1987 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 150

OLD JACKSON RD

Fair

Over: HULL BRANCH

SEC 32 T11N R16E B, Kemper, MS

Built 1996 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 1,100

CAUSEYVILLE ROAD

Fair

Over: BUCATUNNA CREEK

SEC 21 T 5N R17E B, Lauderdale, MS

Built 2000 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 750

CHIP PICKERING DR

Fair

Over: PONTA CREEK

SEC 24 T 8N R16E B, Lauderdale, MS

Built 2005 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 580

ELON RD

Fair

Over: TIBBY CREEK

SEC 19 T14N R18E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 2001 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 200

WEST MAIN STREET

Fair

Over: TRIB TO DRY CREEK

SEC 11 T10S R 4E B, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1953 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 3,500

SMITH CO. 563

Fair

Over: RELIEF FOR STRONG RIVER

SEC 24 T 4N R 6E B, Smith, MS

Built 1996 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 160

CLINTON BLVD

Fair

Over: KCS RR AND BULLARD ST

1.7 MI N US 80, Hinds, MS

Built 1978 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 5,900

49 FRONTAGE RD LT

Fair

Over: RICHLAND CREEK

1.3 MI S I 20, Rankin, MS

Built 1970 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 15,000

SR 3

Fair

Over: OLD YAZOO RIVER CUT OFF

1.4 MI S US 149, Yazoo, MS

Built 1962 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 1,300

SR 32

Fair

Over: HORSEPEN CREEK

2.0 MI E YALOBUSHA CL, Calhoun, MS

Built 1955 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 280

REFORM-STURGIS RD

Fair

Over: REFORM BRANCH

SEC 9 T18N R11E B, Choctaw, MS

Built 1955 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 60

CHURCH ROAD

Fair

Over: SECTION LINE CANAL

SEC 4 T 2S R 9W B, DeSoto, MS

Built 1998 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 870

GREENSBORO RD. 97

Fair

Over: EPISON BRANCH

SEC 17 T21N R 6E B, Grenada, MS

Built 2005 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 70

KILN-DELISLE RD

Fair

Over: OVER BAYOU COCO

SEC 38 T 7S R14W B, Hancock, MS

Built 1973 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 6,400

COOPER RD

Fair

Over: CANY CREEK

SEC 24 T 5N R 1E, Hinds, MS

Built 1965 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 10,000

N. BLACK CREEK RD

Fair

Over: BLACK CREEK

SEC 18 T 4N R15W B, Lamar, MS

Built 1999 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 330

COLUMBINE LANE SW

Fair

Over: HURRICANE LAKE SPILLWAY

SEC 9 T 6N R 6E, Lincoln, MS

Built 2015 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 100

ODELL ROAD

Fair

Over: BLACKWATER CREEK

SEC_ 3_T 6S_R 4W B, Marshall, MS

Built 2007 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 50

MT. PEEL ROAD

Fair

Over: CUFFAWA CREEK

SEC 13 T 5S R 4W, Marshall, MS

Built 2017 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 80

CROWDER-POPE ROAD

Fair

Over: TRIB TO YOCONA RIVER

SEC 25 T27N R 2E B, Panola, MS

Built 1974 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 1,100

COUNTY ROAD 47

Fair

Over: OKANNATIE CREEK

SEC 16 T 8S R 2E B, Union, MS

Built 2007 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 1,000

CO RD 264

Fair

Over: CREEK

SEC 10 T20N R11E B, Webster, MS

Built 1968 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 140

I 220

Fair

Over: KCS RR & CLINTON BLVD

2.6 MI N I 20, Hinds, MS

Built 1978 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 27,500

US 82

Fair

Over: US 49E

US 82 OVER US 49E, Leflore, MS

Built 1962 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 20,000

US 82

Fair

Over: STREAM

1.0 MI E US 51, Montgomery, MS

Built 1988 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 6,200

SR 12

Fair

Over: COLE CREEK TRIBUTARY

9.8 MI E SR 35 SOUTH, Attala, MS

Built 2013 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 1,700

SR 25

Fair

Over: HARMONY ROAD

3.0 MI S US 278, Monroe, MS

Built 2017 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 4,000

I 59

Fair

Over: WEST UNION ROAD

6.4 MI N SR 43 NORTH, Pearl River, MS

Built 1963 Load: 38.8 t ADT: 11,000

I 59

Fair

Over: MILLARD ROAD

8.2 MI S SR 53, Pearl River, MS

Built 1964 Load: 38.8 t ADT: 8,500

US 51

Fair

Over: PERRY CREEK

5.7 MI N MONTGOMERY CL, Grenada, MS

Built 1994 Load: 38.8 t ADT: 5,100

SR 7

Fair

Over: COLDWATER RIVER RELIEF

1.6 MI S SR 313, Marshall, MS

Built 2015 Load: 38.8 t ADT: 1,800

SR 17

Fair

Over: HOBUCK CREEK

5.4 MI N SR 43, Madison, MS

Built 1993 Load: 38.8 t ADT: 360

SR 35

Fair

Over: BUCK HORN CREEK

2.4 MI N US 51, Panola, MS

Built 1995 Load: 38.8 t ADT: 1,900

SR 12

Fair

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

3.5 MI E SR 35 SOUTH, Attala, MS

Built 2013 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 3,800

SR 35

Fair

Over: HOLIDAY CREEK

3.9 MI S JEFF DAVIS CL, Marion, MS

Built 1959 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 2,500

OLD HIGHWAY 61

Fair

Over: HUSHPUCKENA RIVER

SEC 30 T25N R 5W, Bolivar, MS

Built 2014 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 80

SPRUCE ST.

Fair

Over: BRANCH TO GRAVELINE BAY

SEC 8 T 8S R 7W, Jackson, MS

Built 2000 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 150

OLD PANOLA ROAD

Fair

Over: CREEK

SEC 32 T 7S R 7W B, Panola, MS

Built 2014 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 190

Showing 5,351-5,400 of 16,739 bridges

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Data sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI), latest released cycle. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges.

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