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

CR 814

Good

Over: LITTLE GARRETT CREEK

SEC 22 T10S R 6E B, Lee, MS

Built 1974 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 1,905

FOX RD SE

Good

Over: BOGUE CHITTO RIVER

SEC 13 T 5N R 7E B, Lincoln, MS

Built 1976 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 340

FAIR RIVER DR NE

Good

Over: LITTLE FAIR RIVER

SEC 22 T 7N R 9E B, Lincoln, MS

Built 1979 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 360

LEE STOKES ROAD

Good

Over: MAGBY CREEK

SEC 14 T18S R17W B, Lowndes, MS

Built 1968 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 2,100

TURNAGE CHAPEL RD

Good

Over: LOWER TEN MILE CREEK

SEC 13 T 2N R12E B, Marion, MS

Built 1976 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 180

CONERLY ROAD

Good

Over: HOLIDAYS CREEK

SEC 36 T 5N R19W B, Marion, MS

Built 1971 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 260

THOMAS SCHOOL ROAD

Good

Over: HICKORY CREEK

SEC 24 T 1S R14W B, Pearl River, MS

Built 1983 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 110

SAVANNA MILLARD RD

Good

Over: JUMPOFF CREEK

SEC 2 T 4S R16W B, Pearl River, MS

Built 1978 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 1,200

W.UNION ROAD

Good

Over: HOBOLOCHITTO CK

SEC 34 T 5S R16W B, Pearl River, MS

Built 1968 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 1,800

JANICE-BROOKLYN RD

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

SEC_ 7_T 1N_R11W B, Perry, MS

Built 2012 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 400

ENTERPRISE ROAD

Good

Over: TANGIPAHOA RIVER

SEC 7 T 3N R 7E B, Pike, MS

Built 1976 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 250

TURNPIKE ROAD

Good

Over: TOPISAW CREEK

SEC 16 T 4N R 9E B, Pike, MS

Built 1981 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 251

WISE BEND ROAD

Good

Over: NORTH MUD CREEK

SEC 5 T 9S R 2E, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2011 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 70

COUNTY ROAD 4101

Good

Over: LITTLE BROWN CREEK

SEC 1 T 7S R 8E B, Prentiss, MS

Built 1972 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 382

COUNTY ROAD 4101

Good

Over: LITTLE BROWN CREEK

SEC 1 T 7S R 8E B, Prentiss, MS

Built 1972 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 366

COUNTY ROAD 4301

Good

Over: REDBUD CREEK

SEC 15 T 7S R 9E B, Prentiss, MS

Built 1973 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 430

DARLING ROAD

Good

Over: OLD COLDWATER RIVER

SEC 13 T 8S R11W B, Quitman, MS

Built 1976 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 180

VANCE ROAD

Good

Over: CASSIDY BAYOU

SEC 32 T26N R 1W B, Quitman, MS

Built 1970 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 120

HOOD ROAD

Good

Over: BOBO BAYOU

SEC 4 T27N R 1E B, Quitman, MS

Built 1977 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 410

BOBO ROAD

Good

Over: OLD LITTLE TALLAHATCHIE

SEC 23 T27N R 1E B, Quitman, MS

Built 1974 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 100

BRAHAN ROAD

Good

Over: OLD COLDWATER RIVER

SEC 3 T29N R 2W B, Quitman, MS

Built 1981 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 40

COOPER ROAD

Good

Over: OKATOMA CREEK

SEC 18 T 1N R 6E B, Simpson, MS

Built 1981 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 320

JOHN OWENS ROAD

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

SEC 13 T 2N R 2E B, Simpson, MS

Built 1983 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 120

MOODY WALLACE ROAD

Good

Over: CAMPBELLS CREEK

SEC 15 T 2N R 4E B, Simpson, MS

Built 1975 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 160

THREE MILE LAKE RD

Good

Over: MACON LAKE

SEC 3 T17N R 3W B, Sunflower, MS

Built 1974 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 380

BAY LAKE - KINLOCK

Good

Over: BAY LAKE

SEC 21 T18N R 5W B, Sunflower, MS

Built 1976 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 230

LINDSEY ROAD

Good

Over: QUIVER RIVER

SEC 14 T21N R 3W B, Sunflower, MS

Built 1976 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 50

BROOKS ROAD

Good

Over: QUIVER RIVER

SEC 1 T22N R 3W B, Sunflower, MS

Built 1972 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 120

MCDANIELS ROAD

Good

Over: QUIVER RIVER

SEC 23 T23N R 3W B, Sunflower, MS

Built 1973 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 60

STALLINGS BR ROAD

Good

Over: RELIEF BOGUE CHITTO

SEC 8 T 1N R10E B, Walthall, MS

Built 1975 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 310

ROCKY HILL ROAD

Good

Over: KIRKLIN CREEK

SEC 14 T 1N R10E B, Walthall, MS

Built 1980 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 120

DEXTER ROAD

Good

Over: PUSHEPATAPA CREEK

SEC 33 T 1N R12E B, Walthall, MS

Built 1974 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 100

ELLIOTT CEMETERY

Good

Over: LEATHERWOOD CREEK

SEC 17 T 3N R10E B, Walthall, MS

Built 1983 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 150

MCKENZIE ROAD

Good

Over: VARNELL CREEK

SEC 21 T 3N R11E B, Walthall, MS

Built 1982 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 140

CHINA GROVE RD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF MAGEES CREEK

SEC 25 T 3N R11E B, Walthall, MS

Built 1981 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 100

LAW REID RD

Good

Over: CARTERS CREEK

SEC 25 T 4N R 9E B, Walthall, MS

Built 1978 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 110

ENON-SARTINVILLE

Good

Over: BRANCH OF CARTERS CREEK

SEC 17 T 4N R10E B, Walthall, MS

Built 1977 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 480

BUCK BRIDGE ROAD

Good

Over: MAGEES CREEK

SEC 34 T 4N R11E B, Walthall, MS

Built 1982 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 110

CO RD 207

Good

Over: BCH OF LITTLE TOPASHAW C

SEC 6 T21N R11E B, Webster, MS

Built 2001 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 20

MACEDONIA ROAD

Good

Over: BUFFALO RIVER

SEC 24 T 2N R 1E B, Wilkinson, MS

Built 1976 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 90

MACEDONIA ROAD

Good

Over: SMITH CREEK

SEC 29 T 2N R 1E B, Wilkinson, MS

Built 1969 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 100

DOLOROSO LOOP ROAD

Good

Over: STEEL CREEK

SEC 49 T 4N R 3W B, Wilkinson, MS

Built 1970 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 30

ENON ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF HUGHES CREEK

SEC 14 T14N R12E B, Winston, MS

Built 2008 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 220

CRYSTAL RIDGE ROAD

Good

Over: NANIH WAIYA CK

SEC 13 T14N R13E B, Winston, MS

Built 1979 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 550

RIDGE ROAD

Good

Over: SHORT CREEK

SEC 29 T11N R 2W, Yazoo, MS

Built 2012 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 110

COX FERRY ROAD

Good

Over: BEAVER CREEK

SEC 3 T 8N R 3W, Yazoo, MS

Built 2004 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 40

HILDERBRAND ROAD

Good

Over: BEAVER CREEK

SEC 28 T 9N R 3W, Yazoo, MS

Built 2021 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 80

US 45

Good

Over: US 278 /SR 41

US 45 OVER US 278/SR 41, Monroe, MS

Built 1997 Load: 27.6 t ADT: 3,200

US 61

Good

Over: BAKERS CREEK TRIB

1.3 MI N JEFFERSON CL, Claiborne, MS

Built 2004 Load: 27.6 t ADT: 2,800

US 84

Good

Over: WELLS CREEK

1.2 MI E SR 33, Franklin, MS

Built 1987 Load: 27.6 t ADT: 2,350

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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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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Mississippi Good/Fair/Poor shares and county rollups on this page are computed from the same NBI extract as the national boards; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2024 NBI release. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.