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

SOSO-BIG CREEK RD

Good

Over: BIG MILL CREEK

SEC 3 T 8N R13W B, Jones, MS

Built 1998 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 470

MATTHEWS ROAD

Good

Over: CYPRESS CREEK

SEC 28 T10N R12W B, Jones, MS

Built 1999 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 200

UNIVERSITY DRIVE

Good

Over: BRANCH

SEC 18 T 9N R11W, Jones, MS

Built 1997 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,200

ROSS STORE RD

Good

Over: SEALS BRANCH

SEC 15 T 9N R16E B, Kemper, MS

Built 1965 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 100

HWY 39 WAHALAK

Good

Over: RELIEF

SEC 15 T12N R17E B, Kemper, MS

Built 1979 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 150

CO.ROAD 208

Good

Over: LEE CREEK

SEC 31 T 7S R 2W, Lafayette, MS

Built 2018 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 80

CO.ROAD 106

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

SEC 5 T 7S R 3W, Lafayette, MS

Built 2022 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 60

CO.ROAD 100

Good

Over: BRANCH OF TOBY TUBBY CK

SEC 32 T 7S R 4W, Lafayette, MS

Built 2018 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 500

CO.ROAD 423

Good

Over: KETTLE CREEK

SEC 17 T 9S R 1W, Lafayette, MS

Built 2017 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 50

CO.ROAD 473

Good

Over: MURRAY CREEK

SEC 35 T 9S R 3W, Lafayette, MS

Built 2019 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 50

JERRY LOTT ROAD

Good

Over: HERRIN CREEK

SEC 20 T 4N R16W, Lamar, MS

Built 1993 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 60

TOPEKA-JAYESS ROAD

Good

Over: BR OF E TOPISAW CREEK

SEC 28 T 5N R10E B, Lawrence, MS

Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 380

CARMEL-NEW HOPE RD

Good

Over: MARSHALL CREEK

SEC 2 T 6N R10E B, Lawrence, MS

Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,200

SONTAG-NOLA ROAD

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK

SEC 21 T 8N R10E B, Lawrence, MS

Built 1989 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 210

ROBBINS ROAD

Good

Over: TILTON CREEK

SEC 17 T 5N R11E, Lawrence, MS

Built 2022 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 40

COTTEN BLVD

Good

Over: TOWN CREEK

SEC 1 T10N R 7E, Leake, MS

Built 1994 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 400

FELLOWSHIP ROAD

Good

Over: SAND CREEK

SEC 21 T 8S R 6E, Lee, MS

Built 1974 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 85

CR 122

Good

Over: ROBERTS BRANCH

SEC 30 T11S R 7E, Lee, MS

Built 1997 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 300

MADISON STREET

Good

Over: PALUSHA BAYOU

SEC 11 T19N R 1E, Leflore, MS

Built 1994 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,000

AUBURN DR SW

Good

Over: BUTLER CREEK

SEC 19 T 6N R 7E B, Lincoln, MS

Built 1988 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 970

ALLBRITTON TRL SW

Good

Over: TRIB ALLBRITTON CREEK

SEC 22 T 5N R 7E, Lincoln, MS

Built 2023 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 200

ANDERSON GROVE RD

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 36 T16S R18W, Lowndes, MS

Built 1971 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 50

NASHVILLE FERRY RD

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

SEC 22 T17N R18E B, Lowndes, MS

Built 1980 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 200

PLUM NELLIE ROAD

Good

Over: JAMES CREEK

SEC 25 T17N R18E, Lowndes, MS

Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 50

TOGO ROAD

Good

Over: JAMES CREEK

SEC 35 T17N R18E, Lowndes, MS

Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 50

SCHLATER ROAD

Good

Over: REDBUD CREEK

SEC 31 T18N R16E, Lowndes, MS

Built 1991 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 50

LEHMBURG ROAD

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC_19_T18S_R17W B, Lowndes, MS

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 800

S LEHMBERG ROAD

Good

Over: MCCRARY CREEK

SEC_25_T18S_R18W B, Lowndes, MS

Built 1989 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 800

TAYLOR THURSTON RD

Good

Over: MAYO CREEK

SEC 28 T19N R17E B, Lowndes, MS

Built 1985 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 150

FRISCO ROAD

Good

Over: GREENS CREEK

SEC 12 T19S R18W, Lowndes, MS

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 100

MATLOCK ROAD

Good

Over: PHIALIA CREEK

SEC 36 T11N R 5E, Madison, MS

Built 2001 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 20

MOSS ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH WALNUT CREEK

SEC 24 T 9N R 3E, Madison, MS

Built 2012 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 60

DOBSON AVE

Good

Over: CANAL

SEC 19 T 9N R 3E, Madison, MS

Built 2016 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 200

CLEAR CK CH ROAD

Good

Over: CROOKED CREEK

SEC 11 T 1N R17W B, Marion, MS

Built 2019 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 70

LEMAC STREET

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 7 T 4S R 2W, Marshall, MS

Built 1980 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 300

OLD HWY 7

Good

Over: LITTLE SPRING CREEK

SEC 2 T 6S R 3W, Marshall, MS

Built 2001 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 150

LOFTIN LANE

Good

Over: COLDWATER CREEK

SEC 7 T 2S R 3W, Marshall, MS

Built 2020 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 90

TASKA ROAD

Good

Over: COLDWATER RIVER

SEC 8 T 2S R 3W B, Marshall, MS

Built 2022 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 740

AIRLINE ROAD

Good

Over: COWPENNA CREEK

SEC 33 T11S R 7E, Monroe, MS

Built 1994 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 120

COUNTY LINE ROAD

Good

Over: TALLABINNELA CREEK

SEC 7 T12S R 6E, Monroe, MS

Built 1994 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 100

OLD HIGHWAY 41

Good

Over: COWPEN CREEK

SEC 35 T12S R 6E B, Monroe, MS

Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 192

MT. ZION ROAD

Good

Over: FOURMILE CREEK

SEC 15 T12S R18E, Monroe, MS

Built 1989 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 256

PHILLIPS SCHSE RD

Good

Over: TURNER BRANCH

SEC 21 T12S R18W, Monroe, MS

Built 1989 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 459

OLD WREN ROAD

Good

Over: UNNAMED LOCAL BRANCH

SEC 1 T13S R 6E, Monroe, MS

Built 1999 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 122

WHATLEY ROAD

Good

Over: WOLF CREEK

SEC 20 T13S R 7E, Monroe, MS

Built 1995 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 150

OLD COLUMBUS ROAD

Good

Over: BUTLER CREEK

SEC 30 T14S R18W, Monroe, MS

Built 1978 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 128

THIRD UNION ROAD

Good

Over: UNNAMED LOCAL BRANCH

SEC 30 T15S R 6E, Monroe, MS

Built 1994 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 105

SYKES ROAD

Good

Over: TOWN CREEK

SEC 36 T15S R 6E, Monroe, MS

Built 1994 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 80

STRONG ROAD

Good

Over: FULLER CREEK

SEC 8 T16S R 7E, Monroe, MS

Built 1995 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 250

STRONG ROAD

Good

Over: HANG KETTLE CREEK

SEC 9 T16S R 7E, Monroe, MS

Built 1994 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 250

Showing 9,151-9,200 of 16,739 bridges

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