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

GENE RD SW

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY PANTHER CREEK

SEC 28 T 6N R 6E, Lincoln, MS

Built 2000 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 70

HEUCKS RETREAT RD

Good

Over: LITTLE BAHALA CREEK

SEC 9 T 8N R 9E B, Lincoln, MS

Built 1974 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 380

PRIMITIVE CH DR SE

Good

Over: TRIB TOPISAW CREEK

SEC 34 T 5N R 9E, Lincoln, MS

Built 2017 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 100

MELVIN MASON RD SE

Good

Over: BOONE CREEK

SEC 19 T 6N R 9E, Lincoln, MS

Built 1996 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 50

MELVIN MASON RD SE

Good

Over: TRIB BOONE CREEK

SEC 19 T 6N R 9E, Lincoln, MS

Built 2009 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 50

WOLF ROAD

Good

Over: HONNOL MILL CREEK

SEC 22 T15S R17W, Lowndes, MS

Built 1983 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 75

WOLF ROAD

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 28 T15S R17W, Lowndes, MS

Built 1965 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 75

HARDY BILLUPS ROAD

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 15 T17N R16E B, Lowndes, MS

Built 1965 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 150

OLD MACON ROAD

Good

Over: NORTH FORK CEDAR CR

SEC 7 T17N R18E B, Lowndes, MS

Built 1969 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 500

JEMISON MILL ROAD

Good

Over: HOWARD CREEK

SEC 20 T17S R17W, Lowndes, MS

Built 1982 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 75

SEAMON-BULLOCK RD

Good

Over: COOK CREEK

SEC 3 T 3N R17W, Marion, MS

Built 1988 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 160

CLEAR CK CH ROAD

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

SEC 12 T 1N R17W B, Marion, MS

Built 2020 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 70

MT GILEAD ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE RIVER

SEC 23 T 5N R17W, Marion, MS

Built 2020 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 100

FOX ROAD

Good

Over: FOX CREEK

SEC 14 T14S R19W, Monroe, MS

Built 1985 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 42

NEW PROSPECT

Good

Over: UNNAMED LOCAL

SEC 27 T14S R18W, Monroe, MS

Built 1995 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 83

SCOTT LAND ROAD

Good

Over: BUTLER CREEK

SEC 20 T14S R18W, Monroe, MS

Built 2013 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 60

RUSH ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF TALLASHER CK

SEC 5 T 8N R13E, Newton, MS

Built 2007 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 50

PRARIE POINT RD

Good

Over: BOGUE CHITTO RELIEF

SEC 17 T15N R19E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 1959 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 1,200

DRAKE HILL RD.

Good

Over: BOGUE CHITTO CREEK

SEC 27 T16N R18E, Noxubee, MS

Built 1980 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 40

POOR HOUSE ROAD

Good

Over: HOLLIS CREEK

SEC 27 T18N R14E B, Oktibbeha, MS

Built 1997 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 200

SESSUMS ROAD

Good

Over: CATALPA CREEK

SEC 27 T18N R15E, Oktibbeha, MS

Built 1990 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 50

MARTIN ROAD

Good

Over: RELIEF TANGIPAHOA RIVER

SEC 17 T 3N R 7E, Pike, MS

Built 1996 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 150

TRAYLOR ROAD

Good

Over: MOUNTAIN CREEK RELIEF

SEC 21 T 3N R 2E, Rankin, MS

Built 1994 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 50

GILL ROAD

Good

Over: BCH OF CAMBELLS CREEK

SEC 1 T 3N R 4E B, Rankin, MS

Built 1991 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 100

GILL ROAD

Good

Over: BCH OF CAMPBELLS CREEK

SEC 12 T 3N R 4E B, Rankin, MS

Built 1995 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 100

WILDCAT CREEK RD.

Good

Over: WILDCAT CREEK

SEC 36 T 3N R 4E, Rankin, MS

Built 1996 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 30

WARREN HILL ROAD

Good

Over: DITCH

SEC_15_T 3N_R 5E, Rankin, MS

Built 1995 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 50

COUNTY LINE RD.

Good

Over: BCH OF WILDCAT CREEK

SEC 30 T 3N R 5E B, Rankin, MS

Built 1991 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 280

MULLICAN ROAD

Good

Over: LAKE RELIEF

SEC_35_T 4N_R 1E, Rankin, MS

Built 1995 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 1,700

KERSH ROAD

Good

Over: DABBS CREEK

SEC 27 T 4N R 4E, Rankin, MS

Built 1996 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 120

RAYMOND PURVIS RD

Good

Over: BCH OF ASHLOG CREEK

SEC 1 T 4N R 5E, Rankin, MS

Built 1996 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 100

RANKIN RD

Good

Over: BCH OF EUTACUTCHEE CK

SEC 23 T 5N R 4E, Rankin, MS

Built 1991 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 50

DARLENE ROAD

Good

Over: BCH EUTACUTACHEE CREEK

SEC 18 T 5N R 5E, Rankin, MS

Built 1997 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 20

SHILOH-GULDE RD.

Good

Over: BCH OF EUTACUTACNEE CRK

SEC 19 T 5N R 5E, Rankin, MS

Built 1996 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 40

RANKIN-FERGUSON RD

Good

Over: BCH OF RASPBERRY CK

SEC 25 T 5N R 5E B, Rankin, MS

Built 1996 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 170

LANGFORD PL

Good

Over: DITCH

SEC 14 T 6N R 3E, Rankin, MS

Built 1996 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 100

PELA-LAKE ROAD

Good

Over: DITCH

SEC_14_T 6N_R 4E B, Rankin, MS

Built 1996 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 250

PURVIS RD

Good

Over: BCH OF PELAHATCHIE CREEK

SEC 34 T 6N R 5E, Rankin, MS

Built 1991 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 20

RED OAK RD

Good

Over: RED CANE CREEK

SEC 4 T 7N R 5E, Rankin, MS

Built 1996 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 300

LEWIS PRESTAGE RD

Good

Over: ROLLISON CREEK

SEC 31 T 8N R 5E, Rankin, MS

Built 1996 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 70

FLEMING RD

Good

Over: FANNEGUSHA CREEK

SEC 34 T 8N R 5E, Rankin, MS

Built 1995 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 60

MCINTYRE RD

Good

Over: BCH CAMPBELL CK

SEC 25 T 4N R 4E, Rankin, MS

Built 1996 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 30

LEESBURG RD

Good

Over: PIERCE CREEK

SEC 21 T 6N R 5E B, Rankin, MS

Built 1996 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 580

BARFOOT SPRINGS RD

Good

Over: BCH CLEAR CK

SEC 11 T 6N R 5E, Rankin, MS

Built 1996 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 60

JOHNS SHILOH ROAD

Good

Over: BCH OF CAMPBELL CREEK

SEC 25 T 4N R 4E, Rankin, MS

Built 1998 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 100

OIL WELL RD

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 13 T 3N R 5E, Rankin, MS

Built 1999 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 80

FAIRCHILDS ROAD

Good

Over: RELIEF COFFEE BOGUE CK

SEC 4 T 7N R 6E B, Scott, MS

Built 2000 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 90

CHESS WARREN ROAD

Good

Over: TRIB OF OKATOMA

SEC 11 T 1N R 5E, Simpson, MS

Built 2007 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 50

DRY CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: HATCHAPALOG CREEK

SEC 34 T 2N R 6E B, Simpson, MS

Built 2005 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 280

ROCKPORT-NEWHEBRON

Good

Over: VAUGHNS CREEK

SEC 2 T 9N R21W B, Simpson, MS

Built 1957 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 340

Showing 9,751-9,800 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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