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

CAVANAUGH ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF HOLIDAY CREEK

SEC 6 T 5N R17W, Marion, MS

Built 2019 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 60

ALBERT RAYBORN RD

Good

Over: BRANCH

SEC 19 T 5N R17W, Marion, MS

Built 2019 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 70

OLD WREN ROAD

Good

Over: UNNAMED CREEK

SEC 6 T13S R 7E, Monroe, MS

Built 2010 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 242

HATLEY-DETROIT RD

Good

Over: WEAVER CREEK

SEC 22 T12S R 9E B, Monroe, MS

Built 2016 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 320

RILEY ROAD

Good

Over: BIG BOGUE CREEK

SEC 24 T21N R 5E, Montgomery, MS

Built 1998 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 50

CHUNKY DUFFEE RD

Good

Over: TALLAHATTA CREEK

SEC 2 T 8N R13E B, Newton, MS

Built 2011 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 500

NEWTON CALHOUN RD

Good

Over: BETHEL CREEK

SEC 9 T 5N R11E B, Newton, MS

Built 2020 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 210

NEWTON-CONEHATTA R

Good

Over: BCH OF POTTERCHITTO CK

SEC 28 T 6N R11E, Newton, MS

Built 2016 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 1,260

WYATT ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF OKAHATTA CREEK

SEC_1_T7N_R11E, Newton, MS

Built 2015 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 100

BILL WILLIS ROAD

Good

Over: CONEHATTA CREEK

SEC 17 T 8N R11E, Newton, MS

Built 2013 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 60

PETE FREEMAN ROAD

Good

Over: BCH OF CONEHATTA CREEK

SEC_19_T8N_R11E, Newton, MS

Built 2015 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 60

MAHORNER

Good

Over: NOXUBEE RIVER RELIEF

SEC 5 T13N R18E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 1981 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 100

RED COTTON ROAD

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

SEC 12 T14N R16E, Noxubee, MS

Built 2007 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 80

CONNER

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 19 T13N R15E, Noxubee, MS

Built 2005 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 30

BLOCKER ROAD

Good

Over: SHAN CREEK

SEC 24 T17N R14E, Oktibbeha, MS

Built 2001 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 50

HAWKINS ROAD

Good

Over: TRIM LANE CREEK

SEC 30 T19N R12E, Oktibbeha, MS

Built 2007 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 20

HARRELL ROAD

Good

Over: BIBA WILA CREEK

SEC 12 T19N R12E, Oktibbeha, MS

Built 2023 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 100

SHILO ROAD

Good

Over: HURT CREEK

SEC 34 T 9S R 7W B, Panola, MS

Built 1991 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 150

OLD PANOLA ROAD

Good

Over: MCIVOR CREEK

SEC 19 T 7S R 7W, Panola, MS

Built 2014 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 200

HOMER LANDER ROAD

Good

Over: WHITESAND CREEK

SEC 6 T 3S R16W, Pearl River, MS

Built 1985 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 110

SPRINGHILL ROAD

Good

Over: DRAIN

SEC 5 T 1S R15W B, Pearl River, MS

Built 2017 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 110

TROY DEDEAUX ROAD

Good

Over: POPLAR SPRINGS BR

SEC 27 T 2S R 1W, Pearl River, MS

Built 2021 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 40

E. T. POOLE ROAD

Good

Over: DRAIN

SEC 23 T 3S R16W, Pearl River, MS

Built 2015 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 60

MCNL STPHLW RD

Good

Over: BRANCH

SEC 35 T 4S R16W B, Pearl River, MS

Built 2019 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 630

ANCHOR LAKE ROAD

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

SEC 18 T 5S R16W B, Pearl River, MS

Built 2019 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 1,100

BUCK CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: BUCK CREEK

SEC 31 T 5N R10W B, Perry, MS

Built 2001 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 740

PIKE ROAD 93 S.

Good

Over: FOREST BRANCH

SEC 17 T 1N R 8E B, Pike, MS

Built 2007 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 390

CR 3231

Good

Over: UNNAMED CREEK

SEC 27 T 5S R 8E, Prentiss, MS

Built 2021 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 51

CR 5091

Good

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

SEC 29 T 6S R 8E, Prentiss, MS

Built 2016 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 49

HOOD ROAD

Good

Over: MARKS CUTOFF

SEC 6 T27N R 1E B, Quitman, MS

Built 2022 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 270

HARRELL RD

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

SEC 28 T 7N R 5E B, Rankin, MS

Built 2020 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 210

OLD HWY 80

Good

Over: CROOKED WOODS CK

SEC 3 T 6N R 9E B, Scott, MS

Built 2003 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 810

MCCURDY ROAD

Good

Over: COFFEE BOGUE CREEK

SEC 9 T 7N R 6E B, Scott, MS

Built 2020 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 430

LAYTON&JONES ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF STRONG RIVER

SEC 22 T 2N R 5E, Simpson, MS

Built 1999 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 50

SMITH CO. 504

Good

Over: BCH OF ICHUSA CREEK

SEC 2 T 3N R 9E B, Smith, MS

Built 2000 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 240

SMITH CO. 563

Good

Over: STRONG RIVER RELIEF

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

Built 1996 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 160

SMITH CO. 121

Good

Over: BCH OF OAKOHAY CREEK

SEC 23 T 2N R 7E, Smith, MS

Built 2019 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 60

DEEP CREEK RD

Good

Over: FLAT BRANCH

SEC 17 T 2S R 9W B, Stone, MS

Built 2018 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 220

BOYER STEINER ROAD

Good

Over: PORTER BAYOU

SEC 19 T19N R 4W B, Sunflower, MS

Built 1974 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 660

NORTH NOBILE ROAD

Good

Over: QUIVER RIVER

SEC 25 T19N R 4W, Sunflower, MS

Built 1974 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 40

INDIANOLA AIRPORT

Good

Over: BEAVER DAM BAYOU

SEC 25 T19N R 5W B, Sunflower, MS

Built 1978 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 180

DREW-RULEVILLE RD

Good

Over: DOUGHERTY BAYOU

SEC 36 T22N R 4W B, Sunflower, MS

Built 1975 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 160

LOMBARDY ROAD

Good

Over: DOUGHERTY BAYOU

SEC 31 T23N R 3W B, Sunflower, MS

Built 1974 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 480

ALLENDALE-TINDALL

Good

Over: DITCH NO 23

SEC 20 T18N R 5W B, Sunflower, MS

Built 2022 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 40

FLAUTT ROAD

Good

Over: TRIB TO CASSIDY BAYOU

SEC 14 T24N R 1W, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2019 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 50

THORNTON ROAD

Good

Over: TRIB TO HOBSON BAYOU

SEC 1 T25N R 2W, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2014 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 60

TIL ROAD NORTH

Good

Over: SUGAR DITCH

SEC 32 T 4S R11W, Tunica, MS

Built 2005 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 425

DUNDEE-CRENSHAW RD

Good

Over: NEW CANAL

SEC 36 T 6S R10W B, Tunica, MS

Built 2005 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 250

COUNTY ROAD 147

Good

Over: PINHOOK CREEK

SEC 13 T 6S R 3E, Union, MS

Built 2015 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 75

COUNTY ROAD 46

Good

Over: TALLAHATCHIE RELIEF

SEC 26 T 7S R 1E B, Union, MS

Built 2021 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 1,100

Showing 10,751-10,800 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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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.