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

WRIGHT ROAD

Good

Over: STANDING PINE CREEK

SEC 25 T10N R 8E B, Leake, MS

Built 2004 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 770

BARNETT ROAD

Good

Over: POTTOCK CREEK

SEC 28 T10N R 8E, Leake, MS

Built 1996 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 70

RED DOG ROAD

Good

Over: SHAUI KOLI CREEK

SEC 24 T11N R 6E B, Leake, MS

Built 1974 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 160

CR 261

Good

Over: COONEWAH CREEK

SEC 9 T10S R 5E B, Lee, MS

Built 1990 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 930

CR 814

Good

Over: UNNAMED CREEK

SEC 20 T10S R 6E B, Lee, MS

Built 1994 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 216

CR 814

Good

Over: BOGUEFALA CREEK

SEC 28 T10S R 7E B, Lee, MS

Built 1981 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 1,100

CR 300

Good

Over: UNNAMED CREEK

SEC 14 T11S R 5E B, Lee, MS

Built 1985 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 1,876

CO RD 255

Good

Over: RELIEF DITCH

SEC 15 T18N R 1W, Leflore, MS

Built 1989 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 50

CO RD 281

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK

SEC 12 T18N R 2W, Leflore, MS

Built 1989 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 5

CO RD 513

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK

SEC 24 T18N R 2W B, Leflore, MS

Built 2009 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 180

CO RD 537

Good

Over: RELIEF DITCH

SEC 12 T19N R 2W B, Leflore, MS

Built 1990 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 40

CO RD 523

Good

Over: PECAN BAYOU

SEC 4 T20N R 2W B, Leflore, MS

Built 2010 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 80

CO RD 531

Good

Over: RELIEF DITCH

SEC 9 T21N R 2W, Leflore, MS

Built 1990 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 60

JACKSON LIBERTY SW

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY AMITE RIVER

SEC 33 T 5N R 6E B, Lincoln, MS

Built 1999 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 1,100

TOPISAW CHURCH DR

Good

Over: WEST TOPISAW CREEK

SEC 17 T 5N R 9E B, Lincoln, MS

Built 2004 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 120

AUBURN DR SW

Good

Over: RELIEF BUTLER CREEK

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

Built 1988 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 970

CASEYVILLE RD NW

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

SEC 5 T 8N R 6E B, Lincoln, MS

Built 1977 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 70

WILLIAMS ST NE

Good

Over: TRIB E BOGUE CHITTO RIV

SEC 17 T 7N R 8E, Lincoln, MS

Built 2019 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 300

CARSON ROAD

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 8 T17N R18E B, Lowndes, MS

Built 1976 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 200

BEERSHEBA ROAD

Good

Over: MCCRARY CREEK

SEC 34 T18S R17W B, Lowndes, MS

Built 1990 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 980

ARTESIA WEST PT RD

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 21 T19N R16E, Lowndes, MS

Built 1996 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 50

MOTLEY ROAD

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 33 T19N R17E B, Lowndes, MS

Built 1967 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 750

OLD YORKVILLE RD

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 3 T19S R17W, Lowndes, MS

Built 1984 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 50

NATIONAL GUARD RD

Good

Over: BALLS MILLS CREEK

SEC 3 T 3N R18W, Marion, MS

Built 1996 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 1,000

NORTH MAIN ST

Good

Over: WEBB CREEK

SEC 5 T 3N R18W, Marion, MS

Built 1998 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 1,700

ENON ROAD

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

SEC 36 T 4N R17W, Marion, MS

Built 2001 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 110

OLD HWY 35 N

Good

Over: BUCKHORN CREEK

SEC 16 T 4N R18W B, Marion, MS

Built 1976 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 1,500

RED HILL ROAD

Good

Over: RELIEF

SEC_29_T21N_R 7E B, Montgomery, MS

Built 1996 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 50

COUNTY ROAD 610

Good

Over: OCOBLA CREEK

SEC 15 T11N R12E B, Neshoba, MS

Built 1998 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 290

POTTERCHITTO ROAD

Good

Over: BOGUE FALEMA CREEK

SEC 17 T 5N R12E B, Newton, MS

Built 1971 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 200

PINEY WOODS RD

Good

Over: TRIB TO JOES CK

SEC 19 T15N R17E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 1984 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 270

PRAIRIE POINT RD

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 27 T15N R17E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 1980 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 1,400

RUNNING WATER RD.

Good

Over: RUNNING WATER CREEK

SEC_36_T14N_R16E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 2014 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 200

BLUFF LAKE ROAD

Good

Over: NOXUBEE CREEK RELIEF

SEC 30 T17N R15E B, Oktibbeha, MS

Built 2005 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 350

JOSEY DR.

Good

Over: BCH OF RED BANK CREEK.

SEC 30 T18N R12E, Oktibbeha, MS

Built 2001 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 20

GUMPOND BEALL ROAD

Good

Over: SCRUB CREEK

SEC 8 T 1S R14W B, Pearl River, MS

Built 2008 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 590

ROCK RANCH ROAD

Good

Over: LONG BRANCH

SEC 9 T 5S R17W B, Pearl River, MS

Built 1969 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 260

BENNDALE ROAD

Good

Over: INDIAN BRANCH

SEC 26 T 1S R10W B, Perry, MS

Built 1979 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 100

KITTRELL ROAD

Good

Over: UNNAMED BRANCH

SEC 13 T 3N R10W B, Perry, MS

Built 2012 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 150

S MAGNOLIA STREET

Good

Over: SMALL STREAM

SEC 12 T 3N R 7E, Pike, MS

Built 1982 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 3,410

MANGUM DRIVE

Good

Over: DITCH

SEC 32 T 6N R 2E, Rankin, MS

Built 1980 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 5,500

MORTON RANKIN RD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF PELAHATCHIE CK

SEC 30 T 6N R 6E B, Scott, MS

Built 2003 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 220

LINE CREEK RD

Good

Over: SANDY CREEK

SEC 31 T 6N R 6E, Scott, MS

Built 1991 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 150

MORTON RANKIN RD

Good

Over: TRIB OF PELAHATCHIE CK

SEC 20 T 6N R 6E B, Scott, MS

Built 2004 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 200

SOUTH MAIN ROAD

Good

Over: RILES CREEK

SEC 22 T 1N R 4E B, Simpson, MS

Built 2001 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 100

DRY CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: OKATOMA CREEK

SEC 32 T 1N R 6E B, Simpson, MS

Built 1999 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 2,400

AIRPORT ROAD

Good

Over: RILES CREEK

SEC 6 T10N R18W B, Simpson, MS

Built 1974 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 170

VARNER ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF SKIFFER CREEK

SEC 15 T10N R18W B, Simpson, MS

Built 2006 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 100

SMITH CO. 77

Good

Over: ELY CREEK

SEC 26 T 1N R 7E B, Smith, MS

Built 1964 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 220

SMITH CO. 93

Good

Over: BRANCH OF LEAF RIVER

SEC 36 T 2N R 8E B, Smith, MS

Built 1979 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 350

Showing 11,351-11,400 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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