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

HAZEL RD

Good

Over: WARRIOR CREEK

SEC 1 T 6N R 9E, Scott, MS

Built 2001 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 300

TALLABOGUE ROAD

Good

Over: TALLABOGUE CREEK

SEC 27 T 8N R 8E B, Scott, MS

Built 1995 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 120

BLANTON ROAD

Good

Over: COON BAYOU

SEC 34 T11N R 7W B, Sharkey, MS

Built 2001 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 20

INDIAN BAYOU ROAD

Good

Over: DRAINAGE CANAL OBDD

SEC_ 4_T12N_R 7W, Sharkey, MS

Built 2007 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50

CHINA STREET

Good

Over: DEER CREEK

SEC 11 T12N R 7W, Sharkey, MS

Built 2000 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 770

MCINTYRE ROAD

Good

Over: DRAINAGE CANALSBDD

SEC 22 T13N R 5W, Sharkey, MS

Built 2007 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50

CAMETA ROAD

Good

Over: DRAINAGE CANAL

SEC 1 T13N R 7W B, Sharkey, MS

Built 2005 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 130

SAGO ROAD

Good

Over: DRAINAGE CANAL OBDD

SEC 27 T14N R 7W, Sharkey, MS

Built 1998 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50

GAUNT ROAD

Good

Over: DRAINAGE CANAL

SEC 31 T10N R 7W B, Sharkey, MS

Built 2001 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50

NEW ZION MB CHURCH

Good

Over: BRANCH OF STRONG RIVER

SEC 32 T 1N R 3E B, Simpson, MS

Built 2005 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 130

JOHN L. MAY

Good

Over: TRIB OF SELLERS CREEK

SEC 17 T 1N R 5E, Simpson, MS

Built 2003 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50

ATHENS ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF SELLERS CREEK

SEC 21 T 1N R 5E B, Simpson, MS

Built 1986 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 250

OLD PINOLA-BRAXTN

Good

Over: BRANCH OF SANDERS CREEK

SEC 36 T 2N R 3E B, Simpson, MS

Built 2005 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 120

OLD WESTVILLE ROAD

Good

Over: TANYARD CREEK

SEC 5 T10N R19W, Simpson, MS

Built 1988 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 60

BILL SMITH ROAD

Good

Over: MID PRONG SILVER CREEK

SEC 20 T10N R19W, Simpson, MS

Built 2005 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 40

BUSHTOWN-SHIVERS

Good

Over: W PRONG OF SILVER CREEK

SEC 11 T10N R20W, Simpson, MS

Built 1985 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50

PEACOCK ROAD

Good

Over: TRIB OF RILES CREEK

SEC 14 T 1N R 4E, Simpson, MS

Built 1985 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50

TOM WARE ROAD

Good

Over: RELIEF TO HAW BRANCH

SEC_ 6_T 1N_R 6E B, Simpson, MS

Built 2013 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 80

TOM WARE ROAD

Good

Over: HAW BRANCH

SEC_ 6_T 1N_R 6E B, Simpson, MS

Built 2013 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 80

GUY SHERMAN ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH OF VAUGHNS CREEK

SEC 32 T10N R20W, Simpson, MS

Built 2017 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 60

RIDGEPORT ROAD

Good

Over: SINKLER CREEK

SEC 26 T10N R21W, Simpson, MS

Built 2021 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 260

SMITH CO. 141

Good

Over: BCH OF RASPBERRY CREEK

SEC 8 T 4N R 6E B, Smith, MS

Built 1969 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 180

SMITH CO. 583

Good

Over: BCH OF LEAF RIVER

SEC 19 T 4N R 9E, Smith, MS

Built 1995 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 20

SMITH CO. 20A

Good

Over: BCH OF SULLIVANS CREEK

SEC 31 T10N R15W, Smith, MS

Built 1995 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 40

CR 54 (W PECAN

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

SEC 1 T10N R16W, Smith, MS

Built 1994 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 60

SMITH CO. 53

Good

Over: MCLAUREN CREEK

SEC 19 T10N R16W, Smith, MS

Built 1995 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50

KING BEE ROAD

Good

Over: DOUBLE BRANCH

SEC 7 T 3S R 9W B, Stone, MS

Built 1972 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 310

COMPRESS ROAD

Good

Over: MOUND BAYOU

SEC 3 T17N R 4W, Sunflower, MS

Built 1999 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 400

FORD ROAD

Good

Over: BEAVER DAM BAYOU

SEC 30 T19N R 4W, Sunflower, MS

Built 1988 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 260

MIKE THOMAS ROAD

Good

Over: DITCH

SEC 5 T20N R 5W, Sunflower, MS

Built 1991 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 10

BALLASTON OLD HWY8

Good

Over: POWELL BAYOU

SEC 15 T22N R 3W B, Sunflower, MS

Built 1991 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 60

MILLEN LAKE

Good

Over: LONG LAKE

SEC 10 T23N R 4W, Sunflower, MS

Built 1991 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 20

LEVERETTE LANE

Good

Over: TIPPO BAYOU

SEC 2 T23N R 1E B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2005 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 210

STURDIVANT ROAD

Good

Over: BLACK BAYOU

SEC 19 T23N R 1W B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1999 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 380

TIPPO ROAD

Good

Over: TIPPO BAYOU

SEC 26 T23N R 1E B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2000 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 550

ALBIN-MIKOMA ROAD

Good

Over: CASSIDY BAYOU

SEC_29_T24N_R 1W B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1993 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 80

MURPHEY DRIVE

Good

Over: TIPPO BAYOU

SEC 35 T24N R 1E, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 2001 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 30

HOPSON STREET

Good

Over: HOPSON BAYOU

SEC 19 T25N R 2W, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1980 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 500

JASON PATRICK ROAD

Good

Over: HICKAHALA CREEK BRANCH

SEC 2 T 5S R 5W, Tate, MS

Built 1995 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 70

COUNTY ROAD 54

Good

Over: LITTLE MUD CREEK

SEC 33 T 6S R 2E, Union, MS

Built 1998 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 80

SMITHBURG ROAD

Good

Over: BRANCH

SEC 24 T 1N R 9E, Walthall, MS

Built 2017 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 30

SAGO ROAD

Good

Over: CANAL

SEC 33 T14N R 7W, Washington, MS

Built 2004 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50

T&P RT 1034

Good

Over: CANAL

SEC 3 T15N R 6W, Washington, MS

Built 1998 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50

LIZ ROAD

Good

Over: DEER CREEK-1055

SEC 18 T15N R 6W, Washington, MS

Built 1998 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 20

SANDIFER ROAD

Good

Over: DITCH

SEC 2 T15N R 7W, Washington, MS

Built 1999 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 70

SHORT ROAD

Good

Over: DEER CREEK-1058

SEC 25 T15N R 7W, Washington, MS

Built 1999 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 30

SLAGO DAIRY ROAD

Good

Over: CANAL

SEC 15 T17N R 7W, Washington, MS

Built 1998 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50

TATE ROAD

Good

Over: CANAL

SEC 26 T17N R 8W, Washington, MS

Built 1999 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50

ROADWAY STREET

Good

Over: DEER CREEK

SEC 14 T18N R 7W, Washington, MS

Built 2007 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 100

CO RD 254

Good

Over: SAND CREEK

SEC 7 T19N R 9E B, Webster, MS

Built 1990 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 460

Showing 11,551-11,600 of 16,739 bridges

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