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

US 80

Fair

Over: TONACANA CREEK

5.1 MI E SR 503, Newton, MS

Built 1929 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 1,000

US 80

Fair

Over: CHUNKY RIVER

6.2 MI E SR 503, Newton, MS

Built 1929 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 1,000

US 80

Fair

Over: CREEK

1.0 MI W SR 489, Scott, MS

Built 1935 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 3,900

SR 7

Fair

Over: POTACOCOWA CREEK

0.6 MI S GRENADA CL, Carroll, MS

Built 1956 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 3,300

SR 8

Fair

Over: HOULKA CREEK

1.9 MI E NATCHEZ TRACE, Chickasaw, MS

Built 1940 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 2,100

SR 178

Fair

Over: WEST TULIP CREEK

2.6 MI E US 45, Lee, MS

Built 1948 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 6,400

SR 541

Fair

Over: ROCKY CREEK

0.6 MI N SIMPSON CL, Rankin, MS

Built 1960 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 940

SR 563

Fair

Over: UNNAMED STREAM

0.8 MI N US 61, Wilkinson, MS

Built 1985 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 290

SR 563

Fair

Over: UNNAMED STREAM

6.3 MI N US 61, Wilkinson, MS

Built 1985 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 290

SCHMIDT ROAD

Fair

Over: BCH OF TURKEY BAYOU

SEC 24 T26N R 5W B, Bolivar, MS

Built 1976 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 50

CO RD 670

Fair

Over: BIG BRANCH

SEC 31 T 3N R18E B, Clarke, MS

Built 1980 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 240

TOOTLE ROAD

Fair

Over: LIVE STREAM

SEC 35 T 3S R 8W, George, MS

Built 1995 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 60

SAUCIER FAIRLEY RD

Fair

Over: PALMER CREEK

SEC 22 T 5S R11W B, Harrison, MS

Built 1950 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 400

SAUCIER ADVANCE RD

Fair

Over: BILOXI RIVER BRANCH

SEC 22 T 5S R12W B, Harrison, MS

Built 1968 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 1,000

KENNEBREW RD

Fair

Over: BOGUE CHITTO CREEK

SEC 1 T 7N R 2W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1965 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 600

ROYCE ROAD

Fair

Over: TRIB SUNFLOWER RIVER

SEC 2 T16N R 5W, Humphreys, MS

Built 1978 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 20

OLD HIGHWAY 13 N.

Fair

Over: BRANCH

SEC 13 T 8N R19W, Jefferson Davis, MS

Built 1992 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 50

YORK ROAD

Fair

Over: CREEK

SEC 24 T 8N R17E B, Lauderdale, MS

Built 1971 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 710

RANKIN ROAD

Fair

Over: BRANCH

SEC 14 T 3N R18W, Marion, MS

Built 1988 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 100

ENON ROAD

Fair

Over: UPPER LITTLE RIVER

SEC 35 T 4N R17W, Marion, MS

Built 1986 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 50

W. TOPISAW SOUTH

Fair

Over: SMALL DRAIN

SEC 21 T 4N R 9E, Pike, MS

Built 1970 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 75

MELTON ROAD

Fair

Over: BRUSHY BAYOU

SEC 17 T25N R 1E B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1982 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 30

BERRYVILLE ROAD

Fair

Over: DEER CREEK

SEC 4 T10N R 1E B, Yazoo, MS

Built 1985 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 80

I 22

Fair

Over: OAKLIMETER CREEK

17.0 MI E SR 7, Benton, MS

Built 1993 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 9,500

I 22

Fair

Over: OAKLIMETER CREEK

17.0 MI E SR 7, Benton, MS

Built 1993 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 9,500

US 80

Fair

Over: SLOUGH

0.5 MI E NEWTON CL, Lauderdale, MS

Built 1928 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 860

US 278

Fair

Over: STREAM

2.2 MI E SR 3, Quitman, MS

Built 1940 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 4,400

SR 7

Fair

Over: STREAM

1.4 MI N SR 313, Marshall, MS

Built 1940 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,400

SR 26

Fair

Over: RED CREEK

3.5 MI W US 49, Stone, MS

Built 1955 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 2,200

ALDRIDGE ROAD

Fair

Over: NORTH FORK COLES CREEK

SEC 4 T 9N R 1W B, Jefferson, MS

Built 1961 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 110

MARIANNA ROAD

Fair

Over: OVER PIGEON ROOST CK

SEC 17 T 4S R 3W B, Marshall, MS

Built 1967 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 540

MELTON ROAD

Fair

Over: MUDDY BAYOU

SEC 18 T25N R 1E B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1971 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 40

CR 805

Fair

Over: SOUTH TIPPAH CREEK

SEC 25 T 4S R 2E B, Tippah, MS

Built 1959 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 60

SR 8

Fair

Over: SABOUGLA CANAL

1.0 MI E GRENADA CL, Calhoun, MS

Built 1952 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 1,600

SR 9

Fair

Over: TOPISHAW CANAL

0.4 MI E SR 8 WEST, Calhoun, MS

Built 1952 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 3,100

SR 18

Fair

Over: STORM CREEK

3.9 MI E SR 548, Claiborne, MS

Built 1952 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 1,500

SR 35

Fair

Over: ZILPHA CREEK

3.0 MI S CARROLL CL, Attala, MS

Built 1958 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 1,800

SR 41

Fair

Over: STREAM

3.0 MI W US 45, Monroe, MS

Built 1952 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 3,000

SR 465

Fair

Over: STEEL BAYOU

6.3 MI W US 61, Issaquena, MS

Built 1959 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 860

DITCH BANK ROAD

Fair

Over: CHRISTMAS LAKE BRANCH

SEC 5 T21N R 7W, Bolivar, MS

Built 1973 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 30

SHAW-SKENE ROAD

Fair

Over: ICY BAYOU

SEC 23 T22N R 6W B, Bolivar, MS

Built 1977 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 400

MARBERRY ROAD

Fair

Over: SNAKE CREEK

SEC 10 T23N R 6W B, Bolivar, MS

Built 1972 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 100

TOWNSHIP ROAD

Fair

Over: ICE BAYOU

SEC 36 T23N R 6W B, Bolivar, MS

Built 1974 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 110

WEST MAIN STREET

Fair

Over: COONWAH CREEK

SEC 5 T10S R 5E, Lee, MS

Built 1953 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 6,700

JAMES ROAD

Fair

Over: SANDY CREEK

SEC_21_T26N_R 3E B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1972 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 60

GAINER ROAD

Fair

Over: DEER CREEK-1059

SEC 36 T15N R 7W, Washington, MS

Built 2000 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 30

GENEILLE ROAD

Fair

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

SEC 25 T18N R 6W, Washington, MS

Built 1976 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 50

US 80

Fair

Over: BRUSHY BRANCH

5.3 MI E NEWTON CL, Lauderdale, MS

Built 1952 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 1,700

SR 4

Fair

Over: YOUNGS CREEK

0.8 MI E SR 371, Prentiss, MS

Built 1956 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 1,200

US 278

Fair

Over: CANAL

1.8 MI E SR 3, Quitman, MS

Built 1940 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 4,400

Showing 1,401-1,450 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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