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

SMITH CO. 73

Good

Over: LITTLE HATCHAPALOO CREEK

SEC 29 T 1N R 7E, Smith, MS

Built 2009 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 90

SMITH CO. 80

Good

Over: KEYS MILL CREEK

SEC 20 T 1N R 9E, Smith, MS

Built 2001 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 100

MELTON HATTEN RD

Good

Over: BLUFF CREEK

SEC 17 T 2S R10W B, Stone, MS

Built 2007 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 220

BIG FOUR RD

Good

Over: BRIDGE CREEK

SEC 22 T 2S R11W B, Stone, MS

Built 2008 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 370

NEW HOPE RD

Good

Over: CHANEY CREEK

SEC 16 T 2S R12W B, Stone, MS

Built 2008 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 2,800

EAST MINOT ROAD

Good

Over: BEAR BAYOU

SEC 15 T24N R 3W B, Sunflower, MS

Built 2015 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 50

CO RD 40

Good

Over: CALABRELLA CREEK

SEC 26 T20N R 8E, Webster, MS

Built 2011 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 50

MARSHALL DAWKINS R

Good

Over: TRIB JONES CREEK

SEC 10 T16N R13E, Winston, MS

Built 2010 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 60

SR 586

Good

Over: RICHLAND CREEK

7.9 MI E WALTHALL CL, Marion, MS

Built 1984 Load: 46.9 t ADT: 2,100

SR 586

Good

Over: NUBBIN CREEK

8.4 MI E WALTHALL CL, Marion, MS

Built 1984 Load: 46.9 t ADT: 3,000

COUNTY ROAD 371

Good

Over: I 59

2.1 MI N SR 513, Clarke, MS

Built 1965 Load: 46.9 t ADT: 170

SR 172

Good

Over: ELLINGTON BRANCH

2.3 MI E US 72, Tishomingo, MS

Built 2021 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 1,500

SR 363

Good

Over: PUNCHEON CREEK

2.6 MI N ITAWAMBA CL, Lee, MS

Built 1964 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 1,200

BATES SCHOOL ROAD

Good

Over: SMALL BRANCH

SEC 31 T 2N R 6E B, Amite, MS

Built 1978 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 320

REDGRASS RD. 115

Good

Over: REDGRASS CREEK

SEC 22 T22N R 6E, Grenada, MS

Built 1994 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 50

EBENEZER ROAD

Good

Over: BOSE NUKSE CREEK

SEC 33 T11N R 9E B, Leake, MS

Built 2002 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 280

CO RD 170

Good

Over: LINE CREEK

SEC 21 T16S R 2E B, Webster, MS

Built 1993 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 40

SR 15

Good

Over: TANGLEFOOT TRAIL

1.5 MI N SR 345, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2019 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 9,300

SR 15

Good

Over: TANGLEFOOT TRAIL

1.5 MI N SR 345, Pontotoc, MS

Built 2020 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 9,300

SR 43

Good

Over: RELIEF

9.5 MI N SR 16, Madison, MS

Built 1971 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 1,400

CR 352

Good

Over: LITTLE YELLOW CREEK

SEC 8 T 3S R 9E, Alcorn, MS

Built 1999 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 160

PEARSON ROAD

Good

Over: LOCAL STREAM

SEC 14 T18N R 8E, Choctaw, MS

Built 2009 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 55

TERRY RD

Good

Over: THREE MILE CR

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

Built 1971 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 15,000

TERRY RD

Good

Over: HARDY CR

SEC 20 T 5N R 1E, Hinds, MS

Built 1972 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 15,000

BETTS-RADCLIFFE

Good

Over: CREEK

SEC 34 T 7N R17E, Lauderdale, MS

Built 2020 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 80

HARRISVILLE-BRAXTN

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

SEC 10 T 2N R 3E B, Simpson, MS

Built 1980 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 660

JIM WALKER RD

Good

Over: BR OF BUCATUNNA CREEK

SEC 32 T 9N R 5W B, Wayne, MS

Built 1990 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 500

POPLAR FLAT RD

Good

Over: TRIBOF SULFUR SPRINGS CK

SEC 16 T15N R12E B, Winston, MS

Built 2008 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 240

US 61

Good

Over: HOMOCHITTO RIVER TRIB

0.2 MI N WILKINSON CL, Adams, MS

Built 1984 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 2,150

SR 7

Good

Over: CYPRESS CREEK

1.7 MI S SR 330, Yalobusha, MS

Built 2021 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 3,900

SR 43

Good

Over: STREAM

7.7 MI N US 11, Pearl River, MS

Built 1984 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 2,900

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: COUNTY ROAD

4.9 MILES SOUTH OF MS ROU, Lee, MS

Built 1977 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 1,080

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: STREAM

6.62 MILES FROM MS ROUTE, Hinds, MS

Built 1960 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 650

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: PERKINS CREEK

2.8 miles from south end, Adams, MS

Built 2004 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 266

NATCHEZ TRACE PARK

Good

Over: MS 6 AND 278

Natchez Trace Parkway ove, Lee, MS

Built 2010 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 3,960

SR 3

Good

Over: DITCH

2.0 MI N US 49W, Sunflower, MS

Built 1949 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 700

SR 7

Good

Over: STREAM

11.3 MI N CARROLL CL, Grenada, MS

Built 1951 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 7,600

SR 12

Good

Over: SR 182

SR 12 OVER SR 182, Oktibbeha, MS

Built 1962 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 17,000

SR 12

Good

Over: SR 182

SR 12 OVER SR 182, Oktibbeha, MS

Built 1962 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 17,000

SR 35

Good

Over: HOSSPEN CREEK

6.0 MI N SR 12, Attala, MS

Built 1948 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 2,900

SR 149

Good

Over: DABBS CREEK RELIEF

4.0 MI N SR 13, Simpson, MS

Built 1935 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 680

SR 487

Good

Over: TUSCOLAMETA CREEK

0.8 MI N SR 500, Leake, MS

Built 2023 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 550

SR 605

Good

Over: BILOXI RIVER

2.6 MI N I 10, Harrison, MS

Built 2007 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 5,500

CR 485

Good

Over: SHUTISPEAR CREEK

SEC 26 T22N R 9E, Calhoun, MS

Built 2008 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 100

BOLLIS-TOMNOLEN RD

Good

Over: TANYARD CREEK

SEC 32 T19N R10E B, Choctaw, MS

Built 2007 Load: 47.3 t ADT: 50

SR 16

Good

Over: DITCH

0.1 MI E US 51, Madison, MS

Built 2012 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 10,000

SR 366

Good

Over: PLUM ORCHARD CREEK

4.7 MI E SR 370, Prentiss, MS

Built 1994 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 490

CO RD 210

Good

Over: BOGUE FLOWERS CREEK

SEC 8 T10N R 8W B, Clarke, MS

Built 2013 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 250

HOPEWELL RD

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

SEC 24 T 9N R15W B, Covington, MS

Built 1971 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 700

WALT TANNER ROAD

Good

Over: LIVE STREAM

SEC 12 T 3S R 5W, George, MS

Built 2002 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 200

Showing 14,651-14,700 of 16,739 bridges

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