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

LOWER CENTREVILLE

Poor

Over: WEST FORK AMITE RIVER

SEC 18 T 1N R 4E, Amite, MS

Built 1960 Load: 6.6 t ADT: 170

TOWNSEND ROAD

Poor

Over: SHOCKALOA CREEK

SEC 9 T 4N R 5E, Amite, MS

Built 1983 Load: 6.6 t ADT: 60

MOAK ROAD

Poor

Over: GORDON CREEK

SEC 32 T 4N R 6E, Amite, MS

Built 1984 Load: 6.6 t ADT: 30

CO RD 72

Poor

Over: BCH OF TANYARD CREEK

SEC 18 T19N R 4E B, Carroll, MS

Built 1971 Load: 6.6 t ADT: 20

RALPH RAY ROAD

Poor

Over: BAYOU

SEC 8 T22N R 4W B, Sunflower, MS

Built 1978 Load: 6.6 t ADT: 100

NEW HOPE RD

Poor

Over: DOUBLE BRANCH

SEC 12 T 2S R13W B, Stone, MS

Built 1962 Load: 6.7 t ADT: 910

HANSHAW ROAD

Poor

Over: DAVIS BAYOU

SEC 26 T 7S R 8W B, Jackson, MS

Built 1991 Load: 6.8 t ADT: 9,600

ASHE ROAD

Poor

Over: FORDS CREEK

SEC 30 T 1S R17W, Pearl River, MS

Built 1988 Load: 6.8 t ADT: 90

JOHNSTON ROAD

Poor

Over: PINEY CREEK

SEC 24 T12N R 1W, Yazoo, MS

Built 1991 Load: 6.8 t ADT: 60

STREET ROAD

Poor

Over: MART BRANCH

SEC 34 T 1N R 3E B, Amite, MS

Built 1977 Load: 6.9 t ADT: 100

KENNEBREW RD

Poor

Over: BCH LIMEKILN CR

SEC 4 T 7N R 1W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1965 Load: 6.9 t ADT: 300

CO.ROAD 3011

Poor

Over: COURTNEY CREEK

SEC 9 T10S R 3W, Lafayette, MS

Built 1994 Load: 6.9 t ADT: 50

RIVER ROAD

Poor

Over: WHITE SAND CREEK

SEC 28 T 6N R20W B, Lawrence, MS

Built 1913 Load: 6.9 t ADT: 109

SMITH STATION RD

Poor

Over: BCH 14 MILE CREEK

SEC 17 T 5N R 4W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1972 Load: 7.1 t ADT: 140

PETES DUMP ROAD

Poor

Over: CLARK BAYOU

SEC 31 T19N R 7W, Washington, MS

Built 1972 Load: 7.1 t ADT: 50

BRANCH

Poor

Over: CO RD 325

SEC 03 T17N R 5E, Carroll, MS

Built 2010 Load: 7.2 t ADT: 30

TRAXLER RD

Poor

Over: BCH WHITE OAK CREEK

SEC 32 T 3N R 4W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1973 Load: 7.2 t ADT: 220

AUBURN DR SW

Poor

Over: PANTHER CREEK

SEC 24 T 6N R 6E B, Lincoln, MS

Built 1972 Load: 7.2 t ADT: 870

PERRYTOWN ROAD

Poor

Over: TURKEY CREEK

SEC 17 T 4N R 1W B, Wilkinson, MS

Built 1962 Load: 7.2 t ADT: 140

JASPER CO. 16

Poor

Over: WEST TALLAHALA CREEK

SEC 16 T 3N R10E B, Jasper, MS

Built 1966 Load: 7.3 t ADT: 270

ROBINSON ROAD

Poor

Over: BYNUM CREEK

SEC_ 8_T10S_R 5W, Panola, MS

Built 1937 Load: 7.3 t ADT: 70

MCLEAN ROAD

Poor

Over: BCH OF BOGUE CHITTO CR

SEC 26 T 7N R 1W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1984 Load: 7.4 t ADT: 260

PETE WOOD ROAD

Poor

Over: DITCH-0995

SEC 19 T14N R 7W, Washington, MS

Built 1960 Load: 7.5 t ADT: 10

SR 25

Poor

Over: CRIPPLE DEER CREEK

6.7 MI S US 72, Tishomingo, MS

Built 1948 Load: 7.6 t ADT: 5,800

CHAMPION HILL RD

Poor

Over: BCH OF BAKERS CREEK

SEC 22 T 6N R 3W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1966 Load: 7.6 t ADT: 180

CR 427

Poor

Over: NORTH TIPPAH CREEK

SEC 18 T 4S R 3E, Tippah, MS

Built 1989 Load: 7.6 t ADT: 110

MOORE ROAD

Poor

Over: ELLISON CREEK

SEC 28 T11N R 2E B, Yazoo, MS

Built 1997 Load: 7.6 t ADT: 40

MORRISON RD

Poor

Over: TALLAHALLA CREEK

SEC 13 T 3N R 4W, Hinds, MS

Built 1965 Load: 7.7 t ADT: 175

SHORTY EKES RD

Poor

Over: LONG BRANCH

SEC 22 T 8N R11W, Jones, MS

Built 1984 Load: 7.7 t ADT: 60

BROOM ROAD

Poor

Over: BRANCH OF NELSON CREEK

SEC_ 1_T 7S_R 6W, Panola, MS

Built 1951 Load: 7.9 t ADT: 45

CR 427

Poor

Over: TUSCUMBIA RIVER CANAL

SEC 12 T 3S R 7E, Alcorn, MS

Built 2003 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 200

CO RD 31

Poor

Over: BCH OF FANNEGUSHA CK

SEC 28 T17N R 4E B, Carroll, MS

Built 1960 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 30

CHAPEL HILL RD

Poor

Over: BCH OF TURKEY CREEK

SEC 22 T 5N R 3W B, Hinds, MS

Built 1976 Load: 8.1 t ADT: 180

SCHOOL ENTRANCEWAY

Poor

Over: LEFT DRAINAGE DITCH

SEC 4 T15N R 3W, Humphreys, MS

Built 1968 Load: 8.1 t ADT: 420

KING HILL ROAD

Poor

Over: CRAPE CREEK

SEC 33 T18N R 8E, Montgomery, MS

Built 1987 Load: 8.1 t ADT: 40

GRAHAM ROAD

Poor

Over: TRIB OF CANE CREEK

SEC 28 T 8S R 1E, Pontotoc, MS

Built 1985 Load: 8.1 t ADT: 75

CO RD 90

Poor

Over: UNNAMED STREAM

SEC 17 T25N R 6E B, Yalobusha, MS

Built 1973 Load: 8.1 t ADT: 110

CO RD 430

Poor

Over: BCH OF BIG BLACK RIVER

SEC 33 T18N R 6E B, Carroll, MS

Built 1954 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 420

OLD HWY 67

Poor

Over: HOWARD CREEK

SEC 1 T 7S R10W B, Harrison, MS

Built 1960 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 5,100

CO.ROAD 489

Poor

Over: CREEK

SEC 9 T10S R 1W, Lafayette, MS

Built 1959 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 20

TANGLEWOOD ROAD

Poor

Over: BALA CHITTO CREEK

SEC 15 T 2N R 8E B, Pike, MS

Built 1972 Load: 8.3 t ADT: 175

CO RD 46

Poor

Over: BCH OF PEACHAHALA

SEC 22 T17N R 4E, Carroll, MS

Built 1968 Load: 8.4 t ADT: 10

BARLOW DR

Poor

Over: POTTER CR

SEC 10 T13N R 5E, Hinds, MS

Built 1970 Load: 8.4 t ADT: 2

PARK ALG RV ACC

Poor

Over: CAMP CREEK

SEC 8 T 7S R 3E, Union, MS

Built 1998 Load: 8.4 t ADT: 75

CR 266

Poor

Over: CK FROM MOOREHEAD LAKE

SEC 32 T11S R 1W, Calhoun, MS

Built 1999 Load: 8.5 t ADT: 60

CO RD 22

Poor

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

SEC 4 T17N R 5E, Carroll, MS

Built 1950 Load: 8.5 t ADT: 20

OPELOUSA LN NW

Poor

Over: DRAINAGE

SEC 16 T 7N R 7E, Lincoln, MS

Built 1979 Load: 8.5 t ADT: 20

COMPRESS ROAD

Poor

Over: PORTER CREEK

SEC 33 T 6S R 7W B, Panola, MS

Built 1945 Load: 8.5 t ADT: 720

BURDETT ROAD

Poor

Over: CROOKED CREEK

SEC_25_T 7S_R 8W, Panola, MS

Built 1976 Load: 8.5 t ADT: 60

RF HOLLY BLUFF RD

Poor

Over: CYPRESS BEND SLOUGH

SEC 28 T12N R 6W B, Sharkey, MS

Built 1972 Load: 8.6 t ADT: 520

Showing 16,201-16,250 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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