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

CO RD 70

Poor

Over: BCH OF LITTLE SAND CK

SEC 23 T19N R 4E, Carroll, MS

Built 1970 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 40

RAGGIO-MCREE LANE

Poor

Over: SADDLERS CREEK

SEC 2 T 2N R 4W, Copiah, MS

Built 1940 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 10

CO.ROAD 376

Poor

Over: HUMPHREYS CREEK

SEC 7 T10S R 3W B, Lafayette, MS

Built 1957 Load: 16.4 t ADT: 105

CO RD 211

Poor

Over: BCH OF PELUCIA CREEK

SEC 31 T19N R 4E B, Carroll, MS

Built 1954 Load: 16.5 t ADT: 40

CR 345

Poor

Over: UNAMED BRANCH

SEC 3 T14S R 2E, Chickasaw, MS

Built 2003 Load: 16.5 t ADT: 74

NEAL ROAD

Poor

Over: BEAVER CREEK

SEC 7 T 7N R 9E, Scott, MS

Built 1999 Load: 16.6 t ADT: 50

FAIRFIELD RD

Poor

Over: JORDAN CREEK

SEC 34 T14N R18E B, Noxubee, MS

Built 1974 Load: 16.7 t ADT: 80

WILLIAMS RD

Poor

Over: BUTLER CREEK

SEC 28 T 4N R 2E, Rankin, MS

Built 1997 Load: 16.7 t ADT: 3,600

CR 704

Poor

Over: TOWN CREEK

SEC 33 T 4S R 3E B, Tippah, MS

Built 1955 Load: 16.7 t ADT: 101

PINE ROAD

Poor

Over: LITTLE BYWY CREEK

SEC 19 T18N R10E, Choctaw, MS

Built 1995 Load: 16.8 t ADT: 50

WBORO SHUBUTA RD

Poor

Over: YELLOW CREEK

SEC 18 T 9N R 7W B, Wayne, MS

Built 1958 Load: 16.8 t ADT: 640

MARTHA REDMOND RD.

Poor

Over: SAUCIER CREEK

SEC 27 T 4S R11W, Harrison, MS

Built 1950 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 200

SUMRALL ROAD

Poor

Over: BOUIE CREEK

SEC 29 T 7N R16W, Jefferson Davis, MS

Built 1984 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 120

CHULAHOMA ROAD

Poor

Over: DRY FORK CREEK

SEC 34 T 4S R 4W B, Marshall, MS

Built 1991 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 290

DIXIE FARM ROAD

Poor

Over: DRAINAGE CANAL

SEC 9 T 9N R 4W B, Yazoo, MS

Built 1979 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 150

MORSON RD

Poor

Over: TRIB LYNCH CREEK

SEC 1 T 5N R 1W, Hinds, MS

Built 1965 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 80

STRINGER RD

Poor

Over: WEST FORK CREEK

SEC 22 T 7N R14W B, Jones, MS

Built 1967 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 60

COUNTY RD 58

Poor

Over: BCH OF BILLYS CK

SEC_ 1_T25N_R 5W, Yalobusha, MS

Built 1978 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 20

SR 245

Poor

Over: TALLABINNELA CREEK TRIB

2.4 MI S LEE CL, Chickasaw, MS

Built 1934 Load: 17.3 t ADT: 1,100

MORRISON ROAD

Poor

Over: SMALL STREAM

SEC 15 T 3N R 4W, Hinds, MS

Built 1989 Load: 17.3 t ADT: 140

GREEN TEE ROAD

Poor

Over: BARLEY LAKE BRANCH

SEC 14 T10S R 5E, Lee, MS

Built 1990 Load: 17.3 t ADT: 99

FIRST ROAD WEST

Poor

Over: SMALL DRAIN

SEC 7 T 1N R 7E B, Pike, MS

Built 1965 Load: 17.3 t ADT: 100

PALMETTO ROAD

Poor

Over: COONEWAH CREEK

SEC 23 T10S R 5E B, Lee, MS

Built 1958 Load: 17.4 t ADT: 3,900

JUPITER ROAD

Poor

Over: BRANCH OF STRONG RIVER

SEC 22 T 1N R 3E B, Simpson, MS

Built 1991 Load: 17.4 t ADT: 130

BONNER ROAD

Poor

Over: SHELTON CREEK

SEC 11 T26N R 2E, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1976 Load: 17.4 t ADT: 60

SR 1

Poor

Over: BIG SUNFLOWER RIVER

10.6 MI N SR 322, Coahoma, MS

Built 1959 Load: 17.5 t ADT: 890

ANDERSON RD

Poor

Over: LITTLE BEAVERDAM CREEK

SEC 28 T 9N R 9E B, Copiah, MS

Built 1968 Load: 17.5 t ADT: 80

SEMINRY-SUMRALL RD

Poor

Over: BCH OF BOWIE RIVER

SEC 25 T 6N R16W B, Covington, MS

Built 1974 Load: 17.5 t ADT: 640

JASPER CO. 8

Poor

Over: TALLAHOMA CK SLOUGH

SEC 14 T10N R12W, Jasper, MS

Built 1971 Load: 17.5 t ADT: 440

TEASDALE ROAD

Poor

Over: TILLATOBA CRK

SEC 14 T25N R 2E B, Tallahatchie, MS

Built 1963 Load: 17.5 t ADT: 1,100

MORGAN TOWN ROAD

Poor

Over: NOXUBEE RIVER RELIEF

SEC 31 T17N R13E B, Oktibbeha, MS

Built 1978 Load: 17.6 t ADT: 270

BUCATUNA MILLRY RD

Poor

Over: RED CREEK

SEC 21 T 7N R 5W B, Wayne, MS

Built 1962 Load: 17.6 t ADT: 722

CR 369

Poor

Over: HOOD BRANCH

SEC 7 T22N R 9E, Calhoun, MS

Built 2010 Load: 17.7 t ADT: 50

SULLIVAN DRIVE

Poor

Over: PRIESTS CREEK

SEC 35 T 4N R13W, Forrest, MS

Built 1987 Load: 17.7 t ADT: 480

WBORO SHUBUTA RD

Poor

Over: SANDY CREEK

SEC 34 T 9N R 7W B, Wayne, MS

Built 1957 Load: 17.7 t ADT: 1,698

BECK SPRINGS RD

Poor

Over: CHILLI CREEK

SEC 30 T 4S R 1E B, Benton, MS

Built 1970 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 260

MCCOY LANE NE

Poor

Over: TRIB E BOGUE CHITTO RIV

SEC 10 T 7N R 8E, Lincoln, MS

Built 1996 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 80

COLE DRIVE SE

Poor

Over: BRANCH

SEC 19 T 5N R 9E, Lincoln, MS

Built 1990 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 90

BIG V ROAD

Poor

Over: BRANCH OF OKATOMA CK

SEC 3 T 9N R17W, Covington, MS

Built 1936 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 165

SR 7

Poor

Over: PERRY CREEK

0.1 MI N GRENADA CL, Yalobusha, MS

Built 1953 Load: 18.2 t ADT: 3,900

SR 9

Poor

Over: OLD YALOBUSHA RIVER

3.1 MI E SR 8 WEST, Calhoun, MS

Built 1952 Load: 18.2 t ADT: 3,400

REYNOLDS-EUCUTTA R

Poor

Over: WAGON BRANCH

SEC 2 T 9N R 9W B, Wayne, MS

Built 1963 Load: 18.2 t ADT: 1,100

TUCK WILKES ROAD

Poor

Over: TRIB OF NOXAPATER CREEK

SEC 6 T13N R12E B, Winston, MS

Built 1979 Load: 18.2 t ADT: 90

CHEW FORKS ROAD

Poor

Over: PINEY CREEK

SEC 30 T12N R 1E, Yazoo, MS

Built 1991 Load: 18.2 t ADT: 150

SR 13

Poor

Over: RELIEF

0.2 MI S SR 18, Rankin, MS

Built 1957 Load: 18.3 t ADT: 3,000

HICKORY-FELLOWSHIP

Poor

Over: POTTERCITTO CK RELIEF

SEC 6 T 5N R13E B, Newton, MS

Built 1975 Load: 18.3 t ADT: 520

FOX HALL ROAD

Poor

Over: NEELY CREEK

SEC 10 T 5N R 2E, Rankin, MS

Built 2004 Load: 18.3 t ADT: 2,300

UNION VALLEY ROAD

Poor

Over: RED BANKS CREEK

SEC 9 T 4S R 4W B, Marshall, MS

Built 1968 Load: 18.4 t ADT: 80

FDR 506

Poor

Over: BRANCH OF OTAKOOCHA CREE

NO DATA ENTERED, Jasper, MS

Built 1976 Load: 18.5 t ADT: 50

BETHEL LANE

Poor

Over: TRIB TO LICK CREEK

SEC 11 T10N R 9E, Copiah, MS

Built 2015 Load: 18.5 t ADT: 10

Showing 16,401-16,450 of 16,739 bridges

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