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

BLAZO ROAD

Fair

Over: LARGE DRAIN

SEC 29 T 1N R 9E, Pike, MS

Built 2017 Load: 11.2 t ADT: 55

CR 306

Fair

Over: COLD MILL CREEK

SEC 8 T 2S R10E, Tishomingo, MS

Built 1955 Load: 11.2 t ADT: 60

CO RD 8

Fair

Over: PRYOR CREEK

SEC 25 T21N R 8E B, Webster, MS

Built 1994 Load: 11.2 t ADT: 100

CEDAR ROAD

Fair

Over: WEST BOGUE HASTY CREEK

SEC 26 T23N R 6W, Bolivar, MS

Built 1975 Load: 11.3 t ADT: 60

GUANT ROAD

Fair

Over: CANE BAYOU

SEC 30 T 9N R 7W B, Issaquena, MS

Built 1969 Load: 11.3 t ADT: 50

PEAGRAM ROAD

Fair

Over: CREEK

SEC 18 T 7S R 7W, Panola, MS

Built 1939 Load: 11.3 t ADT: 60

COUNTY ROAD 238

Fair

Over: WILHITE CREEK

SEC 27 T 6S R 4E B, Union, MS

Built 1994 Load: 11.3 t ADT: 40

RICHLAND RD 0953

Fair

Over: CANAL

SEC 21 T16N R 8W, Washington, MS

Built 1999 Load: 11.3 t ADT: 50

ALEXANDER STREET

Fair

Over: ALEX ST / MAIN CANAL

SEC 17 T18N R 8W, Washington, MS

Built 1963 Load: 11.3 t ADT: 5,800

JORDAN SUMRALL RD

Fair

Over: BUCKATUNNA CRK

SEC 17 T 7N R 5W B, Wayne, MS

Built 1950 Load: 11.3 t ADT: 213

SAXTON ROAD

Fair

Over: TECHEVA CREEK

SEC 9 T12N R 1E, Yazoo, MS

Built 2019 Load: 11.3 t ADT: 90

MOON ROAD

Fair

Over: YAZOO PASS

SEC 35 T30N R 3W B, Coahoma, MS

Built 1972 Load: 11.4 t ADT: 800

CASE ROAD

Fair

Over: TRIB TO KING CREEK

SEC 17 T 9N R 8E B, Copiah, MS

Built 2007 Load: 11.4 t ADT: 100

FAS 104

Fair

Over: WOLF RIVER

SEC 11 T 8S R13W B, Harrison, MS

Built 1996 Load: 11.4 t ADT: 3,900

WILSON ROAD SE

Fair

Over: SPLUNGE CREEK

SEC_14_T11S_R10E, Itawamba, MS

Built 1976 Load: 11.4 t ADT: 10

POLASINI LANE

Fair

Over: SIX MILE BAYOU

SEC 2 T18N R 6W, Washington, MS

Built 1960 Load: 11.4 t ADT: 40

LOGAN ROAD

Fair

Over: CREEK

SEC 14 T10N R 3W, Yazoo, MS

Built 1997 Load: 11.4 t ADT: 40

QUITMAN RD

Fair

Over: DITCH

SEC 2 T 8N R 3W B, Adams, MS

Built 1945 Load: 11.5 t ADT: 50

SOUTH BOGUE ROAD

Fair

Over: SNAKE CREEK

SEC 24 T22N R 7W B, Bolivar, MS

Built 1972 Load: 11.5 t ADT: 40

RUDYARD-JONESTOWN

Fair

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

SEC 10 T28N R 3W, Coahoma, MS

Built 1971 Load: 11.5 t ADT: 60

EWING ROAD

Fair

Over: DEER CREEK

SEC 17 T13N R 6W, Sharkey, MS

Built 2008 Load: 11.5 t ADT: 50

COATS ROAD

Fair

Over: OKATOMA CREEK

SEC 10 T10N R17W B, Simpson, MS

Built 1980 Load: 11.5 t ADT: 200

ARTMAN ROAD

Fair

Over: FAIRCHILDS CREEK

SEC 22 T 8N R 2W B, Adams, MS

Built 2017 Load: 11.6 t ADT: 50

COUNTY ROAD 369

Fair

Over: CREEK

SEC 9 T10S R 3W, Lafayette, MS

Built 1997 Load: 11.6 t ADT: 80

JASPER CO 2333

Fair

Over: TRIB OF NUAKFUPPA CREEK

SEC_ 3_T 1N_R11E B, Jasper, MS

Built 2001 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 100

FOSTER ROAD

Fair

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

SEC_35_T 9N_R 4E, Jefferson, MS

Built 1997 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 100

CR 752

Fair

Over: REEDS BRANCH

SEC 29 T10S R 5E B, Lee, MS

Built 1994 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 100

N. COLLEGE ST.

Fair

Over: TUSCUMBIA CREEK

SEC 3 T 5S R 7E, Prentiss, MS

Built 1983 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 1,500

DEWITT FLINT ROAD

Fair

Over: SELLERS CREEK

SEC 18 T 1N R 5E, Simpson, MS

Built 1983 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 120

CO. ROAD 5210

Fair

Over: BCH YOCKANOOKANY RIVER

SEC 11 T14N R 8E, Attala, MS

Built 1994 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 50

BOLIVAR CO LINE RD

Fair

Over: BCH OF PORTER BAYOU

SEC 25 T20N R 6W, Bolivar, MS

Built 1996 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 20

BEASLEY ROAD

Fair

Over: HANGING MOSS CREEK

SEC 5 T 6N R 1E, Hinds, MS

Built 1989 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 7,800

CHERRY ST

Fair

Over: GLASS BAYOU

SEC 13 T16N R 3E, Warren, MS

Built 1910 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 638

WILLIAMS BAYOU RD

Fair

Over: CREEK

SEC 2 T19N R 8W, Washington, MS

Built 1961 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 50

CR 214

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF GREASY CK

SEC 12 T20N R 3E, Carroll, MS

Built 2016 Load: 11.9 t ADT: 25

JASPER CO. 15371

Fair

Over: TRIB OF TALLAHOMO CREEK

SEC 2 T 2N R10E, Jasper, MS

Built 2001 Load: 11.9 t ADT: 10

AUGUSTA RD

Fair

Over: COURTNEY CREEK

SEC 34 T 6N R12W, Jones, MS

Built 1977 Load: 11.9 t ADT: 360

OLD HWY 80 WEST

Fair

Over: CREEK

SEC 22 T 6N R14E, Lauderdale, MS

Built 1924 Load: 11.9 t ADT: 250

HOWARTH ROAD

Fair

Over: WEST BOGUE HASTY CK

SEC 4 T21N R 6W, Bolivar, MS

Built 1994 Load: 12.0 t ADT: 10

CLEVELAND CROSSING

Fair

Over: BCH OF EAST BOGUE HASTY

SEC 18 T22N R 5W, Bolivar, MS

Built 1976 Load: 12.0 t ADT: 300

SUGAR HILL ROAD

Fair

Over: HUSHPUCKENA RIVER

SEC 26 T25N R 6W, Bolivar, MS

Built 1980 Load: 12.0 t ADT: 50

SAND CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: SAND CREEK

SEC 35 T18N R11E, Choctaw, MS

Built 2006 Load: 12.0 t ADT: 50

SYLVARENA ROAD

Fair

Over: BAYOU PIERRE RIVER

SEC 24 T 9N R 7E B, Copiah, MS

Built 1959 Load: 12.0 t ADT: 1,200

PINCHBACK ROAD

Fair

Over: MILLSTONE BAYOU

SEC 10 T16N R 1E, Holmes, MS

Built 1974 Load: 12.0 t ADT: 30

COUNTY ROAD 739

Fair

Over: CUSHTUSIA CREEK

SEC 04 T10N R13E B, Neshoba, MS

Built 2015 Load: 12.0 t ADT: 100

FORDYKE ROAD

Fair

Over: TECHEVA CREEK

SEC 1 T12N R 1E, Yazoo, MS

Built 2020 Load: 12.0 t ADT: 80

PREWITT ROAD

Fair

Over: PORTER BAYOU

SEC 35 T21N R 5W, Bolivar, MS

Built 1970 Load: 12.1 t ADT: 80

GREEN GABLE RD

Fair

Over: BCH OF HARRIS CREEK

SEC 18 T 3N R 1W, Hinds, MS

Built 1969 Load: 12.1 t ADT: 500

FIELD OFF HWY 14

Fair

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

SEC 6 T13N R 4W, Humphreys, MS

Built 1985 Load: 12.1 t ADT: 5

CO.ROAD 485

Fair

Over: DICKEY CREEK

SEC 31 T10S R 2W, Lafayette, MS

Built 1996 Load: 12.1 t ADT: 80

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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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