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

CR 166

Fair

Over: TRIB OF HOULKA CK

SEC 17 T14S R 4E, Chickasaw, MS

Built 2003 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 85

CR 166

Fair

Over: TRIB OF HOULKA CK

SEC 17 T14S R 4E, Chickasaw, MS

Built 2003 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 84

CR 248

Fair

Over: TRIB OF CHUQUATONCHEE CK

SEC 20 T14S R 5E, Chickasaw, MS

Built 1995 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 66

CL/CHIC CO LINE RD

Fair

Over: CALLEY CREEK

SEC 31 T14S R 5E, Chickasaw, MS

Built 1993 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 60

CR 65

Fair

Over: CANE CREEK

SEC 13 T15S R 2E, Chickasaw, MS

Built 2003 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 100

CR 419

Fair

Over: TRIB OF CANE CREEK

SEC 15 T15S R 3E B, Chickasaw, MS

Built 2003 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 305

SA090000

Fair

Over: TRIB TO CHICO CREEK

SEC 7 T13S R 3E, Chickasaw, MS

Built 2002 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 129

CR 137

Fair

Over: BCH OF TALLABINELA CREEK

SEC 8 T12S R 5E B, Chickasaw, MS

Built 2005 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 120

CR 79

Fair

Over: TRIB OF CANE CREEK

SEC 28 T14S R 3E, Chickasaw, MS

Built 2005 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 55

CR 248

Fair

Over: TRIB OF CHUQUATONCHEE CK

SEC 17 T14S R 5E, Chickasaw, MS

Built 1995 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 66

WEIR-STEWART ROAD

Fair

Over: RELIEF FOR BYWY CANAL

SEC 14 T18N R 8E B, Choctaw, MS

Built 1989 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 280

TILLMAN RD

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF WILLIS CREEK

SEC 13 T10N R 3E, Claiborne, MS

Built 1982 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 35

GORDON STATION RD

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF BAKERS CREEK

SEC 50 T11N R 2E B, Claiborne, MS

Built 1981 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 250

GORDON STATION RD

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF BAKERS CREEK

SEC 53 T11N R 2E B, Claiborne, MS

Built 1981 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 300

RAILROAD AVE

Fair

Over: TRIB OF CHICAGO BR

SEC 6 T11N R 4E, Claiborne, MS

Built 1987 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 70

WHITE HALL RD

Fair

Over: BARLAND CREEK

SEC 42 T11N R 4E, Claiborne, MS

Built 1982 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 165

ROMOLA RD

Fair

Over: TRIB OF BAYOU PIERRE

SEC 55 T12N R 3E B, Claiborne, MS

Built 1983 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 200

WHITAKER RD

Fair

Over: CLARKS CREEK

SEC 18 T12N R 4E, Claiborne, MS

Built 1973 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 230

RAMOLA RD

Fair

Over: TRIB OF BAYOU PIERRE

SEC 32 T12N R 4E B, Claiborne, MS

Built 1984 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 500

BYRNES ROAD

Fair

Over: TRIB OF BAYOU PIERRE

SEC_ 8_T12N_R 5E, Claiborne, MS

Built 1976 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 20

SHILOH ROAD

Fair

Over: DRAKES BAYOU

SEC_59_T13N_R 3E, Claiborne, MS

Built 1983 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 150

CO RD 140

Fair

Over: ROLLING CREEK

SEC 25 T 3N R15E B, Clarke, MS

Built 1972 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 330

BEASLEY ROAD

Fair

Over: JOHNSON BRANCH

SEC 4 T20N R13E B, Clay, MS

Built 1959 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 570

BEASLEY RD

Fair

Over: BEASLEY BRANCH

SEC 27 T21N R13E B, Clay, MS

Built 1960 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 570

BEASLEY RD

Fair

Over: LINE CREEK SOUTH CANAL

SEC 34 T21N R13E B, Clay, MS

Built 1960 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 570

FURR ROAD

Fair

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

SEC 28 T28N R 2W, Coahoma, MS

Built 1984 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 60

ARBO RD

Fair

Over: OKATOMA CREEK

SEC 20 T 9N R16W, Covington, MS

Built 2005 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 80

BYHALIA ROAD

Fair

Over: SHORT FORK CREEK

SEC 33 T 2S R 6W B, DeSoto, MS

Built 1986 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 3,500

HILLENDALE APTS DR

Fair

Over: GORDONS CREEK

SEC 18 T 4N R13W, Forrest, MS

Built 1979 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 450

MORRISTON ROAD

Fair

Over: TALLAHALA CREEK

SEC 1 T 5N R12W B, Forrest, MS

Built 1981 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 750

ROBERTSON ROAD

Fair

Over: GREENS CREEK

SEC 17 T 5N R12W, Forrest, MS

Built 1991 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 410

ALLEN ROAD

Fair

Over: GOOBER CREEK

SEC 9 T 5N R 5E B, Franklin, MS

Built 1986 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 100

MCCALL CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: LARGE DRAIN

SEC 8 T 7N R 5E B, Franklin, MS

Built 1987 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50

QUENTON ROAD

Fair

Over: LARGE DRAIN

SEC_ 8_T 7N_R 5E, Franklin, MS

Built 1987 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50

CRENSHAW ROAD

Fair

Over: SCARBOROUGH CREEK

SEC 8 T 1S R 5W, George, MS

Built 2003 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 100

MIDWAY CHURCH RD

Fair

Over: UNNAMED BRANCH

SEC 1 T 1N R 8W, Greene, MS

Built 2000 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 50

LAWRENCE LADNER RD

Fair

Over: DRAINAGE

SEC 33 T 6S R14W, Hancock, MS

Built 2022 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 45

NORTH OAKLAWN RD

Fair

Over: CREEK

SEC 9 T 7S R10W, Harrison, MS

Built 1996 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 75

MONCURE RD

Fair

Over: RELIEF FOR PEARL RIVER

SEC 31 T 3N R 1E B, Hinds, MS

Built 1974 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 320

MONCURE RD

Fair

Over: RELIEF FOR PEARL RIVER

SEC 31 T 3N R 1E B, Hinds, MS

Built 1974 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 250

BROZVILLE ROAD

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF HARLAND CRK.

SEC 1 T13N R 1E B, Holmes, MS

Built 1989 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 400

EBENEZER ROAD

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF WILLIAMS CRK.

SEC 11 T14N R 2E B, Holmes, MS

Built 1977 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 720

HOLEMAN ROAD

Fair

Over: CHICOPA CREEK

SEC 7 T16N R 2E, Holmes, MS

Built 1986 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 20

HUNTER ROAD

Fair

Over: TRIB TUPPER BAYOU

SEC 32 T16N R 4W B, Humphreys, MS

Built 2006 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 160

NITA LAKE ROAD

Fair

Over: LICK SKILLET CREEK

SEC 13 T10S R 9E B, Itawamba, MS

Built 1969 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 165

JASPER CO. 24242

Fair

Over: ALLGOOD CREEK

SEC 2 T 4N R13E, Jasper, MS

Built 1998 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 40

JASPER CO. 2420

Fair

Over: LITTLE CREEK

SEC 5 T 4N R13E, Jasper, MS

Built 2002 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 30

GREENS CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: EAST FOLK GREENS CREEK

SEC 17 T 6N R18W B, Jefferson Davis, MS

Built 1988 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 240

HUFF RD.

Fair

Over: SNOWS CREEK

SEC 19 T 7N R13W, Jones, MS

Built 1991 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 20

ZION RD.

Fair

Over: HOUSTON CREEK

SEC 21 T 9N R14E B, Kemper, MS

Built 1993 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 230

Showing 4,701-4,750 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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