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US 72 over Tarebreeches Creek

Alcorn County, Mississippi · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

US 72 over Tarebreeches Creek in Alcorn County, Mississippi, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1998, making it 27 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 6,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 133 of the 213 inventoried bridges in Alcorn County rated good (62.4%); 3 (1.4%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 242 ft
Location	6.0 Mi W US 45
NBI structure number	21000720020567B
Condition class	Good

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Mississippi department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 72 over Kcs RR	1976	25,000	Fair
US 72 over US 45	1972	19,000	Good
US 45 over Relief	1937	17,000	Fair
US 72 over Bridge Creek	1960	17,000	Fair
US 72 over Clear Creek	1988	17,000	Good
US 72 over Ditch	1940	17,000	Good