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SR 178 over Mud Creek

Union County, Mississippi · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

SR 178 over Mud Creek in Union County, Mississippi, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1938, making it 87 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 106 of the 203 inventoried bridges in Union County rated fair (52.2%); 3 (1.5%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 149 ft
Location	4.8 Mi E Benton Cl
NBI structure number	210007807305840
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 22 over Sand Creek	1979	29,000	Good
I 22 over Okannattie Creek W B	1979	29,000	Good
I 22 over Okannattie Creek Relief	1979	29,000	Good
I 22 over Okannattie Creek Relief	1979	29,000	Good
I 22 over Tallahatchie River	1965	28,000	Fair
I 22 over Creek	1976	28,000	Fair