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US 45A over Chiwapa Creek Relief

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

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

US 45A over Chiwapa Creek Relief in Lee County, Mississippi, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1996, making it 29 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 6,500 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 250 of the 389 inventoried bridges in Lee County rated good (64.3%); 18 (4.6%) 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 121 ft
Location	0.5 Mi N Chickasaw Cl
NBI structure number	22000450412032B
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 45 over Old Town Creek Relief	1983	37,000	Good
I 22 over Ditch	1982	34,000	Good
I 22 over Boguefala Creek	1982	34,000	Good
I 22 over Ditch	1983	33,000	Good
I 22 over West Tulip Creek	1983	31,000	Good
I 22 over Middle Tulip Creek	1983	31,000	Good