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SR 39 over Pawticfaw Creek

Kemper County, Mississippi · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

SR 39 over Pawticfaw Creek in Kemper County, Mississippi, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1950, making it 75 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,700 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 7 of the 211 inventoried bridges in Kemper County rated poor (3.3%); 7 (3.3%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 180 ft
Location	6.3 Mi N Lauderdale Cl
NBI structure number	310003903502130
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 45 over Stream	1986	5,400	Good
US 45 over Ditch	1986	5,400	Good
US 45 over Stream	1986	5,300	Good
SR 16 over Old Creek	1968	2,900	Good
SR 16 over Ditch	1968	2,900	Good
US 45 over Wahalak Creek Relief	1997	2,800	Good