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Moorehead Road over Tippah River

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

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

Moorehead Road over Tippah River in Benton County, Mississippi, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 2 (critical condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1965, making it 60 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 40 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 6 of the 104 inventoried bridges in Benton County rated poor (5.8%); 6 (5.8%) 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	Concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 153 ft
Location	Sec 30 T 5S R 1E B
NBI structure number	SA0500000000048
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 22 over Peachahalee Creek	1993	10,500	Good
I 22 over Peachahalee Creek	1993	10,500	Fair
I 22 over SR 178	1993	10,500	Good
I 22 over SR 178	1993	10,500	Good
I 22 over Spruce Burlington N RR	1993	10,000	Good
I 22 over Spruce Burlington N RR	1993	10,000	Fair