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Howard Road over Bear Pen Canal

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

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

Howard Road over Bear Pen Canal in Bolivar County, Mississippi, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1993, making it 32 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 175 of the 271 inventoried bridges in Bolivar County rated fair (64.6%); 28 (10.3%) 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 47 ft
Location	Sec 11 T21N R 6W
NBI structure number	SA0600000000043
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 61 over Jones Bayou	1980	11,000	Fair
US 61 over Porters Bayou	1980	10,000	Fair
US 61 over Silver Bayou	1980	10,000	Fair
US 61 over Drainage Canal	2000	9,700	Fair
SR 8 over Creek	1940	9,500	Fair
SR 8 over Lead Bayou	1940	9,500	Fair