Barnes Road over Steele Bayou

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

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

• Barnes Road over Steele Bayou in Issaquena County, Mississippi, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1981, making it 44 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
• Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
• It is one of 7 of the 19 inventoried bridges in Issaquena County rated good (36.8%); 1 (5.3%) 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.

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

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