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Broom Road over Branch of Nelson Creek

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

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

Broom Road over Branch of Nelson Creek in Panola 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 1951, making it 74 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 45 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 11 of the 231 inventoried bridges in Panola County rated poor (4.8%); 11 (4.8%) 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	Continuous steel girder and floorbeam
Length	about 38 ft
Location	Sec_ 1_T 7S_R 6W
NBI structure number	SA5400000000026
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 278 over Sand Creek	1939	19,000	Fair
US 278 over Harris Creek	1979	17,000	Fair
I 55 over SR 310	1959	13,500	Good
I 55 over SR 310	1959	13,500	Good
I 55 over Compress Road	1959	13,500	Good
I 55 over Compress Road	1959	13,500	Good