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Dean Road over Yellow Lake Bayou Cutoff

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

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

Dean Road over Yellow Lake Bayou Cutoff in Quitman 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 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1940, making it 85 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 60 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 6 of the 105 inventoried bridges in Quitman County rated poor (5.7%); 6 (5.7%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 95 ft
Location	Sec 23 T 7S R10W
NBI structure number	SA6000000000012
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/SR 6 over Ashlog Bayou	2017	5,300	Good
US 278/SR 6 over Bobo Bayou	2017	5,300	Good
US 278 over Relief Opening	1940	5,300	Fair
US 278/SR 6 over Onemile Bayou	2017	4,500	Good
US 278/SR 6 over Quitman-panola Ditch	2017	4,500	Good
US 278 over Canal	1940	4,500	Fair