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Cemetery Road over Rocky Creek

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

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

Cemetery Road over Rocky Creek in Simpson 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 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1995, making it 30 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 9 of the 198 inventoried bridges in Simpson County rated poor (4.5%); 9 (4.5%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 40 ft
Location	Sec 9 T 2N R 1E
NBI structure number	SA6400000000152
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 49 over Sellers Creek	1965	25,000	Fair
US 49 over Gravel Pit Creek	1965	25,000	Fair
US 49 over Bear Creek	1965	25,000	Good
US 49 over Unnamed Stream	1961	21,000	Fair
US 49 over SR 149 & Cnic RR	1965	12,500	Good
US 49 over SR 149 & Cnic RR	1965	12,500	Good