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Back Road over Drainage Ditch

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

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

Back Road over Drainage Ditch in Tallahatchie 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 2 (critical condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1978, making it 47 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 32 of the 156 inventoried bridges in Tallahatchie County rated poor (20.5%); 32 (20.5%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 21 ft
Location	Sec 8 T26N R 2E
NBI structure number	SA6800000000117
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SR 32 over Tillatoba Creek	1986	4,800	Fair
US 49 over Hopson Bayou	2021	3,700	Good
SR 32 over Hunter Creek	1989	3,700	Good
US 49E over South Quiver River	1965	3,100	Good
SR 32 over Tippo Bayou	2018	2,000	Good
SR 32 over Relief Opening	1949	2,000	Good