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Sunlight Road over Branch

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

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

Sunlight Road over Branch in Walthall 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 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1960, making it 65 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 60 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 2 of the 157 inventoried bridges in Walthall County rated poor (1.3%); 2 (1.3%) 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 20 ft
Location	Sec 36 T 1N R13E
NBI structure number	SA7400000000124
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 98 over Sweetwater Creek	1938	8,100	Good
US 98 over Sweetwater Creek	1938	8,100	Good
US 98 over Unnamed Stream	1938	7,700	Good
SR 48 over Magee Creek	1939	6,300	Fair
SR 27 over Unnamed Stream	1948	5,700	Good
SR 27 over Unnamed Stream	1976	4,800	Good