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Whetstone Road over Dry Fork Creek

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

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

Whetstone Road over Dry Fork Creek in Wilkinson 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 1940, making it 85 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 50 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2013).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 8 of the 92 inventoried bridges in Wilkinson County rated poor (8.7%); 8 (8.7%) 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 113 ft
Location	Sec 9 T 2N R 1W
NBI structure number	SA7900000000028
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 61 over Fords Creek	1999	2,450	Good
US 61 over Fords Creek	2000	2,450	Good
US 61 over Buffalo River	1989	2,450	Good
US 61 over Buffalo River	1996	2,450	Good
US 61 over Buffalo River Relief	1989	2,450	Good
US 61 over Buffalo River Relief	1996	2,450	Good