Bridge conditions in Yazoo County, Mississippi

268 inventoried bridges · 35 rated poor · 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Yazoo County has 35 bridges rated poor out of 268 inventoried, a 13.1% share that puts it well above the national rate of about 7%.

35 of the 268 bridges in Yazoo County, Mississippi, are rated in poor condition (13.1%) in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory, as of August 20, 2026.
71 bridges (26.5%) are rated good and 162 (60.4%) fair.
The median Yazoo County bridge was built in 1988.
The busiest poor-rated bridge is SR 16 over Big Black River (built 1960), carrying about 4,400 vehicles a day.

Good 26.5% · Fair 60.4% · Poor 13.1% of 268 bridges

Bridges rated poor

Every bridge in the county with a poor rating, busiest first. Poor means a major component is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale; it is a repair flag, not a closure notice.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SR 16 over Big Black River	1960	4,400	Poor
SR 16 over Pepper Creek	1976	3,700	Poor
SR 16/SR 149 over Relief	1959	1,900	Poor
SR 3 over Creek	1940	1,600	Poor
SR 3 over Oneil Creek	1978	1,600	Poor
SR 3 over Short Creek	1963	1,600	Poor
Satartia Road over Silver Creek	1975	570	Poor
Vaughan Road over Pepper Creek	1976	480	Poor
Scotland Road over Walesheba Creek	1988	340	Poor
Old Highway 49S over Mound Creek	1940	180	Poor
Chew Forks Road over Piney Creek	1991	150	Poor
Old Highway 49 over Thompsom Creek	1994	140	Poor
Pearce Road over Techeva Creek	1991	120	Poor
Myrleville Road over Cypress Creek	1994	80	Poor
Nod Road over Walesheba Creek	1958	80	Poor
Bend Road over Ellison Creek	1970	80	Poor
Johnston Road over Piney Creek	1991	60	Poor
Piney Springs Road over Creek	1994	60	Poor
Shannon Bottom Rd over Creek	2006	60	Poor
Strickland Road over Hurricane Creek	1997	60	Poor
Beale Road over Hurricane Creek	2000	60	Poor
Waller Road over Piney Creek	1994	60	Poor
Vandevere Road over Creek	1999	60	Poor
Locust Grove Road over Techeva Creek	2019	60	Poor
Piney Springs Road over Creek	1994	50	Poor
Green Road over Walesheba Creek	1994	40	Poor
Steve Johnson Road over Walesheba Creek	1992	40	Poor
Moore Road over Ellison Creek	1997	40	Poor
Goodwin Road over Dranage Canal	1993	40	Poor
Link Road over Creek	1974	30	Poor
Providence Road over Thompson Creek	1979	30	Poor
Cessna Road over Thompson Creek	2004	30	Poor
Kirk Road over Indian Creek	1976	20	Poor
Greer Road over Vaughan Creek	1996	20	Poor
Leeaubre Lane over Turkeyfoot Branch	1965	10	Poor

Busiest bridges in the county

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 55 over Vaughan Creek	1971	20,000	Good
US 49 over Willis Creek	1940	17,000	Good
US 49 over Creek	1976	13,000	Fair
US 49 over Short Creek	1936	13,000	Good
US 49 over Relief	1978	12,000	Good
US 49 over Relief	1978	12,000	Good
US 49 over Relief	1978	12,000	Good
US 49 over Creek	1978	12,000	Good
US 49 over Creek	1936	12,000	Good
I 55 over Relief Slough	1969	10,000	Fair

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025. Counts cover inventoried highway bridges over 20 feet; ratings are reported by the state DOT.

Every bridge in Yazoo County → - all 268, busiest first, each with its own condition record.

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Background: how bridge ratings work · what "poor" and "structurally deficient" actually mean · how often bridges are inspected.