13% of Mississippi's 17,091 bridges are structurally deficient, meaning key elements are in poor condition. 8% are functionally obsolete as they do not meet current design standards. It would cost an estimated $4.7 billion to repair 7,500 deficient bridges in the state. The top 10 most traveled structurally deficient bridges include two interstate bridges built in the 1970s that carry over 29,000 vehicles daily.

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Highlights from FHWA’s 2014 National Bridge Inventory Data:
 Of the 17,091 bridges in the state, 2,275 bridges, or 13% are classified as structurally deficient.
This means one or more of the key bridge elements, such as the deck, superstructure or
substructure, is considered to be in “poor” or worse condition.1
 There are 1,290 bridges, or 8% of all state bridges, classified as functionally obsolete. This
means the bridge does not meet design standards that are in line with current practice.
 State and local contract awards for bridge construction totaled $665.43 million over the past
five years, 21 percent of highway and bridge contract awards, compared to a national average of
29 percent.
 Since 2004, 1,758 new bridges have been constructed in the state and 111 bridges have
undergone major reconstruction.
 The state estimates that it would cost approximately $4.7 billion to fix a total of 7,500 bridges in
the state.2
Bridge Inventory:
All Bridges Structurally deficient Bridges
Type of Bridge
Total
Number
Area (sq.
meters)
Daily
Crossings
Total
Number
Area (sq.
meters)
Daily
Crossings
Rural Bridges
Interstate 482 658,901 6,714,960 2 494 53,000
Other principal arterial 1,409 1,659,720 8,230,590 26 23,953 138,400
Minor arterial 1,380 906,097 4,359,396 46 27,233 106,490
Major collector 3,896 1,545,864 4,491,880 409 129,538 392,230
Minor collector 838 291,454 711,978 54 11,686 15,506
Local 7,388 1,644,054 1,527,000 1,626 230,157 181,264
Urban Bridges
Interstate 298 671,945 8,692,890 1 66,698 29,400
Other freeway 109 201,366 1,422,550 1 1,416 7,500
Principal arterial 394 922,144 5,108,194 14 10,478 118,700
Minor arterial 217 182,507 1,623,157 18 7,211 108,935
Collector 287 120,882 995,582 24 6,463 78,553
Rural 393 102,095 433,739 54 7,831 32,049
Total 17,091 8,907,029 44,311,916 2,275 523,160 1,262,027
1
According to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), a bridge is classified as structurally deficient if the condition rating for the deck,
superstructure, substructure or culvert and retaining walls is rated 4 or below or if the bridge receives an appraisal rating of 2 or less for
structural condition or waterway adequacy. During inspections, the condition of a variety of bridge elements are rated on a scale of 0 (failed
condition) to 9 (excellent condition). A rating of 4 is considered “poor” condition and the individual element displays signs of advanced section
loss, deterioration, spalling or scour.
2
This data is provided by bridge owners as part of the FHWA data and is required for any bridge eligible for the Highway Bridge Replacement
and Rehabilitation Program. However, for some states this amount is very low and likely not an accurate reflection of current costs.
State Bridge Profile
Mississippi

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Proposed bridge work:
Type of Work Number Cost (millions) Daily Crossings Area (sq. meters)
Bridge replacement 5,470 $3,187.7 6,577,147 1,568,352
Widening & rehabilitation 1,114 $397.3 7,772,660 752,585
Rehabilitation 534 $78.7 496,804 123,206
Deck rehabilitation/replacement 85 $19.4 234,227 26,982
Other work 297 $1,009.4 434,428 115,674
Top 10 Most Traveled Structurally Deficient Bridges in the State:
County
Year
Built
Daily
Crossings
Type of Bridge Location
Jackson 1977 39,000 Rural Interstate I-10 over a stream
Warren 1973 29,400 Urban Interstate I-20 over the Mississippi River (Vicksburg Bridge)
Harrison 1975 18,000 Urban collector FAS 139 over the Biloxi River
Harrison 1938 17,500
Urban other
principal arterial
US-9 over the Flat Branch
Forrest 1950 16,500
Urban minor
arterial
East Hardy Street over the Leaf River
Pearl River 1948 15,000
Urban other
principal arterial
US-11 over Hobolochitto Creek
Tate 1959 14,000 Rural Interstate I-55 over SR 306
Hinds 1950 14,000
Urban minor
arterial
Monument Street over Town Creek
Harrison 1938 11,000 Rural arterial US-49 over the Little Biloxi River
Coahoma 1936 11,000
Urban other
principal arterial
Second Street over the Sunflower River
Sources: All data is from the 2014 National Bridge Inventory, released by the Federal Highway Administration in January 2015.
Note that specific conditions on bridge may have changed as a result of recent work. Cost estimates of bridge work provided as
part of the data and have been adjusted to 2014$ for inflation and estimated project costs. Contract awards data is for state
and local government awards and comes from McGraw Hill. Note that additional bridge investment may be a part of other
contract awards if a smaller bridge project is included with a highway project, and that would not be accounted for in the total
in this profile.