Total bridges
190
Public highway bridges in Bienville County
County profile · official public datasets
Bienville County, LA
190 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 20% rated Good, 51.6% Fair, 28.4% Poor.
- 190
- Public bridges
- 20%
- Good condition
- 28.4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Bienville County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 63rd
- of 64 on Poor share
- 28.4%
- Poor-condition share
- 190
- public highway bridges
- 1979
- avg year built
Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.
Bienville County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Bienville County ranks #63 of 64 Louisiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 28.4%). Bienville County, Louisiana contains 190 public highway bridges. Roughly 20% are rated “Good,” 51.6% “Fair,” and 28.4% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.
Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.
Good condition
20%
38 of 190 rated 7-9
Fair condition
51.6%
98 of 190 rated 5-6
Poor condition
28.4%
54 of 190 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#63 of 64
Among Louisiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 190 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 20% (38)
Fair 51.6% (98)
Poor 28.4% (54)
Bienville County's Poor-condition bridges carry 118,404 vehicle crossings a day
That is 11.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 28.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,193 crossings a day against 642 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.
Computed over the 190 of 190 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
41.6% of Bienville County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
79 of the 190 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 20% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.
Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
One structure carries 31.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
I0020 over CROWS CR RELIEF, built 1960, carries 37,514 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 54-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 118,404 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Bienville County's bridges were built
190 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 2
1920–1929
2 bridges
- 1930s 1
1930–1939
1 bridges
- 1940s 5
1940–1949
5 bridges
- 1950s 9
1950–1959
9 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
44 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
46 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
34 bridges
- 1990s 13
1990–1999
13 bridges
- 2000s 9
2000–2009
9 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
22 bridges
- 2020s 5
2020–2029
5 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 46 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 24.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1979) matches the Louisiana average (1982).
How Bienville County compares with Louisiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Louisiana counties nearest Bienville County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 28.4% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1979 against a peer-group mean of 1981 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 63 Louisiana counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Soto County | 201 | 27.9% | 67.2% | 5% | 1980 |
| LaSalle County | 195 | 60% | 34.4% | 5.6% | 1983 |
| Sabine County | 195 | 57.4% | 31.8% | 10.8% | 1983 |
| Webster County | 194 | 21.6% | 53.1% | 25.3% | 1975 |
| Bienville County (this page) | 190 | 20% | 51.6% | 28.4% | 1979 |
| Allen County | 178 | 15.2% | 72.5% | 12.4% | 1983 |
Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Bienville County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Bienville County, both outside Louisiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside LA (190 bridges here).
- Clinton County, IL · 190 bridges
- Wapello County, IA · 190 bridges
- Webster County, IA · 190 bridges
- Lincoln County, MT · 190 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside LA (1979 here).
- Pima County, AZ · avg 1979 · 1,150 bridges
- Jefferson County, KY · avg 1979 · 662 bridges
- Spartanburg County, SC · avg 1979 · 638 bridges
- McPherson County, KS · avg 1979 · 586 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (190)
LA0154
FairOver: CREEK
0.8 MI N. of LA 516, Bienville, LA
Built 1972 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 429
LA0793
FairOver: SLOUGH
.93 MI WEST OF LA 794, Bienville, LA
Built 1977 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 125
LA0154
FairOver: BLACK LAKE RELIEF
.57 MI NORTH OF US 80, Bienville, LA
Built 1971 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 1,489
LA0009
FairOver: LA 9 OVER I-20 @ ARCADIA
0.5 MI N. OF US 80, Bienville, LA
Built 1964 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 4,151
LA0517
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
0.06 MI W JCT LA 9, Bienville, LA
Built 1983 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 301
LA0516
FairOver: CREEK
2.64 MI EAST OF LA 154, Bienville, LA
Built 1980 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 178
LA0790
FairOver: GRAND BAYOU
0.5 MI WEST OF US 371, Bienville, LA
Built 1983 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 50
Pleasant Rd
FairOver: FOUR MILE BAYOU
1.8 MI N.E. OF LA 4, Bienville, LA
Built 1986 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 70
Bear Creek Rd
FairOver: BEAR CREEK ROAD
1.9 MI NORTH OF LA 507, Bienville, LA
Built 1986 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 150
LA0516
FairOver: DAVIS CREEK
1.4 MI EAST OF US 371, Bienville, LA
Built 1961 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 177
I0020
FairOver: BEAR CR RELIEF
.32 MI EAST OF US 80, Bienville, LA
Built 1964 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 37,514
I0020
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
.54 MI EAST OF US 80, Bienville, LA
Built 1964 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 37,514
I0020
FairOver: CANEY CREEK
3.5 MI EAST OF US 80, Bienville, LA
Built 1964 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 37,514
I0020
FairOver: CANEY CREEK
3.5 MI EAST OF US 80, Bienville, LA
Built 1964 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 37,514
I0020
FairOver: DRAIN
3.9 MI EAST OF US 80, Bienville, LA
Built 1964 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 37,514
I0020
FairOver: DRAIN
3.9 MI EAST OF US 80, Bienville, LA
Built 1964 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 37,514
I0020
FairOver: BLACK LAKE CREEK
1.31 M WEST OF JCT OF LA9, Bienville, LA
Built 1964 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 37,514
I0020
FairOver: BLACK LAKE CREEK
1.31 M WEST OF JCT OF LA9, Bienville, LA
Built 1964 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 37,514
US0080
FairOver: BEAR CREEK
1.0 MI SOUTH OF I-20, Bienville, LA
Built 1984 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 780
US0080
FairOver: LEATHERMAN CREEK
4.0 MI SOUTH OF I-20, Bienville, LA
Built 1984 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 780
US0080
FairOver: BRINSON CREEK
4.8 MI SOUTH OF I-20, Bienville, LA
Built 1984 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 780
US0080
FairOver: BLACK LAKE CREEK
5.2 MI SOUTH OF I-20, Bienville, LA
Built 1984 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 780
LA0004
FairOver: BLACK LAKE BAYOU
6.3 MI EAST OF LA 154, Bienville, LA
Built 1982 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,087
LA0004
FairOver: BLACK LAKE BAYOU RELIEF
6.7 MI EAST OF LA 154, Bienville, LA
Built 1982 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,087
LA0004
FairOver: SLOUGH BRIDGE
7.0 MI EAST OF LA 154, Bienville, LA
Built 1982 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,087
LA0507
FairOver: KEPLER CREEK
2.9 MI EAST OF LA 154, Bienville, LA
Built 1986 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 396
LA0507
FairOver: SALINE BAYOU
1.0 MILE EAST OF LA HWY 9, Bienville, LA
Built 1986 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 540
LA0793
FairOver: CROWS CREEK
2.0 MI WEST OF LA 794, Bienville, LA
Built 1986 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 125
LA0009
FairOver: BLACK LAKE CREEK
1.2 MI NORTH OF I-20, Bienville, LA
Built 1975 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 2,360
LA0153
FairOver: CASTOR CREEK
8.34 MI NORTH OF LA 155, Bienville, LA
Built 1974 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,377
LA0153
FairOver: CASTOR CR. RELIEF
8.62 MI NORTH OF LA 155, Bienville, LA
Built 1974 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,377
I0020
FairOver: LEATHERMAN CREEK
1.86 MI WEST OF LA 154, Bienville, LA
Built 1964 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 37,514
I0020
FairOver: LEATHERMAN CREEK
1.86 MI WEST OF LA 154, Bienville, LA
Built 1964 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 37,514
US0080
FairOver: BLACK LAKE CREEK
4.67 MI E. OF LA 154, Bienville, LA
Built 1995 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 2,140
US0080
FairOver: SALINE BAYOU RELIEF
1.02 MI. E. OF JUNC. LA 9, Bienville, LA
Built 1995 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 2,378
US0080
FairOver: SALINE BAYOU
1.62 MI. E. OF JUNC. LA 9, Bienville, LA
Built 1995 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 2,378
LA0154
FairOver: BLACK LAKE CREEK
.64 MI NORTH OF US 80, Bienville, LA
Built 1971 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 1,489
I0020
FairOver: BEAR CR RELIEF
.32 MI EAST OF US 80, Bienville, LA
Built 1964 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 37,514
I0020
FairOver: SALINE BAYOU
3.1 MI EAST OF LA 9, Bienville, LA
Built 1963 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 37,514
LA0154
FairOver: BRANCH
0.18 MI S OF LA 516, Bienville, LA
Built 1951 Load: 50.5 t ADT: 429
I0020
FairOver: BLACK LAKE BAYOU
.01 MI EAST WEBSTER/BIENV, Bienville, LA
Built 1960 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 37,514
I0020
FairOver: BLACK LAKE BAYOU
.01 MI EAST WEBSTER/BIENV, Bienville, LA
Built 1960 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 37,514
I0020
FairOver: CROWS CR RELIEF
0.30M EAST WEBSTER PH, Bienville, LA
Built 1960 Load: 51.7 t ADT: 37,514
LA0004
FairOver: CARTER BRANCH
6.78 MI NE JCT US 71, Bienville, LA
Built 1983 Load: 55.7 t ADT: 1,270
Punkin Center Rd
FairOver: TOPY CREEK
3.0 MI. EAST OF LA 153, Bienville, LA
Built 1986 Load: 56.7 t ADT: 120
LA0796
FairOver: DUKEDALL CREEK
0.23 MI E OF LA 508, Bienville, LA
Built 1989 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 472
LA0507
FairOver: BLACKLAKE BAYOU RELIEF
4.31 MI WEST OF LA 153, Bienville, LA
Built 2000 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 582
LA0154
FairOver: CANAL
9.00 MI EAST OF US 71, Bienville, LA
Built 2003 Load: 74.5 t ADT: 1,559
Madden Mill Crk Rd
GoodOver: MADDEN MILL CREEK
2.6 MI NORTH OF LA 154, Bienville, LA
Built 1986 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 70
Foster Arbor Rd
GoodOver: TOPY CREEK
3.1 MI. WEST OF LA 153, Bienville, LA
Built 2000 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 100
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