Total bridges
682
Public highway bridges in Caddo County
County profile · official public datasets
Caddo County, LA
682 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 39.9% rated Good, 53.7% Fair, 6.5% Poor.
- 682
- Public bridges
- 39.9%
- Good condition
- 6.5%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Caddo County posts a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across large county bridge inventory.
- Top 17%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 6.5%
- Poor-condition share
- 682
- public highway bridges
- 1986
- 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.
Caddo County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Caddo County ranks #11 of 64 Louisiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 6.5%). Caddo County, Louisiana contains 682 public highway bridges. Roughly 39.9% are rated “Good,” 53.7% “Fair,” and 6.5% “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
39.9%
272 of 682 rated 7-9
Fair condition
53.7%
366 of 682 rated 5-6
Poor condition
6.5%
44 of 682 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#11 of 64
Among Louisiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 682 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 39.9% (272)
Fair 53.7% (366)
Poor 6.5% (44)
Caddo County's Poor-condition bridges carry 957,768 vehicle crossings a day
That is 7.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 6.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 21,767 crossings a day against 20,351 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 678 of 682 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
24.6% of Caddo County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
168 of the 682 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 39.9% 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 10.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
I0020 over M.P. RR, built 1965, carries 98,318 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 44-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 957,768 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Caddo County's bridges were built
682 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 3
1920–1929
3 bridges
- 1930s 9
1930–1939
9 bridges
- 1940s 11
1940–1949
11 bridges
- 1950s 32
1950–1959
32 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
93 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
79 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
155 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
140 bridges
- 2000s 37
2000–2009
37 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
111 bridges
- 2020s 12
2020–2029
12 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 155 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1986) matches the Louisiana average (1982).
How Caddo County compares with Louisiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Louisiana counties nearest Caddo County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 6.5% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1986 against a peer-group mean of 1981 is 5 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 63 Louisiana counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caddo County (this page) | 682 | 39.9% | 53.7% | 6.5% | 1986 |
| East Baton Rouge County | 548 | 41.8% | 38.5% | 19.7% | 1980 |
| Rapides County | 523 | 53.3% | 39.6% | 7.1% | 1987 |
| Tangipahoa County | 477 | 40.7% | 45.9% | 13.4% | 1977 |
| Calcasieu County | 463 | 19% | 73% | 8% | 1983 |
| Orleans County | 382 | 43.7% | 46.3% | 9.9% | 1976 |
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 Caddo 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 Caddo County, both outside Louisiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside LA (682 bridges here).
- Honolulu County, HI · 682 bridges
- Chester County, PA · 680 bridges
- El Paso County, CO · 686 bridges
- Broward County, FL · 686 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside LA (1986 here).
- El Paso County, TX · avg 1986 · 783 bridges
- Weld County, CO · avg 1986 · 614 bridges
- Polk County, IA · avg 1986 · 545 bridges
- Canadian County, OK · avg 1986 · 493 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (272)
OLD BLANCHARD RD
GoodOver: CROSS BAYOU
0.39 MI SOUTH OF LA 173, Caddo, LA
Built 1987 Load: 12.6 t ADT: 6,323
PINE HILL ROAD
GoodOver: McCAIN CREEK
1.6 MI W OF LA 1, Caddo, LA
Built 2020 Load: 17.5 t ADT: 1,172
LINE AVE
GoodOver: OCKLEY DITCH
1.8 MI NO OF LA 511, Caddo, LA
Built 1996 Load: 18.5 t ADT: 18,000
Dinkins Drive
GoodOver: DINKINS DR.@MO.PAC.RR
0.3 MI.S. LA.511, Caddo, LA
Built 1982 Load: 18.8 t ADT: 259
PINES RD
GoodOver: GILMER BAYOU
0.3 MI. SO. OF LA 51, Caddo, LA
Built 1969 Load: 19.4 t ADT: 2,000
West Lakeshore Dr
GoodOver: SHETTLEWORTH BAYOU
3.5 MI. SW OF BLANCHARD, Caddo, LA
Built 1998 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 100
Blanchard Latex Rd
GoodOver: FORONEY BAYOU
2.0M EAST OF LA 169, Caddo, LA
Built 1991 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 39
Roy Rd
GoodOver: LOGAN BAYOU
1.4 MI. NO. OF LA 173, Caddo, LA
Built 1982 Load: 20.7 t ADT: 200
UNITED GAS RD NO 3
GoodOver: BLACK BAYOU TRIB
1.0 M EAST OF LA 1, Caddo, LA
Built 1991 Load: 20.7 t ADT: 39
COLUMBIA STREET
GoodOver: GILBERT DITCH
0.1 MI E OF LINE AVENUE, Caddo, LA
Built 1998 Load: 21.1 t
Haygood Rd
GoodOver: HAYGOOD RD COTTONWOOD B
.2 MI N OF LA 173, Caddo, LA
Built 1992 Load: 21.1 t ADT: 57
Rains School Rd
GoodOver: TRIBUTARY TO BLACK BAYOU
0.75 MI. SOUTH OF LA 170, Caddo, LA
Built 1999 Load: 21.1 t ADT: 38
Mailbox Rd
GoodOver: TRIB TO BLACK BAYOU
1.8 MI. NORTH OF LA 170, Caddo, LA
Built 2002 Load: 21.1 t ADT: 38
Hosston Rodessa Rd
GoodOver: BLACK BAYOU TRIB
0.25 MI WEST OF US HWY 72, Caddo, LA
Built 1989 Load: 21.1 t ADT: 59
United Gas Rd No 1
GoodOver: BLACK BAYOU TRIB
0.2M SOUTH OF LA 168, Caddo, LA
Built 1992 Load: 21.1 t ADT: 38
West Lakeshore Dr
GoodOver: TRIBUTARY TO CROSS LAKE
0.3 MI W OF N LAKESHORE, Caddo, LA
Built 2001 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 38
Hosston Rodessa Rd
GoodOver: TRIBUTARY TO BIG BRANCH
3.25 MI W. OF HWY. 71, Caddo, LA
Built 1987 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 40
White Springs Rd
GoodOver: WALLACE BAYOU
0.5 SW OF CADDO RD 26 (EL, Caddo, LA
Built 2010 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 200
I0049
GoodOver: LA 3132/RAMPS/T&P RR
1.35M NORTH OF LA 526, Caddo, LA
Built 1991 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 28,142
WOOLWORTH RD
GoodOver: TRIB TO GILMER BAYOU
0.2 MI. S. OF LA 526, Caddo, LA
Built 2016 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 4,482
WEST 72nd
GoodOver: 71ST STREET DITCH
0.03 MI E OF LINWOOD AVE, Caddo, LA
Built 1987 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 152
LA0001
GoodOver: CREEK
.1 MI NORTH OF LA 173, Caddo, LA
Built 1940 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 14,847
Ida Missionary Rd
GoodOver: KELLY BAYOU
1.8M EAST OF US 71, Caddo, LA
Built 1994 Load: 23.3 t ADT: 200
US0080
GoodOver: UPRR
0.41 MI. E. OF I-20, Caddo, LA
Built 2016 Load: 23.7 t ADT: 11,342
I0049
GoodOver: MYRA-MIRTUS RD
I-49 OVER MYRA-MYRTIS RD, Caddo, LA
Built 2014 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 53,023
I0049
GoodOver: MYRA-MYRTIS RD
I-49 OVER MYRA-MYRTIS RD, Caddo, LA
Built 2014 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 6,846
LA3132
GoodOver: LA 526 BERT KOUNS IND. L
0.7 MI. E. OF LA 523, Caddo, LA
Built 2007 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 53,886
Robson Rd
GoodOver: CHICO BAYOU RELIEF
1.0 MI SW OF LA 1, Caddo, LA
Built 1997 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 150
Blanchard Latex Rd
GoodOver: TR TO SHETTLEWORTH BAYOU
0.3 MI. EAST OF LA 169, Caddo, LA
Built 2000 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 76
LA0001
GoodOver: MAHLIN BAYOU
.6 MI NORTH OF LA 173, Caddo, LA
Built 1940 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 9,576
I0049
GoodOver: SWIFT BAYOU CANAL
I-49 / LA 530 INTG., Caddo, LA
Built 2013 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 8,115
OCKLEY DRIVE
GoodOver: BAYOU PIERRE
0.9 MI WEST OF LA 1, Caddo, LA
Built 1991 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 2,558
Keithvil-Keatchie
GoodOver: FOSTER CREEK
5.0 MI NORTH OF LA 789, Caddo, LA
Built 1993 Load: 26.6 t ADT: 100
Springridge-Texas
GoodOver: Mill Creek
1.3 MI.EAST OF TEXAS, Caddo, LA
Built 1976 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 5,102
BAIRD ROAD
GoodOver: SUMMER GROVE DITCH
0.9 MI. EAST OF US 171, Caddo, LA
Built 2003 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 4,720
WALDEN FERRY RD
GoodOver: CROSS BAYOU
.86 MI. WEST OF US 80, Caddo, LA
Built 1997 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 57
Clyde Fant Parkway
GoodOver: Clyde Fant Pkwy Ramps
0.4 Mi. S of Jack Wells B, Caddo, LA
Built 1998 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 11,190
United Gas Rd
GoodOver: TRIBUTARY TO BLACK BAYOU
0.8 MI SOUTH OF LA 168, Caddo, LA
Built 1995 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 38
MUNNERLYN CHAPEL
GoodOver: I0049
1.3 MILES WEST OF JCT OF, Caddo, LA
Built 2011 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 10,262
I0049
GoodOver: TRINITY BAYOU
0.2 M. N. OF LA 169, Caddo, LA
Built 2013 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 8,115
LINWOOD AVE
GoodOver: TRBY TO BRUSH BAYOU
0.2 MI. SO. OF LA 511, Caddo, LA
Built 1983 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 14,042
LA0511
GoodOver: DRAINAGE
.6 MI EAST OF LA 1, Caddo, LA
Built 1969 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 18,491
I0049
GoodOver: I-49 OVER 63RD. STREET
I-49 @ 63RD ST (Loc Rd), Caddo, LA
Built 1988 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 87,568
North Lakeshore Dr
GoodOver: TRIBUTARY TO CROSS LAKE
2.6 MI SW OF LA 173, Caddo, LA
Built 1992 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 76
SOUTH LAKESHORE DR
GoodOver: CROSS BAYOU
2.6 MI E OF LA 169, Caddo, LA
Built 1984 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 475
North Lakeshore Dr
GoodOver: JOHNSONS ARM
2.2 MI SW OF LA 173, Caddo, LA
Built 1992 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 152
I0049
GoodOver: US79-80 I20 & RRS
.54 M. NO OF US 80, Caddo, LA
Built 1993 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 78,214
SOUTH LAKESHORE DR
GoodOver: PAGE BAYOU
4.1 MI E OF LA 169, Caddo, LA
Built 1982 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 475
Hosston Rodessa Rd
GoodOver: TRIB.TO BLACKLAKE BAYOU
2.0 M. W. OF US 71, Caddo, LA
Built 1998 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 57
Mira Scotts Slu
GoodOver: KELLY BAYOU
1.0 M EAST OF US 71, Caddo, LA
Built 1989 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 150
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