Total bridges
463
Public highway bridges in Calcasieu County
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Calcasieu County, LA
463 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 19% rated Good, 73% Fair, 8% Poor.
- 463
- Public bridges
- 19%
- Good condition
- 8%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Calcasieu County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 33%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 8%
- Poor-condition share
- 463
- public highway bridges
- 1983
- 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.
Calcasieu County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Calcasieu County ranks #21 of 64 Louisiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 8%). Calcasieu County, Louisiana contains 463 public highway bridges. Roughly 19% are rated “Good,” 73% “Fair,” and 8% “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
19%
88 of 463 rated 7-9
Fair condition
73%
338 of 463 rated 5-6
Poor condition
8%
37 of 463 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#21 of 64
Among Louisiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 463 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 19% (88)
Fair 73% (338)
Poor 8% (37)
Calcasieu County's Poor-condition bridges carry 328,426 vehicle crossings a day
That is 6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 9,384 crossings a day against 6,506 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 461 of 463 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
40.4% of Calcasieu County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
187 of the 463 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 19% 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 26.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
I0010 over SABINE RELIEF, built 1954, carries 86,969 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 37-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 328,426 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Calcasieu County's bridges were built
463 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1930s 6
1930–1939
6 bridges
- 1940s 2
1940–1949
2 bridges
- 1950s 46
1950–1959
46 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
120 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
55 bridges
- 1980s 43
1980–1989
43 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
69 bridges
- 2000s 35
2000–2009
35 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
56 bridges
- 2020s 27
2020–2029
27 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 120 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 25.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1983) matches the Louisiana average (1982).
How Calcasieu County compares with Louisiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Louisiana counties nearest Calcasieu County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 8% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1983 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (this page) | 463 | 19% | 73% | 8% | 1983 |
| Orleans County | 382 | 43.7% | 46.3% | 9.9% | 1976 |
| Jefferson County | 379 | 58.6% | 36.9% | 4.5% | 1984 |
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 Calcasieu 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 Calcasieu County, both outside Louisiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside LA (463 bridges here).
- Darke County, OH · 463 bridges
- Anderson County, SC · 463 bridges
- Jefferson County, CO · 464 bridges
- Hamilton County, TN · 464 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside LA (1983 here).
- Dallas County, TX · avg 1983 · 3,230 bridges
- Bexar County, TX · avg 1983 · 2,342 bridges
- Sedgwick County, KS · avg 1983 · 1,333 bridges
- Will County, IL · avg 1983 · 649 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (463)
SONNY FONTENOT RD
FairOver: CANAL
0.1 MI E OF S. THOMPSON R, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1995 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 150
RILEY FRAZIER RD
FairOver: CREEK
0.2 MI W OF INT LA 389, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1996 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 200
SARA ST
FairOver: CANAL
0.25M SOUTH OF PICARD RD, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1988 Load: 11.7 t ADT: 1,200
LAVOI RD
FairOver: CANAL
0.3 MI S OF LA 14, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1997 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 143
US0090
FairOver: CHOUPIQUE BAYOU
3.7 MI EAST OF LA 388, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1954 Load: 14.6 t ADT: 2,509
SPELL RD
FairOver: GUM SLOUGH
0.3 MI WEST OF LA 109, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1994 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 20
LA0101
FairOver: INDIAN BAYOU CANAL
3.0 MI N of LA 14, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1983 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 3,166
TANK FARM RD
FairOver: CREEK
0.8 MI W OF LA 397, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1993 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 1,449
STEWARD RD
FairOver: CANAL
0.1 MI W of LA 3112, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1999 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 114
I0210
FairOver: SP & KCS RR
1.6 MI E OF LA108, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1969 Load: 16.8 t ADT: 58,320
EAST ST
FairOver: BUXTON CREEK
0.1 MI N of PATRICIA H RD, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1955 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 50
MAPLEWOOD DR
FairOver: Maple Fork
0.1 MI. E. of LA 108, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1967 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 8,540
LA0108
FairOver: BAYOU
4.4 MI SOUTH OF I-10, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1961 Load: 17.5 t ADT: 1,259
LA0027
FairOver: DRAIN
0.5 MI N of LA 108, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1936 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 12,704
I0210
FairOver: PRIEN LAKE
1.4 MI SOUTH OF I-10, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1964 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 58,320
I0010
FairOver: DRAIN
2.2 MI W of LA 383, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1964 Load: 18.5 t ADT: 136
FRUGE RD
FairOver: JACQUES COULEE
1.7 MI. S. OF LA 14, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1986 Load: 18.5 t ADT: 334
GUM ISLAND RD
FairOver: WING GULLEY
5.2 MI EAST OF LA 108, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1986 Load: 18.5 t ADT: 805
MCCOWN RD
FairOver: ENGLISH BAYOU EAST FORK
1.5 MI SOUTH OF US 90, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1988 Load: 18.5 t ADT: 923
LINE RD
FairOver: GUM SLOUGH
0.3 MI WEST OF LA 109, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1986 Load: 18.5 t ADT: 229
WILLIAMS ST
FairOver: VERDING BAYOU
0.1 MI S of JOHN STINE RD, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1975 Load: 18.5 t ADT: 252
E. LINCOLN RD
FairOver: CREEK
1.0 MI WEST OF LA 397, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1986 Load: 18.8 t ADT: 426
LAKESHORE DR
FairOver: DRAINAGE CANAL
0.05 MI S of LA 385, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1937 Load: 18.8 t ADT: 8,548
ANTHONY FERRY RD
FairOver: HOUSTON RIVER
0.4 MI NORTH OF LA 379, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1968 Load: 18.8 t ADT: 1,154
LA0012
FairOver: BEAR HEAD CREEK
2.13 MI EAST OF LA 109, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1956 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 3,097
LA0014
FairOver: INDIAN BAYOU CANAL
3.0 MI EAST OF LA 27, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1959 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 2,023
5TH AVE
FairOver: DRAIN
0.2 MI N. OF LA 3186, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1975 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 2,449
BANKEN RD
FairOver: BAYOU ARCENEAUX
2.3 MI EAST OF LA 27, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1955 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 1,076
DOUGLAS RD
FairOver: BUXTON CREEK
.4 MILES EAST OF LA 27, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1997 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 1,000
BILL PHILLIPS RD
FairOver: CREEK
0.9 MI. N. of LA 389, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1991 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 980
GARRIE CUT-OFF
FairOver: HAMPTON COULEE
2.8 MI EAST OF LA 109, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1960 Load: 19.3 t ADT: 558
FRUGE RD
FairOver: GRAGG DITCH
2.02 MI N OF INT. 1153, Calcasieu, LA
Built 2002 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 233
TANK FARM RD
FairOver: CANAL
0.04 MI E OF ELLIOTT RD, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1999 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 683
S. THONPSON RD
FairOver: LATERAL 4
1.1 MI SOUTH OF US 90, Calcasieu, LA
Built 2002 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 692
VINCENT ST
FairOver: CANAL
0.1 MI. E. of LA 3063, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1968 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 100
S. THONPSON RD
FairOver: LATERAL 4B
1.8 MI SOUTH OF US 90, Calcasieu, LA
Built 2002 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 692
KING ST
FairOver: DRAIN
0.08 MI N BUS 90, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1997 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 934
CLINE ST
FairOver: GUM SLOUGH
0.2 MI E of LA 14, Calcasieu, LA
Built 2002 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 433
EAST OPELOUSAS ST
FairOver: COMPANY CANAL
0.7 MI EAST OF LA 397, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1989 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 1,003
TOPSY RD
FairOver: LITTLE INDIAN BAYOU
0.1 MI EAST OF US 171, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1986 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 5,516
US0090
FairOver: HAMPTONS COULEE
1.0 MI E OF LA 3063, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1954 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 2,509
US0090
FairOver: COONE GULLY
1.9 MI E OF LA 3063, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1954 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 2,509
GRAY RD
FairOver: GUM GULLEY
5.5 MI W OF LA108, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1964 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 278
RAVIA RD
FairOver: HENDERSON BAYOU
0.04 MI WEST OF LA 27, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1972 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 715
RAVIA RD
FairOver: HENDERSON BAYOU
0.4 MI WEST OF LA 27, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1970 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 824
WRIGHT RD
FairOver: WEST FORK ENGLISH BAYOU
0.8 MI EAST OF LA 1256, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1968 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 1,755
MORNINGSTAR RD
FairOver: BAYOU VERDING
0.1 M S OF OLD SPN. TRL, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1959 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 10
CHARLES BREAUX RD
FairOver: CREEK
0.8 MI NORTH OF LA 3059, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1989 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 131
DUNN FERRY RD
FairOver: WEST FORK CALCASIEU RIVE
6.1 MI. E. OF LA 27, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1965 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 899
US0090
FairOver: ENGLISH BAYOU
1.17 MI EAST OF LA 3256, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1953 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 6,080
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