Total bridges
42
Public highway bridges in Concordia County
County profile · official public datasets
42 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 45.2% rated Good, 45.2% Fair, 9.5% Poor.
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Concordia County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.
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.
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Concordia County ranks #29 of 64 Louisiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 9.5%). Concordia County, Louisiana contains 42 public highway bridges. Roughly 45.2% are rated “Good,” 45.2% “Fair,” and 9.5% “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.
Total bridges
42
Public highway bridges in Concordia County
Good condition
45.2%
19 of 42 rated 7-9
Fair condition
45.2%
19 of 42 rated 5-6
Poor condition
9.5%
4 of 42 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#29 of 64
Among Louisiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Share of 42 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
That is 8.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,292 crossings a day against 1,103 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 41 of 42 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
14 of the 42 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 45.2% 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.
US0084 over CANEY BAYOU, built 1932, carries 6,163 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 4-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 6,875 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
42 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
1930–1939
1 bridges
1940–1949
1 bridges
1950–1959
3 bridges
1960–1969
3 bridges
1970–1979
9 bridges
1980–1989
13 bridges
1990–1999
3 bridges
2000–2009
6 bridges
2010–2019
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 13 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 31% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1982) matches the Louisiana average (1982).
The 5 Louisiana counties nearest Concordia County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 9.5% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1982 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tensas County | 52 | 57.7% | 38.5% | 3.8% | 1979 |
| Pointe Coupee County | 50 | 22% | 52% | 26% | 1970 |
| St. Bernard County | 47 | 55.3% | 38.3% | 6.4% | 1998 |
| Concordia County (this page) | 42 | 45.2% | 45.2% | 9.5% | 1982 |
| St. John the Baptist County | 40 | 37.5% | 60% | 2.5% | 1979 |
| Plaquemines County | 34 | 17.6% | 61.8% | 20.6% | 1981 |
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 Concordia County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Concordia County, both outside Louisiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Nearest county inventories outside LA (42 bridges here).
Nearest mean year-built outside LA (1982 here).
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Over: LAKE ST JOHN DRAIN CA
4.8 MI SOUTH OF LA 570, Concordia, LA
Over: VIDALIA CANAL
10.54 MI NORTH OF LA 565, Concordia, LA
Over: RED BAYOU CANAL
13.69 MI NORTH OF LA 565, Concordia, LA
Over: MISSISSIPPI RIVER
.01 MI EAST OF LA 131, Concordia, LA
Over: Cocodrie Bayou
LOGMI 3.60 E FROM Hwy 129, Concordia, LA
Over: Cocodrie Bayou
LOG MI 2.55 SE OF Hwy 129, Concordia, LA
Over: BLACK RIVER
16 MILES FROM JCT. US 84, Concordia, LA
Over: LITTE TENSAS RIVE
2.25 MI E OF LA 15, Concordia, LA
Over: CREEK
4.14 M S of LA 565, Concordia, LA
Over: Ross Bayou
1.03 MI NORTH OF LA 565, Concordia, LA
Over: VIDALIA CANAL
0.04 MI N of Peach Street, Concordia, LA
Over: OLD RIVER LOW SILL C.S.
75 MI NW OF BATON ROUGE, Concordia, LA
Over: Cocodrie Bayou
0.8 MI N OF LA 910, Concordia, LA
Over: Cocodrie BAYOU
0.03 LOG MI E Of HWY 906, Concordia, LA
Over: MISSISSIPPI RIVER
.01 MI EAST OF LA 131, Concordia, LA
Over: BLACK BAYOU
0.5 MI E OF LA900, Concordia, LA
Over: SIX MILE BAYOU
1.35 MI N OF LA 909, Concordia, LA
Over: CREEK
8.69 MI EAST OF LA 910, Concordia, LA
Over: CANEY BAYOU
0.17 M N of US 84, Concordia, LA
Over: VIDALIA CANAL
1.2 M N of LA 131, Concordia, LA
Over: CREEK
0.06 MI W of Crestview Dr, Concordia, LA
Over: VIDALIA CANAL
1.8M SW of LA 15, Concordia, LA
Over: SIX MILE BAYOU
3.1 MI SOUTH OF LA 126, Concordia, LA
Over: CROSS BAYOU
2.6 MI EAST OF LA 566, Concordia, LA
Over: CHANNEL BRIDGE
0.10 M S of LA 129, Concordia, LA
Over: CROSS BAYOU
.7 MI SOUTH OF LA 565, Concordia, LA
Over: BOGGY BAYOU
LOGMI 1.3 E OF LA129, Concordia, LA
Over: CARROLL BAYOU
3.44 MI NORTH OF US 84, Concordia, LA
Over: Black Bayou
LOG MI 0.211 N of HWY 84, Concordia, LA
Over: WILD COW BAYOU
3.8 MI NORTH OF LA 909, Concordia, LA
Over: BOGGY BAYOU
3.4 MI NORTH OF LA 565, Concordia, LA
Over: BLACK BAYOU
1.36 MI WEST OF US 65, Concordia, LA
Over: COCODRIE BAYOU
3.38 MI W OF LA 15, Concordia, LA
Over: CARROLL LAKE
1.5 MI NORTH OF LA 568, Concordia, LA
Over: WHITES BAYOU
4.23 MI EAST OF LA 129, Concordia, LA
Over: BAYOU COCODRIE
6.09 MI EAST OF LA 129, Concordia, LA
Over: CREEK
0.4 M S of BOGGY BAYOU RD, Concordia, LA
Over: OLD RIVER AUX. C.S.
75 MI. NW OF BATON ROUGE, Concordia, LA
Over: CREEK
LOGMI 5.8 MI E Hwy 129, Concordia, LA
Over: Cocodrie Bayou
LOGMI 5.7 M NW of H 15, Concordia, LA
Over: OLD RIVER OVERBANK C.S.
75MI NW OF BATON ROUGE, Concordia, LA
Over: CANEY BAYOU
1.4 MI EAST OF LA 566, Concordia, LA
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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