Total bridges
156
Public highway bridges in Evangeline County
County profile · official public datasets
Evangeline County, LA
156 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 46.2% rated Good, 48.7% Fair, 5.1% Poor.
- 156
- Public bridges
- 46.2%
- Good condition
- 5.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Evangeline County posts a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 11%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 5.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 156
- public highway bridges
- 1981
- 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.
Evangeline County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Evangeline County ranks #7 of 64 Louisiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 5.1%). Evangeline County, Louisiana contains 156 public highway bridges. Roughly 46.2% are rated “Good,” 48.7% “Fair,” and 5.1% “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
46.2%
72 of 156 rated 7-9
Fair condition
48.7%
76 of 156 rated 5-6
Poor condition
5.1%
8 of 156 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#7 of 64
Among Louisiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 156 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 46.2% (72)
Fair 48.7% (76)
Poor 5.1% (8)
Evangeline County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,871 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 5.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 359 crossings a day against 1,692 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 156 of 156 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
45.5% of Evangeline County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
71 of the 156 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 46.2% 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.
One structure carries 55.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
LA0010 over Nezpique Bayou E. Fork, built 1950, carries 1,599 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 8-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 2,871 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Evangeline County's bridges were built
156 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 2
1930–1939
2 bridges
- 1940s 2
1940–1949
2 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
22 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
32 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
16 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
18 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
31 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
18 bridges
- 2010s 12
2010–2019
12 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 32 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1981) matches the Louisiana average (1982).
How Evangeline County compares with Louisiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Louisiana counties nearest Evangeline County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 5.1% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1981 against a peer-group mean of 1983 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 63 Louisiana counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County | 171 | 22.8% | 63.7% | 13.5% | 1982 |
| Jackson County | 163 | 28.2% | 64.4% | 7.4% | 1982 |
| Evangeline County (this page) | 156 | 46.2% | 48.7% | 5.1% | 1981 |
| Claiborne County | 148 | 27% | 48% | 25% | 1981 |
| Avoyelles County | 147 | 47.6% | 33.3% | 19% | 1987 |
| Iberia County | 143 | 44.1% | 46.2% | 9.8% | 1985 |
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 Evangeline 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 Evangeline County, both outside Louisiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside LA (156 bridges here).
- Holmes County, FL · 156 bridges
- Buena Vista County, IA · 156 bridges
- Van Buren County, IA · 156 bridges
- Phelps County, MO · 156 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside LA (1981 here).
- Franklin County, OH · avg 1981 · 922 bridges
- Greenville County, SC · avg 1981 · 635 bridges
- Montgomery County, OH · avg 1981 · 632 bridges
- McLean County, IL · avg 1981 · 624 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (156)
LA0010
PoorOver: Nezpique Bayou E. Fork
9.0 MI SOUTH OF LA 106, Evangeline, LA
Built 1950 Load: 17.8 t ADT: 1,599
LA0376
PoorOver: BAYOU
3.5 MI WEST OF LA 13, Evangeline, LA
Built 1967 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 104
Cousins Rd.
PoorOver: DES CANNES BAYOU
2 Miles S. of La 1161, Evangeline, LA
Built 2010 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 146
CC Camp Road
PoorOver: LAKE CHICOT
1.5M NE OF LA 3042, Evangeline, LA
Built 1980 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 150
LA0374
PoorOver: BAYOU
4.5 MI EAST OF LA 3277, Evangeline, LA
Built 1956 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 632
Lithcombe Rd
PoorOver: COULEE MANUEL
1.0 Mi S of US 167, Evangeline, LA
Built 2001 Load: 46.0 t ADT: 80
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