Total bridges
131
Public highway bridges in Franklin County
County profile · official public datasets
Franklin County, LA
131 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 64.9% rated Good, 32.1% Fair, 3.1% Poor.
- 131
- Public bridges
- 64.9%
- Good condition
- 3.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Franklin County pairs a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 5%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 3.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 131
- public highway bridges
- 1989
- 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.
Franklin County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Franklin County ranks #3 of 64 Louisiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.1%). Franklin County, Louisiana contains 131 public highway bridges. Roughly 64.9% are rated “Good,” 32.1% “Fair,” and 3.1% “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
64.9%
85 of 131 rated 7-9
Fair condition
32.1%
42 of 131 rated 5-6
Poor condition
3.1%
4 of 131 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#3 of 64
Among Louisiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 131 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 64.9% (85)
Fair 32.1% (42)
Poor 3.1% (4)
Franklin County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,592 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 648 crossings a day against 1,661 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 131 of 131 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
23.7% of Franklin County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
31 of the 131 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 64.9% 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 51.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
LA0577 over BULL BAYOU, built 1955, carries 1,341 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 2,592 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Franklin County's bridges were built
131 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 1
1930–1939
1 bridges
- 1950s 6
1950–1959
6 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
13 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
21 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
21 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
31 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
19 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
18 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 31 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1989, 7 years newer than the Louisiana average of 1982.
How Franklin County compares with Louisiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Louisiana counties nearest Franklin County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.1% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1989 against a peer-group mean of 1980 is 9 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 63 Louisiana counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morehouse County | 136 | 33.8% | 52.9% | 13.2% | 1983 |
| East Feliciana County | 133 | 32.3% | 42.1% | 25.6% | 1980 |
| Franklin County (this page) | 131 | 64.9% | 32.1% | 3.1% | 1989 |
| Lafourche County | 130 | 39.2% | 44.6% | 16.2% | 1981 |
| Caldwell County | 124 | 57.3% | 34.7% | 8.1% | 1982 |
| St. Mary County | 124 | 31.5% | 62.1% | 6.5% | 1975 |
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 Franklin 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 Franklin County, both outside Louisiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside LA (131 bridges here).
- Columbia County, AR · 131 bridges
- Laurel County, KY · 131 bridges
- Wright County, MO · 131 bridges
- Lincoln County, NM · 131 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside LA (1989 here).
- Harris County, TX · avg 1989 · 4,029 bridges
- Mecklenburg County, NC · avg 1989 · 746 bridges
- Buffalo County, NE · avg 1989 · 459 bridges
- Brazos County, TX · avg 1989 · 370 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (131)
EARLE DR
FairOver: PAVED DITCH
JCT of LA 3201@Earle Dr, Franklin, LA
Built 1981 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 300
BALDWIN DR
FairOver: PAVED DITCH
JCT of LA 3201@Baldwin Dr, Franklin, LA
Built 1981 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 300
LA0132
FairOver: CREEK
2.5 MI WEST OF LA 859, Franklin, LA
Built 1965 Load: 15.2 t ADT: 431
LA0865
FairOver: ASH SLOUGH
1.4 MI EAST OF LA 4, Franklin, LA
Built 1970 Load: 15.2 t ADT: 1,879
French Turn Rd
FairOver: DEEP BAYOU
2.466 mi. SE of LA 577, Franklin, LA
Built 1968 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 92
LA0865
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
.2 MI NORTH OF LA 4, Franklin, LA
Built 1971 Load: 15.6 t ADT: 892
Clifford Ezell Rd
FairOver: WEST TURKEY CREEK
LOG MILE 1.75 FR 233 TO O, Franklin, LA
Built 2013 Load: 17.5 t ADT: 30
Willie Hill Rd
FairOver: BOGGY BAYOU
LOGMI 0.59 FR 384 TO, Franklin, LA
Built 1970 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 570
LA0004
FairOver: PINE CREEK
.2 MI NORTH OF LA 128, Franklin, LA
Built 1952 Load: 18.8 t ADT: 2,151
Chester Rd
FairOver: CREEK
LOGMI 5.66 FR 037 TO, Franklin, LA
Built 1965 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 53
Parker Lane
FairOver: ASH SLOUGH
0.34 mi. W of LA 15, Franklin, LA
Built 1997 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 210
LA0015
FairOver: STOKES BAYOU
.7 MI NORTH OF LA 3210, Franklin, LA
Built 1979 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 6,896
LA0876
FairOver: BRUSHY BAYOU
2.0 MI SOUTH OF LA 128, Franklin, LA
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 41
Big Creek Rd
FairOver: LOONEY CANAL (PINE BAYOU
LOG MI 0.15 FR 325 TO 327, Franklin, LA
Built 2004 Load: 23.7 t ADT: 250
LA0875
FairOver: CREEK
.8 MI WEST OF LA 15, Franklin, LA
Built 1974 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 44
LA0875
FairOver: CREEK
.3 MI WEST OF LA 15, Franklin, LA
Built 1974 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 44
Ellington Rd
FairOver: ASH SLOUGH
LOGMI 0.09 FR INT OF LA 4, Franklin, LA
Built 1995 Load: 24.9 t ADT: 30
LA0132
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
0.80 M W of LA 859, Franklin, LA
Built 1982 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 431
LA0860
FairOver: HURRICANE SLOUGH
0.4 MI WEST OF LA 17, Franklin, LA
Built 1961 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 199
LA0562
FairOver: BRUSHEY BAYOU
2.80 M S of LA 875, Franklin, LA
Built 1981 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 2,036
LA0004
FairOver: WEST TURKEY CREEK
2.7 MI NORTH OF LA 128, Franklin, LA
Built 1952 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,701
LA0577
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
03.69 MI FROM JUNCTION 57, Franklin, LA
Built 2014 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 977
LA0618
FairOver: PINE FLAT SLOUGH
3.09 MILES FROM JUNCT. LA, Franklin, LA
Built 2008 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 1,271
Seymore Rd
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK
0.5 MI FROM 575 TO 576, Franklin, LA
Built 1987 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 80
LA0004
FairOver: ASH SLOUGH CANAL
.4 MI SOUTH OF LA 865, Franklin, LA
Built 1950 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 1,701
LA0577
FairOver: CREEK
3.7 MI EAST OF LA 867, Franklin, LA
Built 1970 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 977
LA0562
FairOver: CREEK
1.40 M S of LA 875, Franklin, LA
Built 1981 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 2,036
LA0015
FairOver: PINE BAYOU CANAL
.2 MI NORTH OF LA 857, Franklin, LA
Built 1988 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 9,661
LA0135
FairOver: PRICKET BAYOU
1.20 M N of LA 4, Franklin, LA
Built 1984 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 698
LA0857
FairOver: TURKEY CREEK CUTOFF
.84 MI EAST OF US 425, Franklin, LA
Built 1984 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 1,833
LA0562
FairOver: CREEK
.35 MI EAST OF LA 15, Franklin, LA
Built 1978 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 90
LA0562
FairOver: DEER CREEK
1.5 MI EAST OF LA 15, Franklin, LA
Built 1978 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 90
LA0562
FairOver: DEER CREEK CUT-OFF
2.8 MI EAST OF LA 15, Franklin, LA
Built 1978 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 240
LA0875
FairOver: CREEK
.6 MI WEST OF LA 562, Franklin, LA
Built 1974 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 44
LA0866
FairOver: DRAINAGE CANAL
.9 MI EAST OF LA 3210, Franklin, LA
Built 1984 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 165
LA0572
FairOver: DEER CREEK
.17 MI EAST OF LA 4, Franklin, LA
Built 1974 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 265
LA3201
FairOver: WINNSBORO DRAINAGE CANAL
0.25 M W of LA 865, Franklin, LA
Built 1982 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 3,772
LA0017
FairOver: DEER CREEK
5.88 MI NORTH OF LA 4, Franklin, LA
Built 1972 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 4,194
LA0017
FairOver: CREEK
3.50 M N of LA 4, Franklin, LA
Built 1972 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 4,194
LA0130
FairOver: WEST TURKEY CREEK
1.80 M W of LA 618, Franklin, LA
Built 1986 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 7,372
LA0867
FairOver: BULLS BAYOU
LA0867, Franklin, LA
Built 1965 Load: 74.2 t ADT: 129
LA0004
FairOver: CREEK
.02 MI WEST OF LA 578, Franklin, LA
Built 1955 Load: 74.5 t ADT: 1,511
Pine Prairie Loop
GoodOver: PINE CREEK
LOG MI 5.6 FR 186 TO 123, Franklin, LA
Built 1998 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 180
Brownell Rd
GoodOver: WEST TURKEY CREEK
0.02 MI W OF LA 4, Franklin, LA
Built 1996 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 143
Company Farm Rd
GoodOver: BRUSHY BAYOU
LOG MI 1.95 R 1DE TO 2DE, Franklin, LA
Built 1997 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 68
LA0860
GoodOver: CREEK
1.5 MI WEST OF LA 17, Franklin, LA
Built 1939 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 199
Parish Line Rd.
GoodOver: TURKEY CREEK
.38 MILES WEST OF ELLA RO, Franklin, LA
Built 2015 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 10
LA0015
GoodOver: STOKES BAYOU
.7 MI NORTH OF LA 3210, Franklin, LA
Built 2007 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 4,592
Jim Albert Rd
GoodOver: CREEK
0.39 miles E of LA 17, Franklin, LA
Built 1993 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 80
Riley Rd
GoodOver: PINE BAYOU
0.04 MI W OF LA 618, Franklin, LA
Built 2006 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 125
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