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Grant County, LA

209 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 41.6% rated Good, 42.6% Fair, 15.8% Poor.

209
Public bridges
41.6%
Good condition
15.8%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Grant County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

49th
of 64 on Poor share
15.8%
Poor-condition share
209
public highway bridges
1982
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.

Grant County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Grant County ranks #49 of 64 Louisiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 15.8%). Grant County, Louisiana contains 209 public highway bridges. Roughly 41.6% are rated “Good,” 42.6% “Fair,” and 15.8% “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.

Total bridges

209

Public highway bridges in Grant County

Good condition

41.6%

87 of 209 rated 7-9

Fair condition

42.6%

89 of 209 rated 5-6

Poor condition

15.8%

33 of 209 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#49 of 64

Among Louisiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 209 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
41.6% (87)
Fair
42.6% (89)
Poor
15.8% (33)

Grant County's Poor-condition bridges carry 40,994 vehicle crossings a day

That is 14.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 15.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,242 crossings a day against 1,352 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 209 of 209 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

40.2% of Grant County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

84 of the 209 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 41.6% 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 28.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US0167 over MOSLEY MILL CREEK, built 1975, carries 11,712 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 33-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 40,994 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Grant County's bridges were built

209 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 2000s, when 38 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 15 to 24 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1982) matches the Louisiana average (1982).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

How Grant County compares with Louisiana's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Louisiana counties nearest Grant County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 15.8% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1982 against a peer-group mean of 1982 is in line with the group.

Showing the 5 closest of 63 Louisiana counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Grant County and the 5 Louisiana counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Winn County 220 16.4%
Ascension County 216 13%
Terrebonne County 215 10.7%
Grant County (this page) 209 15.8%
Richland County 207 11.1%
De Soto County 201 5%

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 Grant 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 Grant County, both outside Louisiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside LA (209 bridges here).

Similar average build year

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.

Fair-condition bridges (89)

Maxwell Xing Rd

Fair

Over: CREEK

1.73 M. S. OF LA 3098, Grant, LA

Built 1930 Load: 8.1 t ADT: 125

FDR 155

Fair

Over: CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1965 Load: 12.0 t ADT: 15

FDR 131

Fair

Over: INDIAN CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1965 Load: 12.6 t ADT: 30

FDR 145

Fair

Over: FISH CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1970 Load: 13.3 t ADT: 13

FDR 155

Fair

Over: SCHOOL HOUSE CREEK

LOGMI 5.27 FR 518 TO, Grant, LA

Built 1965 Load: 14.3 t ADT: 15

FDR 120

Fair

Over: PANTHER BAYOU TRIB.

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1981 Load: 14.9 t ADT: 15

FDR 120

Fair

Over: FISH CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1982 Load: 14.9 t ADT: 15

145 PR

Fair

Over: DYSON CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1982 Load: 14.9 t ADT: 30

FDR 530

Fair

Over: BRUSHY CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1965 Load: 14.9 t ADT: 20

FDR 558

Fair

Over: PRAIRIE CREEK

LOGMI 0.48 FR 569 TO, Grant, LA

Built 1965 Load: 14.9 t ADT: 34

FDR 610

Fair

Over: LITTLE BEAR CR

LOG 2.62 FR 657 TO, Grant, LA

Built 1962 Load: 15.2 t ADT: 28

Mudville Rd

Fair

Over: CREEK

0.48 M. NE OF US 165, Grant, LA

Built 1935 Load: 15.2 t ADT: 130

FDR 613

Fair

Over: CREEK

LOGMI 1.53 FR 529 TO, Grant, LA

Built 1972 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 43

FDR 613

Fair

Over: PINEYWOOD BRANCH

LOGMI 4.03 FR 529 TO, Grant, LA

Built 1965 Load: 16.8 t ADT: 66

FDR 102

Fair

Over: BRICK CREEK

NATIONAL FOREST, Grant, LA

Built 1965 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 12

FDR 120

Fair

Over: GRAY BRANCH

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1970 Load: 17.5 t ADT: 30

FDR 102

Fair

Over: LOG BAYOU

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1965 Load: 17.8 t ADT: 12

FDR 145

Fair

Over: BIG CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1970 Load: 17.8 t ADT: 37

FDR 172

Fair

Over: SKID BRIDGE CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1970 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 15

FDR 175

Fair

Over: MILL CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1970 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 20

FDR 188

Fair

Over: CAMP POND CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1964 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 15

FDR 188

Fair

Over: S FORK CAMP POND CR

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1965 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 15

FDR 521

Fair

Over: WILD OKRA CREEK

LOGMI 1.95 FR 532 TO, Grant, LA

Built 1965 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 26

FDR 530

Fair

Over: BRUSHY CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1965 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 20

US0165

Fair

Over: UP RR & LA 1230

16.94 M N JCT LA 8, Grant, LA

Built 2009 Load: 18.5 t ADT: 4,538

Old 165 Rd

Fair

Over: CYPRESS CREEK

2.65 M. N. OF JCT. LA 123, Grant, LA

Built 1935 Load: 18.8 t ADT: 61

FDR 115

Fair

Over: CYPRESS CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1965 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 43

FDR 120

Fair

Over: GRAY BRANCH

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1970 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 28

FDR 165

Fair

Over: N FORK FISH CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1965 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 28

FDR 558

Fair

Over: FRIDAY CREEK

LOGMI 1.25 FR 569 TO, Grant, LA

Built 1966 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 34

FDR 558

Fair

Over: SCHOOL HOUSE BRANCH

LOGMI 0.41 FR 569 TO, Grant, LA

Built 1965 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 34

LA0008

Fair

Over: LITTLE SANDY BAYOU

4.25 MI EAST OF LA 1, Grant, LA

Built 1948 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 1,977

FDR 155

Fair

Over: SADDLE CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1962 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 15

FDR 530

Fair

Over: LONG BRANCH

LOGMI O.24 FR 566 TO, Grant, LA

Built 1965 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 20

FDR 120

Fair

Over: SANDY CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1985 Load: 20.7 t ADT: 15

FDR 558

Fair

Over: INDIAN CREEK

LOGMI 1.80 FR 569 TO, Grant, LA

Built 1982 Load: 20.7 t ADT: 10

FDR 155

Fair

Over: SADDLE BAYOU OVFLOW

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1962 Load: 21.1 t ADT: 15

LA0008

Fair

Over: LITTLE RIVER RELIEF

8.47 MI. NE OF US 165, Grant, LA

Built 1981 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 1,590

FDR 155

Fair

Over: SADDLE BAYOU OVFLOW

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1962 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 15

LA0472

Fair

Over: BIG BEAR CREEK RELIEF

7.97 MI EAST OF US 167, Grant, LA

Built 1960 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 88

LA1241

Fair

Over: HUDSON CREEK

3.0 MI EAST OF US 71, Grant, LA

Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,048

LA1241

Fair

Over: FRAZIER CREEK

3.14 MI EAST OF US 71, Grant, LA

Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,048

FDR 556

Fair

Over: CREEK

LOGMI 0.90 FR 546 TO, Grant, LA

Built 1960 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 34

LA0471

Fair

Over: SUMMERFIELD BRANCH

1.22 MI NORTH OF US 71, Grant, LA

Built 1954 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 432

FDR 155

Fair

Over: GUYNES BRANCH

NO DATA ENTERED, Grant, LA

Built 1962 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 15

FDR 556

Fair

Over: PRAIRIE CREEK

LOGMI 1.56 FR 546 TO, Grant, LA

Built 1962 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 79

FDR 556

Fair

Over: CREEK

LOG MI 0.54 FR 546 T, Grant, LA

Built 1960 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 40

Liberty Chapel Rd

Fair

Over: BLACK CREEK

0.5 M. N. OF JCT. LA 122, Grant, LA

Built 1985 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 45

US0165

Fair

Over: FISH CREEK

1.6 MI NORTH OF LA 524, Grant, LA

Built 1948 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 7,084

Camp Hardtner Rd.

Fair

Over: LITTLE CREEK

3.09 M. S. OF JCT. US 165, Grant, LA

Built 1985 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 90
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges

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