Total bridges
143
Public highway bridges in Iberia County
County profile · official public datasets
Iberia County, LA
143 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 44.1% rated Good, 46.2% Fair, 9.8% Poor.
- 143
- Public bridges
- 44.1%
- Good condition
- 9.8%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Iberia County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 47%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 9.8%
- Poor-condition share
- 143
- public highway bridges
- 1985
- 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.
Iberia County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Iberia County ranks #30 of 64 Louisiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 9.8%). Iberia County, Louisiana contains 143 public highway bridges. Roughly 44.1% are rated “Good,” 46.2% “Fair,” and 9.8% “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
44.1%
63 of 143 rated 7-9
Fair condition
46.2%
66 of 143 rated 5-6
Poor condition
9.8%
14 of 143 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#30 of 64
Among Louisiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 143 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 44.1% (63)
Fair 46.2% (66)
Poor 9.8% (14)
Iberia County's Poor-condition bridges carry 31,377 vehicle crossings a day
That is 3.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 9.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,241 crossings a day against 5,799 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 143 of 143 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
42.7% of Iberia County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
61 of the 143 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 44.1% 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 38.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
US0090 over NEW IBERIA SOUTHERN CANA, built 1999, carries 12,192 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 14-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 31,377 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Iberia County's bridges were built
143 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 2
1930–1939
2 bridges
- 1940s 5
1940–1949
5 bridges
- 1950s 5
1950–1959
5 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
40 bridges
- 1970s 12
1970–1979
12 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
20 bridges
- 1990s 11
1990–1999
11 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
22 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
26 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 40 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 28% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1985) matches the Louisiana average (1982).
How Iberia County compares with Louisiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Louisiana counties nearest Iberia County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 9.8% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1985 against a peer-group mean of 1982 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 63 Louisiana counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claiborne County | 148 | 27% | 48% | 25% | 1981 |
| Avoyelles County | 147 | 47.6% | 33.3% | 19% | 1987 |
| Iberia County (this page) | 143 | 44.1% | 46.2% | 9.8% | 1985 |
| St. Helena County | 139 | 33.1% | 58.3% | 8.6% | 1979 |
| Morehouse County | 136 | 33.8% | 52.9% | 13.2% | 1983 |
| East Feliciana County | 133 | 32.3% | 42.1% | 25.6% | 1980 |
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 Iberia 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 Iberia County, both outside Louisiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside LA (143 bridges here).
- Franklin County, AR · 143 bridges
- San Francisco County, CA · 143 bridges
- Woodson County, KS · 143 bridges
- Adair County, KY · 143 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside LA (1985 here).
- Hillsborough County, FL · avg 1985 · 840 bridges
- Lancaster County, NE · avg 1985 · 661 bridges
- Nueces County, TX · avg 1985 · 528 bridges
- Grayson County, TX · avg 1985 · 513 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (143)
LA0086
FairOver: BAYOU TECHE DASPIT
0.24 MI WEST OF LA 347, Iberia, LA
Built 1965 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 3,834
LA0087
FairOver: CREEK
1.0 MI E OF LA 3195, Iberia, LA
Built 1955 Load: 12.5 t ADT: 6,957
LA0344
FairOver: TECHE BAYOU/MORBIHAN
0.25 MI NORTH OF LA 86, Iberia, LA
Built 1967 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 2,035
Eighty Arpent Rd
FairOver: Patout Canal
0.7 miles East of LA 673, Iberia, LA
Built 1967 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 19
LA0676
FairOver: DEBLANC COULEE
1.5 MI WEST OF LA 14, Iberia, LA
Built 1942 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 553
Sidney Leblanc Rd
FairOver: Peebles Coulee
0.5 Mi. E. of La 83, Iberia, LA
Built 1968 Load: 14.3 t ADT: 62
Curtis Ln.
FairOver: Rodere Canal
0.3 Mi. S. of La 14, Iberia, LA
Built 1965 Load: 14.6 t ADT: 118
Eighty Arpent Rd
FairOver: Coulee
1.2 Miles East of LA 673, Iberia, LA
Built 1967 Load: 15.2 t ADT: 64
Gall Rd.
FairOver: Coulee
1.4 Mi. S. of La 83, Iberia, LA
Built 1974 Load: 15.9 t ADT: 21
Back Rd
FairOver: Patout Canal
2.1 Mi. S. of La 673, Iberia, LA
Built 1976 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 18
Broken Arrow Rd
FairOver: Coulee
0.40 Mi NW of La 3212, Iberia, LA
Built 1979 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 35
LA0344
FairOver: TECHE BAYOU/LOREAUVILLE
0.1 MI WEST OF LA 86, Iberia, LA
Built 1964 Load: 16.5 t ADT: 2,059
L. Dubois Rd
FairOver: Coulee
1.2 Mi. E. of La 329, Iberia, LA
Built 1993 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 89
LA0085
FairOver: DELAHOUSSAYE CANAL
1.1 MI WEST OF LA 182, Iberia, LA
Built 1969 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 3,125
Estis Rd
FairOver: Segura Branch Canal
0.5 MI E of US 90 Serv Rd, Iberia, LA
Built 1966 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 323
LA0083
FairOver: COMMMERICAL CANAL
1.1 MI SOUTH OF LA 14, Iberia, LA
Built 1948 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 3,451
LA0329
FairOver: RODERE CANAL
0.10 MI SOUTH OF LA 14, Iberia, LA
Built 1953 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 2,419
LA3182
FairOver: BAYOU TECHE
0.08 MI EAST OF LA 182, Iberia, LA
Built 1980 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 1,390
LA0014
FairOver: JEFFERSON CANAL
2.99 MI EAST OF LA 330, Iberia, LA
Built 1930 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 12,347
Lee Station Rd
FairOver: Petite Anse Bayou
2.2 Mi. S. of La 14, Iberia, LA
Built 1985 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 35
LA0673
FairOver: DRAINAGE CANAL
0.2 MI SOUTH OF LA 85, Iberia, LA
Built 1987 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 852
LA0086
FairOver: DRAINAGE CANAL
0.91 MI WEST OF LA 347, Iberia, LA
Built 1980 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 3,834
Jefferson Island
FairOver: Deblanc Coulee
1.5 Mi. W. of US 90, Iberia, LA
Built 1960 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 2,868
LA0086
FairOver: BAYOU TECHE
0.1 MI NE of LA 182, Iberia, LA
Built 1941 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,834
LA0675
FairOver: ARMENCO CANAL
0.4 MI EAST OF US 90, Iberia, LA
Built 1960 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 8,715
LA0320
FairOver: TETE BAYOU
1 MI EAST OF LA 87, Iberia, LA
Built 1972 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 3,241
Jefferson Island
FairOver: Parc Perdu Bayou
3.0 Mi. W. of US 90, Iberia, LA
Built 1960 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 2,868
LA3195
FairOver: BAYOU TECHE
0.10 MI North OF LA 182, Iberia, LA
Built 1980 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 7,245
LA0676
FairOver: CREEK
0.6 MI WEST OF LA 14, Iberia, LA
Built 1968 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 553
LA0668
FairOver: DELAHOUSSAYE CANAL
0.55 MI NORTH OF LA 671, Iberia, LA
Built 1963 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 3,169
LA0682
FairOver: Malam Branch Canal
1.81 MI NORTH OF LA 675, Iberia, LA
Built 1967 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 750
LA0083
FairOver: BAYOU BLUE
8 MI NORTH OF LA 319, Iberia, LA
Built 1951 Load: 28.3 t ADT: 3,078
US0090/Frontage
FairOver: Delahoussaye Canal
0.05 W of LA668, Iberia, LA
Built 1971 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,432
US0090
FairOver: PEEBLES CANAL
0.10 Mi E of LA 83, Iberia, LA
Built 1969 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 12,192
US0090
FairOver: PEEBLES CANNAL
6.20 Mi W of LA 85, Iberia, LA
Built 1969 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 12,192
LA0083
FairOver: PEEBLES B DUBOIN
2.2 MI NORTH OF LA 85, Iberia, LA
Built 1955 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,078
LA0083
FairOver: JACK COULEE
1.1 MI NORTH OF LA 85, Iberia, LA
Built 1955 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,078
US0090
FairOver: CREEK
3.30 Mi SE of LA 88, Iberia, LA
Built 1965 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 29,549
US0090
FairOver: LEWIS STREET
1.15 Mi W of LA 83, Iberia, LA
Built 2000 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 10,090
US0090
FairOver: LEWIS STREET
1.09 Mi E of LA 329, Iberia, LA
Built 2000 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 18,565
US0090
FairOver: RODERE CANAL
0.56 Mi E of LA 329, Iberia, LA
Built 1969 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 32,022
Burliegh Rd
FairOver: Delahoussaye Canal
1.1 Mi S. of La 182, Iberia, LA
Built 1990 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 56
Coulee Rd
FairOver: Jacks Coulee
1.3 Mi. E. of La 83, Iberia, LA
Built 1985 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 66
Migues Rd
FairOver: Bayou Petite Anse
2.3 Mi. W. Of La 329, Iberia, LA
Built 1984 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 646
Leon Landry Rd
FairOver: Armenco Branch Canal
1.6 Mi. N. of La 675, Iberia, LA
Built 1985 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 56
Landry Rd
FairOver: Armenco Branch Canal
1.0 Mi. NW. of La 674, Iberia, LA
Built 1984 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 289
LA0679
FairOver: BAYOU DE PORTAGE
2.53 MI NORTH OF LA 345, Iberia, LA
Built 1972 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 1,590
US0090
FairOver: COMMERCIAL CANAL
1.37 MI E of LA 329, Iberia, LA
Built 1999 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 1,301
LA0014
FairOver: POUFETTE CANAL
4.15 MI EAST OF LA 330, Iberia, LA
Built 1988 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 12,347
LA0014
FairOver: POUFETTE CANAL
2.6 Mi W of La 676, Iberia, LA
Built 1988 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 8,404
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