Total bridges
322
Public highway bridges in Lafayette County
County profile · official public datasets
Lafayette County, LA
322 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 44.7% rated Good, 47.5% Fair, 7.8% Poor.
- 322
- Public bridges
- 44.7%
- Good condition
- 7.8%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Lafayette County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 31%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 7.8%
- Poor-condition share
- 322
- public highway bridges
- 1986
- 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.
Lafayette County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Lafayette County ranks #20 of 64 Louisiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 7.8%). Lafayette County, Louisiana contains 322 public highway bridges. Roughly 44.7% are rated “Good,” 47.5% “Fair,” and 7.8% “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
44.7%
144 of 322 rated 7-9
Fair condition
47.5%
153 of 322 rated 5-6
Poor condition
7.8%
25 of 322 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#20 of 64
Among Louisiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 322 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 44.7% (144)
Fair 47.5% (153)
Poor 7.8% (25)
Lafayette County's Poor-condition bridges carry 99,956 vehicle crossings a day
That is 3.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 3,998 crossings a day against 8,168 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 322 of 322 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
31.7% of Lafayette County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
102 of the 322 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 44.7% 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 29.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
JOHNSTON STREET over COULEE MINE BR, built 1958, carries 29,320 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 25-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 99,956 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Lafayette County's bridges were built
322 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s 4
1930–1939
4 bridges
- 1940s 4
1940–1949
4 bridges
- 1950s 17
1950–1959
17 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
39 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
70 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
67 bridges
- 1990s 27
1990–1999
27 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
42 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
45 bridges
- 2020s 6
2020–2029
6 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 70 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1986) matches the Louisiana average (1982).
How Lafayette County compares with Louisiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Louisiana counties nearest Lafayette County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 7.8% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1986 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon County | 341 | 57.8% | 34.6% | 7.6% | 1989 |
| Ouachita County | 337 | 27.9% | 59.3% | 12.8% | 1981 |
| Lafayette County (this page) | 322 | 44.7% | 47.5% | 7.8% | 1986 |
| St. Landry County | 317 | 43.2% | 49.2% | 7.6% | 1980 |
| Natchitoches County | 313 | 46% | 38.7% | 15.3% | 1983 |
| Washington County | 285 | 44.2% | 44.2% | 11.6% | 1979 |
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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette County, both outside Louisiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside LA (322 bridges here).
- White County, AR · 322 bridges
- Chesterfield County, VA · 322 bridges
- Christian County, IL · 321 bridges
- Jackson County, IN · 321 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside LA (1986 here).
- El Paso County, TX · avg 1986 · 783 bridges
- Weld County, CO · avg 1986 · 614 bridges
- Polk County, IA · avg 1986 · 545 bridges
- Canadian County, OK · avg 1986 · 493 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (322)
Sarah Dee Pkwy.
FairOver: COULEE
0.085 miles NE of Tolson, Lafayette, LA
Built 1978 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 280
LA0723
FairOver: Coulee Mine
3.51 MI WEST OF LA 93, Lafayette, LA
Built 2003 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 602
I0010
FairOver: I0049/US0167
1.33 Mi. East of LA 182, Lafayette, LA
Built 1968 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 56,748
I0049
FairOver: LA 726
I-49 OVER LA 726, Lafayette, LA
Built 1981 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 53,236
Savoy Rd.
FairOver: ANSELM COULEE
1.85 Mi W of LA 339, Lafayette, LA
Built 2002 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 343
E. Butcher Switch
FairOver: OAK COULEE
1.80Mi E of I-49, Lafayette, LA
Built 2006 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 1,003
LA7281
FairOver: FRANCOIS COULEE
1.7 Mi S of La 98, Lafayette, LA
Built 1982 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 8,684
Walker Rd.
FairOver: COULEE
1.6 Mi W of University, Lafayette, LA
Built 1988 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 2,000
LA 343
FairOver: I0010
1 Mile East of LA 95, Lafayette, LA
Built 1968 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 4,975
Mills St
FairOver: I-10
.34 MI N of W Willow St, Lafayette, LA
Built 1968 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 2,154
High Meadow Blvd
FairOver: COULEE
0.08 Mi E0. of I-49, Lafayette, LA
Built 1974 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 1,000
N. Church St.
FairOver: Coulee
.13 MI N of E St Peter St, Lafayette, LA
Built 1995 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 13,800
E Kaliste Saloom
FairOver: COULEE DES POCHES
0.6 SW of US 90, Lafayette, LA
Built 1991 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 12,400
Maryview Farm Rd
FairOver: MANOR PARK COULEE
1.15 Mi NE of I-10, Lafayette, LA
Built 1986 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 340
St. Claire Rd.
FairOver: ST. CLAIR BAYOU
1.4 Mi W of Sawmill Hwy, Lafayette, LA
Built 1986 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 720
Maryview Farm Rd.
FairOver: DRAIN
.9 Mi East of LA 728-1, Lafayette, LA
Built 2006 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 752
LA0182
FairOver: VERMILION RIVER
0.5 MI N OF LA 3095, Lafayette, LA
Built 1981 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 24,061
LA0726
FairOver: COULEE BEAU
0.01 MI EAST OF LA 182, Lafayette, LA
Built 2005 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 13,175
W. Bayou Pkwy
FairOver: MINE COULEE CUT-OFF CANA
0.47M WEST OF LA 3025, Lafayette, LA
Built 1993 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 5,000
LA0092
FairOver: CREEK
0.7 MI WEST OF LA 733, Lafayette, LA
Built 1973 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 738
Ambassador Caffery
FairOver: I-10
1.0 miles North of US 90, Lafayette, LA
Built 1968 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 6,468
I0010
FairOver: FRANCOIS COULEE
1.1 Mi. East of I-49., Lafayette, LA
Built 1970 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 56,748
I0010
FairOver: FRANCOIS COULEE
5.4 Mi. West of LA 328, Lafayette, LA
Built 1970 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 5,698
US0090
FairOver: Indian Bayou
0.7 MI EAST OF LA 343, Lafayette, LA
Built 1963 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 9,189
I0010
FairOver: LA 728-1
0.52 Miles East of LA 167, Lafayette, LA
Built 1970 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 56,748
I0010
FairOver: LA 728-1
5.9 MI West of LA 328, Lafayette, LA
Built 1970 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 2,969
I0010
FairOver: VERMILION RIVER
2.0 Mi E of I-49, Lafayette, LA
Built 1970 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 56,748
I0010
FairOver: VERMILION RIVER
3.48 Mi W of LA 31, Lafayette, LA
Built 1970 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 2,969
I0049
FairOver: COULEE BEAU BRIDGE CANAL
0.37 MI NORTH OF LA 726, Lafayette, LA
Built 1989 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 717
I0049
FairOver: COULEE BEAU BRIDGE CANAL
2.60 Mi S of La 182, Lafayette, LA
Built 1989 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,174
LA0733
FairOver: CREEK
1.87 MI EAST OF US 167, Lafayette, LA
Built 1966 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 15,593
LA3184
FairOver: BNSF/Walker Rd
0.1 MI N of US 90, Lafayette, LA
Built 1983 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 39,201
Chemin Metairie
FairOver: Parc Perdu Bayou
0.50 Mi W of La 89, Lafayette, LA
Built 2008 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 2,336
Consolidated Dr.
FairOver: DRAINAGE
0.04 Mi E. of Tideland Rd, Lafayette, LA
Built 1999 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,769
US0167
FairOver: COULEE ILE DES CANNES
0.9 MI NORTH OF LA 92, Lafayette, LA
Built 1984 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 8,985
US0167
FairOver: COULEE ILE DES CANNES
2.54 Mi SW of LA 733, Lafayette, LA
Built 1984 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 34,104
LA0093
FairOver: LA 93 OVER I-10
0.8 Miles North of US 90, Lafayette, LA
Built 1976 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 10,639
Sage Glenn Ln.
FairOver: DES POCHES COULEE
.08 Mi NE of W Pinhook Rd, Lafayette, LA
Built 1984 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 79
Daigle St.
FairOver: Francois Coulee
.60 MI E of LA 728-1, Lafayette, LA
Built 1999 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 475
I0010
FairOver: Acadian Hills Lane
0.5 MI EAST OF LA 182, Lafayette, LA
Built 1968 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 56,748
I0010
FairOver: ACADIAN HILLS LANE
0.85 MI W of I-49, Lafayette, LA
Built 1968 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 2,969
I0049
FairOver: COULEE BEAU BRIDGE CANAL
0.37 MI NORTH OF LA 726, Lafayette, LA
Built 1989 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 53,236
I0049
FairOver: COULEE BEAU BRIDGE CANAL
2.60 Mi S of La 182, Lafayette, LA
Built 1989 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 11,728
LA0035
FairOver: INDIAN BAYOU
1.3 Mi N. of La 92, Lafayette, LA
Built 1976 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 1,034
I0010
FairOver: BAYOU ILE DES CANNES
1.65 MI E of LA 724, Lafayette, LA
Built 1968 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 56,748
I0010
FairOver: BAYOU ILE DES CANNES
0.4 MI WEST OF LA 93, Lafayette, LA
Built 1968 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 16,369
I0049
FairOver: LA 182
3.0 Mi N. of LA 726, Lafayette, LA
Built 1981 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 44,889
I0049
FairOver: LA 182
3.2 Miles S. of LA 182, Lafayette, LA
Built 1981 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 11,728
Sylvia Rd.
FairOver: COULEE
0.40 Mi S of US 90, Lafayette, LA
Built 1989 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 53
Piat Rd.
FairOver: Parc Perdu Bayou
0.4 Mi E of La 89, Lafayette, LA
Built 1987 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 1,550
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