Lafayette County, LA

323 public highway bridges

Lafayette County Bridge Snapshot

Lafayette County, Louisiana contains 323 public highway bridges in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory. Roughly 43.3% are rated “Good,” 42.7% “Fair,” 7.7% “Poor,” and 7.7% are classified as structurally deficient — the federal designation for spans whose deck, superstructure, or substructure has been rated 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. Structurally deficient does not mean unsafe to cross; it means the bridge is on the priority list for repair or replacement.

Inspections in LA are conducted by certified engineers from the state Department of Transportation on a 24-month cycle, and results are reported back to the FHWA each spring. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county, sorted by inventory load rating. Use the “Sort by” controls to surface the lowest-rated spans first, and click any row for full inspection history, traffic counts, and condition trends.

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.

323
Total Bridges
43.3%
Good
7.7%
Poor
7.7%
Structurally Deficient

Condition Distribution

Good
43.3% (140)
Fair
42.7% (138)
Poor
7.7% (25)
SD
7.7% (25)

All Bridges (323)

Inez T. Rd

Poor

Over: ISAAC VEROT COULEE

0.12 Mi NW of Bonin Rd, Lafayette, LA

Built 1970 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 8

LA0343

Poor

Over: INDIAN BAYOU

0.2 MI NORTH OF LA 342, Lafayette, LA

Built 1957 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 3,757

W. Willow St.

Poor

Over: COULEE

1.42 Mi W of LA 3184, Lafayette, LA

Built 1978 Load: 13.9 t ADT: 1,800

Gloria Switch Rd

Poor

Over: COULEE

1.04 MI EAST OF LA 728, Lafayette, LA

Built 1983 Load: 15.2 t ADT: 8,240

W. Willow St.

Poor

Over: Coulee Mine

0.36 Mi W of LA 3184, Lafayette, LA

Built 1975 Load: 15.9 t ADT: 1,960

Canberra Rd.

Poor

Over: COULEE

0.39 Mi Eof US 167, Lafayette, LA

Built 1983 Load: 17.5 t ADT: 1,120

Fenetre Rd.

Poor

Over: ILE DES CANNES COULEE

.94 MI East of Tabb Rd, Lafayette, LA

Built 1983 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 200

W. Congress Rd.

Poor

Over: ILE DES CANNES COULEE

0.82 Mi W of La 93, Lafayette, LA

Built 1973 Load: 18.5 t ADT: 3,160

US0167

Poor

Over: COULEE MINE

2.58 MI E OF LA 3073, Lafayette, LA

Built 1958 Load: 19.4 t ADT: 27,213

Failla Rd

Poor

Over: COULEE

0.50 Mi E of Verot Sch Rd, Lafayette, LA

Built 1978 Load: 20.1 t ADT: 3,040

Waters Rd

Poor

Over: BAYOU CARENCRO

0.1 M WEST OF GENDARME RD, Lafayette, LA

Built 1990 Load: 20.1 t ADT: 500

Beau Pre Rd.

Poor

Over: DE POCHES COULEE

0.70 Mi SW of US 90, Lafayette, LA

Built 1978 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 400

Galbert Rd.

Poor

Over: COULEE

0.85 Mi W of I-10, Lafayette, LA

Built 1977 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 620

JOHNSTON STREET

Poor

Over: COULEE MINE BR

0.3 MILES EAST OF LA 3025, Lafayette, LA

Built 1958 Load: 20.7 t ADT: 29,320

LA0720

Poor

Over: Indian Bayou

2.2 MI WEST OF LA 719, Lafayette, LA

Built 1972 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 1,391

High Meadow Blvd

Poor

Over: COULEE

.4 Mi N of Toronto Dr., Lafayette, LA

Built 1974 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 1,100

Beau Bassin Rd

Poor

Over: COULEE

1.34 Mi N of LA 98, Lafayette, LA

Built 1992 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 650

Ridge RD.

Poor

Over: INDIAN BAYOU (SPOIL BANK

0.65 Mi E of LA 343, Lafayette, LA

Built 1987 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 2,790

Garber Rd.

Structurally Deficient

Over: COULEE

1.17 MI NE of US 90, Lafayette, LA

Built 1977 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 1,660

Serenity Rd.

Structurally Deficient

Over: COULEE

0.3 Mi. West of Bonin Rd, Lafayette, LA

Built 1972 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 40

Old Spanish Trail

Structurally Deficient

Over: ILE DES CANNES COULEE

1.5 Mi. W. of LA 93, Lafayette, LA

Built 1978 Load: 17.8 t ADT: 360

LA1252

Structurally Deficient

Over: BAYOU POINT BRULE

5.40 MI NE OF I-49 FR RD, Lafayette, LA

Built 1975 Load: 24.9 t ADT: 152

LA0093

Structurally Deficient

Over: Bayou ILL Des Cannes

1.67 Mi N of LA 342, Lafayette, LA

Built 1956 Load: 74.5 t ADT: 8,559

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Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges Editorial