Total bridges
136
Public highway bridges in Morehouse County
County profile · official public datasets
Morehouse County, LA
136 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 33.8% rated Good, 52.9% Fair, 13.2% Poor.
- 136
- Public bridges
- 33.8%
- Good condition
- 13.2%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Morehouse County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 42nd
- of 64 on Poor share
- 13.2%
- Poor-condition share
- 136
- public highway bridges
- 1983
- 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.
Morehouse County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Morehouse County ranks #42 of 64 Louisiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 13.2%). Morehouse County, Louisiana contains 136 public highway bridges. Roughly 33.8% are rated “Good,” 52.9% “Fair,” and 13.2% “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
33.8%
46 of 136 rated 7-9
Fair condition
52.9%
72 of 136 rated 5-6
Poor condition
13.2%
18 of 136 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#42 of 64
Among Louisiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 136 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 33.8% (46)
Fair 52.9% (72)
Poor 13.2% (18)
Morehouse County's Poor-condition bridges carry 14,607 vehicle crossings a day
That is 8.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 13.2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 812 crossings a day against 1,007 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 136 of 136 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
30.1% of Morehouse County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
41 of the 136 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 33.8% 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 33.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
LA0830-6 over HORSE BAYOU, built 1971, carries 4,905 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 18-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 14,607 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Morehouse County's bridges were built
136 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 2
1920–1929
2 bridges
- 1930s 9
1930–1939
9 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
12 bridges
- 1960s 8
1960–1969
8 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
25 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
24 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
20 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
13 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
19 bridges
- 2020s 4
2020–2029
4 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 25 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 18.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1983) matches the Louisiana average (1982).
How Morehouse County compares with Louisiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Louisiana counties nearest Morehouse County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 13.2% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1983 against a peer-group mean of 1983 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 63 Louisiana counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iberia County | 143 | 44.1% | 46.2% | 9.8% | 1985 |
| St. Helena County | 139 | 33.1% | 58.3% | 8.6% | 1979 |
| Morehouse County (this page) | 136 | 33.8% | 52.9% | 13.2% | 1983 |
| East Feliciana County | 133 | 32.3% | 42.1% | 25.6% | 1980 |
| Franklin County | 131 | 64.9% | 32.1% | 3.1% | 1989 |
| Lafourche County | 130 | 39.2% | 44.6% | 16.2% | 1981 |
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 Morehouse 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 Morehouse County, both outside Louisiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside LA (136 bridges here).
- Bullock County, AL · 136 bridges
- Jackson County, AR · 136 bridges
- Perry County, IL · 136 bridges
- Lincoln County, KY · 136 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside LA (1983 here).
- Dallas County, TX · avg 1983 · 3,230 bridges
- Bexar County, TX · avg 1983 · 2,342 bridges
- Sedgwick County, KS · avg 1983 · 1,333 bridges
- Will County, IL · avg 1983 · 649 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (72)
LA0599
FairOver: BONNE IDEE
.51 MI EAST OF US 165, Morehouse, LA
Built 1979 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 268
LA0599
FairOver: BAYOU GALION
5.4 MI SOUTH OF LA 1.40, Morehouse, LA
Built 1978 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 268
LA0591
FairOver: BAYOU BARTHOLOMEW
2.31 MI NORTH OF LA 140, Morehouse, LA
Built 1976 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 137
LA0591
FairOver: CREEK
5.11 MI NORTH OF LA 140, Morehouse, LA
Built 1980 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 137
LA0591
FairOver: CREEK
8.63 MI NORTH OF LA 140, Morehouse, LA
Built 1980 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 137
HOLLY RIDGE RD
FairOver: CAMP BAYOU CANAL
1.7 MI S of LA 835, Morehouse, LA
Built 2000 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 250
LA0002
FairOver: BONNE IDEE BAYOU
4.58 MI EAST OF US 165, Morehouse, LA
Built 1977 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 2,598
LA0134
FairOver: BAYOU COULEE
2 MI EAST OF LA 138, Morehouse, LA
Built 1978 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,183
LA0134
FairOver: BAYOU GALLION
2.4 MI EAST OF LA 134, Morehouse, LA
Built 1978 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,183
VINEY WOODS RD
FairOver: BAYOU BONN IDEE
5.8 MI NE of LA 134, Morehouse, LA
Built 1999 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 200
LA0133
FairOver: BAYOU LAFOURCHE
MOREHOUSE/RICHLAND LINE, Morehouse, LA
Built 1992 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,954
LA0590
FairOver: BAYOU
0.94 MI E of ELVIN ROAD, Morehouse, LA
Built 1986 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 85
LA0590
FairOver: CHEMIN-A-HAUL BAYOU
1.5 Mi. W. of LA 591, Morehouse, LA
Built 1986 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 85
LA0590
FairOver: BAYOU
1.33 MI E of ELVIN ROAD, Morehouse, LA
Built 1986 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 85
LA0139
FairOver: I.P. DRAINAGE CANAL
5.9 MI NORTH OF LA 554, Morehouse, LA
Built 1973 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 9,490
LAKE IRWIN RD
FairOver: LITTLE LAKE LAFOURCHE
8.9 MI SW of LA 134, Morehouse, LA
Built 1999 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 280
LA0140
FairOver: BAYOU DEGLAISE
3.54 MI E of US 425, Morehouse, LA
Built 2001 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 2,284
GRABAULT RD
FairOver: BAYOU GALION
.5 MI. E. LA. HWY. 1, Morehouse, LA
Built 1983 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 290
LA0138
FairOver: DRAIN
.7 MI NORTH OF LA 593, Morehouse, LA
Built 1993 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 836
Everglades Rd
FairOver: Little Bayou Boeuf Drain
0.8 Mi. E. of JCT LA 139, Morehouse, LA
Built 2018 Load: 57.0 t ADT: 24
LA0835
FairOver: CREEK
9.58 MI E of US 165, Morehouse, LA
Built 1963 Load: 58.3 t ADT: 366
US0425
FairOver: CREEK
1.0 MI N RICHLAND PAR LN, Morehouse, LA
Built 1971 Load: 74.5 t ADT: 1,954
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