Total bridges
50
Public highway bridges in Pointe Coupee County
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Pointe Coupee County, LA
50 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 22% rated Good, 52% Fair, 26% Poor.
- 50
- Public bridges
- 22%
- Good condition
- 26%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Pointe Coupee County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- 62nd
- of 64 on Poor share
- 26%
- Poor-condition share
- 50
- public highway bridges
- 1970
- 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.
Pointe Coupee County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Pointe Coupee County ranks #62 of 64 Louisiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 26%). Pointe Coupee County, Louisiana contains 50 public highway bridges. Roughly 22% are rated “Good,” 52% “Fair,” and 26% “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
22%
11 of 50 rated 7-9
Fair condition
52%
26 of 50 rated 5-6
Poor condition
26%
13 of 50 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#62 of 64
Among Louisiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 50 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 22% (11)
Fair 52% (26)
Poor 26% (13)
Pointe Coupee County's Poor-condition bridges carry 21,528 vehicle crossings a day
That is 7.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 26% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,656 crossings a day against 9,285 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 50 of 50 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
62% of Pointe Coupee County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
31 of the 50 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 22% 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 27.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
LA0413 over BAYOU DISCHARGE, built 1968, carries 5,896 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 13-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 21,528 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Pointe Coupee County's bridges were built
50 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 3
1920–1929
3 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
5 bridges
- 1940s 3
1940–1949
3 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
7 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
6 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
8 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
7 bridges
- 1990s 3
1990–1999
3 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
4 bridges
- 2010s 3
2010–2019
3 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 8 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 16% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1970, 12 years older than the Louisiana average of 1982.
How Pointe Coupee County compares with Louisiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Louisiana counties nearest Pointe Coupee County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 26% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1970 against a peer-group mean of 1985 is 15 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 63 Louisiana counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron County | 58 | 19% | 55.2% | 25.9% | 1985 |
| East Carroll County | 55 | 29.1% | 50.9% | 20% | 1980 |
| Tensas County | 52 | 57.7% | 38.5% | 3.8% | 1979 |
| Pointe Coupee County (this page) | 50 | 22% | 52% | 26% | 1970 |
| St. Bernard County | 47 | 55.3% | 38.3% | 6.4% | 1998 |
| Concordia County | 42 | 45.2% | 45.2% | 9.5% | 1982 |
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 Pointe Coupee 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 Pointe Coupee County, both outside Louisiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside LA (50 bridges here).
- Oglethorpe County, GA · 50 bridges
- Randolph County, GA · 50 bridges
- Putnam County, IL · 50 bridges
- Simpson County, KY · 50 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside LA (1970 here).
- Hamilton County, OH · avg 1970 · 783 bridges
- Yavapai County, AZ · avg 1970 · 543 bridges
- Garfield County, OK · avg 1970 · 504 bridges
- San Luis Obispo County, CA · avg 1970 · 401 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (26)
LA0001
FairOver: BAYOU WHITE VINE
6.71 M N of Morganza, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1935 Load: 14.9 t ADT: 4,369
LA0081
FairOver: W-11 LATERAL #2
1.97 M W of LA 77, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1969 Load: 17.8 t ADT: 231
LA0417
FairOver: LATERAL 415 W
LA0417, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1958 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 503
LA0417
FairOver: JOHNSON CANAL
LA0417, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1963 Load: 18.8 t ADT: 503
Levee Road
FairOver: Drainage Channel
7 MI. W. OF MORGANZA LA, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1940 Load: 18.8 t ADT: 38
LA0983
FairOver: BAYOU CHENAL
0.27 M W of LA 416, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1956 Load: 20.1 t ADT: 2,823
Callegan W.
FairOver: DRAIN BAYOU
2.1 MI S.W. OF LA 1, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 2004 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 70
LA0417
FairOver: CLAY BAYOU
1.16 M W of LA 418, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1948 Load: 23.7 t ADT: 503
LA0001
FairOver: MORGANZA SPILLWAY
LA0001, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1954 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 3,874
US0190
FairOver: MORGANZA FLDWY
US0190, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1945 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 12,942
Jack Torres Rd
FairOver: BAYOU CHOLPE TRIBUTARY
1.3 M SW Of US 190, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1986 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 657
LA0078
FairOver: PORT ALLEN LOCK
256 Ft S of LA 979, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1980 Load: 29.5 t ADT: 4,464
LA0010
FairOver: RAILROAD
4.1 MILES EAST OF LA 1 AT, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 2010 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,763
US0190
FairOver: STREAM NO NAME
1.06 M W of LA 1 @ US 190, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1952 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 14,467
US0190
FairOver: BAYOU TOMMY
US0190, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1951 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 20,176
US0190
FairOver: STREAM
1.82 M W of LA 77, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1933 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 13,660
US0190
FairOver: STREAM
3.66 M W of LA 77@US 190, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1933 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 13,717
US0190
FairOver: STREAM
2.85 M W of LA 77@US 190, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1933 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 13,717
LA0001
FairOver: BAYOU FISHER
0.5 M N of Lettsworth, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1936 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,698
LA0077
FairOver: STREAM
0.05 M N of LA 19, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1923 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,376
Gremillion Rd
FairOver: BAYOU TOMMY
.4 MI NE OF LIVONIA, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1999 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 657
US0190
FairOver: M.P. RR @ LIVONIA
0.75 MI W JCT LA 77, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20,176
US0190
FairOver: M.P. RR @ LIVONIA
0.75 MI W JCT LA 77, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,660
LA3131
FairOver: PORTAGE CANAL
5.3 Mi N. of LA 78, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1970 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 10,317
LA0015
FairOver: OLD RIVER NAV. CANAL
LA0015, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1965 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 633
Normady Rd
FairOver: BLACK BAYOU
3.4 M S OF BATCHELOR, Pointe Coupee, LA
Built 1989 Load: 74.5 t ADT: 159
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