Total bridges
63
Public highway bridges in Red River County
County profile · official public datasets
Red River County, LA
63 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 22.2% rated Good, 47.6% Fair, 30.2% Poor.
- 63
- Public bridges
- 22.2%
- Good condition
- 30.2%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Red River County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.
- 64th
- of 64 on Poor share
- 30.2%
- Poor-condition share
- 63
- public highway bridges
- 1982
- 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.
Red River County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Red River County ranks #64 of 64 Louisiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 30.2%). Red River County, Louisiana contains 63 public highway bridges. Roughly 22.2% are rated “Good,” 47.6% “Fair,” and 30.2% “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
22.2%
14 of 63 rated 7-9
Fair condition
47.6%
30 of 63 rated 5-6
Poor condition
30.2%
19 of 63 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#64 of 64
Among Louisiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 63 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 22.2% (14)
Fair 47.6% (30)
Poor 30.2% (19)
Red River County's Poor-condition bridges carry 15,471 vehicle crossings a day
That is 21.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 30.2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 814 crossings a day against 379 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 63 of 63 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
30.2% of Red River County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
19 of the 63 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 22.2% 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 13% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
US0084 over BAYOU PIERRE, built 1955, carries 2,013 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 19-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 15,471 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Red River County's bridges were built
63 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s 2
1950–1959
2 bridges
- 1960s 5
1960–1969
5 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
26 bridges
- 1980s 10
1980–1989
10 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
12 bridges
- 2000s 1
2000–2009
1 bridges
- 2010s 5
2010–2019
5 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 26 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 41.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1982) matches the Louisiana average (1982).
How Red River County compares with Louisiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Louisiana counties nearest Red River County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 30.2% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1982 against a peer-group mean of 1980 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 63 Louisiana counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Baton Rouge County | 73 | 32.9% | 52.1% | 15.1% | 1969 |
| Catahoula County | 70 | 45.7% | 45.7% | 8.6% | 1984 |
| Assumption County | 68 | 48.5% | 41.2% | 10.3% | 1984 |
| Red River County (this page) | 63 | 22.2% | 47.6% | 30.2% | 1982 |
| Cameron County | 58 | 19% | 55.2% | 25.9% | 1985 |
| East Carroll County | 55 | 29.1% | 50.9% | 20% | 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 Red River 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 Red River County, both outside Louisiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside LA (63 bridges here).
- Highlands County, FL · 63 bridges
- Chattahoochee County, GA · 63 bridges
- Lincoln County, ME · 63 bridges
- Gladwin County, MI · 63 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside LA (1982 here).
- Oklahoma County, OK · avg 1982 · 1,216 bridges
- Jackson County, MO · avg 1982 · 930 bridges
- Milwaukee County, WI · avg 1982 · 893 bridges
- Champaign County, IL · avg 1982 · 727 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (14)
Lacoup Rd
GoodOver: BAYOU PIERRE
6.2 MI. W. OF LA 1, Red River, LA
Built 2006 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 82
BRUSHY CREEK ROAD
GoodOver: BRUSHY CREEK
2.3 MI. S. OF LA 507, Red River, LA
Built 2017 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 95
Parish Rd 410
GoodOver: PRAIRIE RIVER
4.6 MI W OF LA 1, Red River, LA
Built 1997 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 229
LA0174
GoodOver: BLACK BAYOU
0.7 MI. W. OF LA 1, Red River, LA
Built 2012 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 773
Abbington Loop
GoodOver: RED BAYOU
0.3 MI W OF LA 1, Red River, LA
Built 1998 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 175
LA0515
GoodOver: LOGGY BAYOU
2.1 MI NORTH OF LA 154, Red River, LA
Built 1980 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 203
LA0514
GoodOver: GRAND BAYOU RELIEF
1.0 MI. E. OF LA 788, Red River, LA
Built 2013 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 615
LA0514
GoodOver: GRAND BAYOU
0.9 MI E. OF LA 788, Red River, LA
Built 2013 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 615
Parish Rd 410
GoodOver: MILL CREEK
3 MI N OF LA 507, Red River, LA
Built 1997 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 235
LA0783
GoodOver: DRY CREEK
7.59 MI NORTH OF LA 783, Red River, LA
Built 1978 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 345
LA0784
GoodOver: GRAND BAYOU
1.69M EAST OF US71-US84, Red River, LA
Built 1991 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 626
Ferguson Rd
GoodOver: CHICOT BAYOU
1.6 MI EAST OF US 71, Red River, LA
Built 1998 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 111
LA0507
GoodOver: CREEK
1.7 MI E OF LA 514, Red River, LA
Built 2021 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 582
LA0155
GoodOver: BLACK LAKE BAYOU RELIEF
11.4 MI E. OF US 71, Red River, LA
Built 2015 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 618
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