Total bridges
261
Public highway bridges in Vermilion County
County profile · official public datasets
Vermilion County, LA
261 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 45.6% rated Good, 43.3% Fair, 11.1% Poor.
- 261
- Public bridges
- 45.6%
- Good condition
- 11.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Vermilion County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 35th
- of 64 on Poor share
- 11.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 261
- public highway bridges
- 1985
- 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.
Vermilion County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Vermilion County ranks #35 of 64 Louisiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 11.1%). Vermilion County, Louisiana contains 261 public highway bridges. Roughly 45.6% are rated “Good,” 43.3% “Fair,” and 11.1% “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
45.6%
119 of 261 rated 7-9
Fair condition
43.3%
113 of 261 rated 5-6
Poor condition
11.1%
29 of 261 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#35 of 64
Among Louisiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 261 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 45.6% (119)
Fair 43.3% (113)
Poor 11.1% (29)
Vermilion County's Poor-condition bridges carry 60,910 vehicle crossings a day
That is 14.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 11.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,100 crossings a day against 1,618 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 261 of 261 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
42.1% of Vermilion County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
110 of the 261 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 45.6% 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 32.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
LA0014-B over VERMILION R/ABBEVILLE, built 1964, carries 19,800 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 29-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 60,910 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Vermilion County's bridges were built
261 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 1
1930–1939
1 bridges
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
41 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
54 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
30 bridges
- 1980s 27
1980–1989
27 bridges
- 1990s 17
1990–1999
17 bridges
- 2000s 13
2000–2009
13 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
69 bridges
- 2020s 8
2020–2029
8 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2010s, when 69 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 26.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 5 to 14 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1985) matches the Louisiana average (1982).
How Vermilion County compares with Louisiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Louisiana counties nearest Vermilion County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 11.1% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1985 against a peer-group mean of 1980 is 5 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 63 Louisiana counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County | 285 | 44.2% | 44.2% | 11.6% | 1979 |
| Acadia County | 282 | 42.9% | 48.2% | 8.9% | 1978 |
| Bossier County | 270 | 30% | 55.2% | 14.8% | 1983 |
| Vermilion County (this page) | 261 | 45.6% | 43.3% | 11.1% | 1985 |
| Livingston County | 253 | 43.5% | 47% | 9.5% | 1978 |
| Jefferson Davis County | 240 | 12.1% | 69.2% | 18.8% | 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 Vermilion 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 Vermilion County, both outside Louisiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside LA (261 bridges here).
- DeKalb County, IL · 261 bridges
- Montgomery County, IL · 261 bridges
- Russell County, KS · 261 bridges
- Camden County, NJ · 261 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside LA (1985 here).
- Hillsborough County, FL · avg 1985 · 840 bridges
- Lancaster County, NE · avg 1985 · 661 bridges
- Nueces County, TX · avg 1985 · 528 bridges
- Grayson County, TX · avg 1985 · 513 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (261)
LA0082
FairOver: BANKER CANAL
0.1 MI N. OF LA 690, Vermilion, LA
Built 2002 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 2,899
LA0082
FairOver: WARREN CANAL
10.48 MI N. OF LA 3147, Vermilion, LA
Built 1952 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 2,899
LA0335
FairOver: COULEE KENNY
1.84 MI W. OF LA 694, Vermilion, LA
Built 1953 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 2,516
N. Gin Rd
FairOver: LAPORTS COULEE
0.1 Mi S of LA 14, Vermilion, LA
Built 1965 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 397
Lomire Rd
FairOver: Canal #5
0.7 Mi S of La 335, Vermilion, LA
Built 2004 Load: 21.6 t ADT: 150
LA0014
FairOver: BIG FOUR CANAL
3.1 miles West of LA 91, Vermilion, LA
Built 1958 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 1,717
LA0014
FairOver: ELLIOT DITCH
2.1 MI W. OF LA 91, Vermilion, LA
Built 1958 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 1,717
LA0014
FairOver: AVRICO CANAL
1.24 MI W. OF LA 91, Vermilion, LA
Built 1952 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 3,212
LA0014
FairOver: MARE MICHELE
1.2 MI W. OF LA 711, Vermilion, LA
Built 1952 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 3,212
PARISH RD 685
FairOver: BAYOU TIGRE
0.78 MI S. OF LA 14, Vermilion, LA
Built 1961 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 1,298
LA0014
FairOver: AVRICO CANAL
5.98 MI W. OF LA 91, Vermilion, LA
Built 1960 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,717
LA0014
FairOver: ISLE MARRON CANAL
1.6 MI E. OF LA 35, Vermilion, LA
Built 1959 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 7,329
Gladu Road
FairOver: Coulee
0.4 Mi. West of 343, Vermilion, LA
Built 2009 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 350
LA0014
FairOver: BAYOU TIGRE
0.2 Mi. West OF LA 331, Vermilion, LA
Built 1957 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 13,088
LA0699
FairOver: BAYOU GRAND MARAIS
1.4 MI S. OF LA 92, Vermilion, LA
Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 442
LA0330
FairOver: YOUNGS COULEE
3.75 MI S. OF LA 82, Vermilion, LA
Built 1959 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,814
LA0697
FairOver: COULEE KENNYS
0.3 MI W OF LA 167, Vermilion, LA
Built 1976 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 970
Boat Shop Rd
FairOver: TIGER BAYOU
1.3 Mi W of La 331, Vermilion, LA
Built 1970 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 350
LA3147
FairOver: AMOCO PIPELINE
8.8 MI S. OF LA 82, Vermilion, LA
Built 1982 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 221
LA0013
FairOver: COULEE DES ISES
3.36 MI N. OF LA 14, Vermilion, LA
Built 1952 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,466
LA0013
FairOver: BAYOU GRAND MARAIS
5.84 MI N. OF LA 14, Vermilion, LA
Built 1952 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,466
LA0014
FairOver: VALCOURT COULEE
0.39 MI W. OF UA 167, Vermilion, LA
Built 1967 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 19,800
Guegnon St.
FairOver: YOUNGS SOUTH COULEE
0.95 M. S. of LA 3267, Vermilion, LA
Built 1965 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 250
Dalton Rd
FairOver: COULEE
1.2 Mi W of La 695, Vermilion, LA
Built 2005 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 212
W. Liberty Farm Rd
FairOver: DE JOHN COULEE
1.09 MI W. OF LA 35, Vermilion, LA
Built 2014 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 152
LA0092
FairOver: B GRAND MARAIS
0.7 MI E. OF LA 700, Vermilion, LA
Built 1961 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 5,170
LA0092
FairOver: CREEK
1.0 MI E. OF LA 700, Vermilion, LA
Built 1961 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 5,170
Old La 690
FairOver: COULEE
0.6 MI W of LA 330, Vermilion, LA
Built 1980 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 430
Ellis Bridge Rd
FairOver: Gueydan Canal
1.3 Mi W of La 91, Vermilion, LA
Built 1960 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 160
Oliver Rd
FairOver: BIG FOUR DITCH
1.36 Mi. W of LA 332, Vermilion, LA
Built 1960 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 80
WINFRED RD
FairOver: COULEE
1.06 MI N. OF LA 92, Vermilion, LA
Built 2014 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 246
Clarence Lege Rd
FairOver: MAREE MICHEL CANAL
0.5 Mi S of LA 14, Vermilion, LA
Built 1960 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 100
Junius Rd
FairOver: BATON COULEE
1.3 MILES W. OF LA.695, Vermilion, LA
Built 2014 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 100
LA0014
FairOver: MERMENTAU RIVER
1.2 MI N. OF LA 717, Vermilion, LA
Built 1976 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 1,717
Beau Rd
FairOver: COULEE
0.8 MI S. OF LA 699, Vermilion, LA
Built 2014 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 725
LA0014
FairOver: COULEE
1.40 MI W. OF LA 331, Vermilion, LA
Built 1999 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 12,059
LA0013
FairOver: CREEK
0.5 MI N. OF LA 14, Vermilion, LA
Built 1952 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,466
LA0013
FairOver: AVERICO CANAL
1.15 MI N. OF LA 14, Vermilion, LA
Built 1952 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,466
LA0343
FairOver: CREEK
0.4 Miles North of LA 696, Vermilion, LA
Built 1957 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,830
LA3093
FairOver: CREEK
0.33 MI S. OF LA 14, Vermilion, LA
Built 1965 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 473
Elis Bridge Rd
FairOver: GUEYDAN CANAL
6.1 Mi W of LA 91, Vermilion, LA
Built 1999 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 100
Pioneer Rd.
FairOver: COULEE
0.7 Mi S of La 14, Vermilion, LA
Built 1985 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 106
Enis Rd
FairOver: CANAL
0.2 Mi N of La 697, Vermilion, LA
Built 1986 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 250
LA0082
FairOver: INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY
14.2 MI N. OF LA 3147, Vermilion, LA
Built 1976 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,899
Willie Rd
FairOver: COULEE
0.15 M N Cypress Point Rd, Vermilion, LA
Built 2014 Load: 35.2 t ADT: 2
Ovey Rd
FairOver: CANAL
1.0 miles West of Joe Rd., Vermilion, LA
Built 2016 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 50
Pressley Rd
FairOver: GRANGES COULEE
0.1 Mi S of LA 92, Vermilion, LA
Built 2011 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 291
LA0708
FairOver: SLEDGE CANAL
2.58 MI W. OF LA 35, Vermilion, LA
Built 1975 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 353
Oliver Rd
FairOver: CAMERON CANAL
3.2 Mi W of La 332, Vermilion, LA
Built 2015 Load: 37.5 t ADT: 28
Placide Rd
FairOver: COULEE
0.02 Mi W of US 167, Vermilion, LA
Built 1996 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 720
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