Total bridges
194
Public highway bridges in Webster County
County profile · official public datasets
Webster County, LA
194 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 21.6% rated Good, 53.1% Fair, 25.3% Poor.
- 194
- Public bridges
- 21.6%
- Good condition
- 25.3%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Webster 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.
- 59th
- of 64 on Poor share
- 25.3%
- Poor-condition share
- 194
- public highway bridges
- 1975
- 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.
Webster County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Webster County ranks #59 of 64 Louisiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 25.3%). Webster County, Louisiana contains 194 public highway bridges. Roughly 21.6% are rated “Good,” 53.1% “Fair,” and 25.3% “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
21.6%
42 of 194 rated 7-9
Fair condition
53.1%
103 of 194 rated 5-6
Poor condition
25.3%
49 of 194 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#59 of 64
Among Louisiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 194 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 21.6% (42)
Fair 53.1% (103)
Poor 25.3% (49)
Webster County's Poor-condition bridges carry 98,168 vehicle crossings a day
That is 9.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 25.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,003 crossings a day against 3,707 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 194 of 194 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
45.9% of Webster County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
89 of the 194 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 21.6% 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 10% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
LA0159 over KCS RR MINDEN, built 1960, carries 9,864 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 49-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 98,168 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Webster County's bridges were built
194 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
16 bridges
- 1940s 3
1940–1949
3 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
19 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
33 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
38 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
27 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
21 bridges
- 2000s 15
2000–2009
15 bridges
- 2010s 15
2010–2019
15 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 38 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1975, 7 years older than the Louisiana average of 1982.
How Webster County compares with Louisiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Louisiana counties nearest Webster County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 25.3% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1975 against a peer-group mean of 1981 is 6 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 63 Louisiana counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richland County | 207 | 21.3% | 67.6% | 11.1% | 1979 |
| De Soto County | 201 | 27.9% | 67.2% | 5% | 1980 |
| LaSalle County | 195 | 60% | 34.4% | 5.6% | 1983 |
| Sabine County | 195 | 57.4% | 31.8% | 10.8% | 1983 |
| Webster County (this page) | 194 | 21.6% | 53.1% | 25.3% | 1975 |
| Bienville County | 190 | 20% | 51.6% | 28.4% | 1979 |
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 Webster 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 Webster County, both outside Louisiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside LA (194 bridges here).
- Franklin County, AL · 194 bridges
- Poinsett County, AR · 194 bridges
- Trinity County, CA · 194 bridges
- Colquitt County, GA · 194 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside LA (1975 here).
- San Bernardino County, CA · avg 1975 · 1,422 bridges
- Lane County, OR · avg 1975 · 1,010 bridges
- Fulton County, GA · avg 1975 · 775 bridges
- Westmoreland County, PA · avg 1975 · 620 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (194)
I0020
FairOver: BRUSHY CREEK
4.16 MI EAST OF LA 159, Webster, LA
Built 1960 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 37,514
Montgomery Xing
FairOver: PRAIRIE BAYOU
0.6 MI W OF HWY 163, Webster, LA
Built 1959 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 281
Industrial Drive
FairOver: TRIBUTARY TO COOLEY CREE
0.56 MI SE OF LA 7, Webster, LA
Built 1995 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 68
McIntyre St
FairOver: TRIBUTARY TO MILE CREEK
1 MI N OF HWY 79-80, Webster, LA
Built 1930 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 400
US0371
FairOver: LA 7 NBL OVER I-20
US 371 OVER I-20, Webster, LA
Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,864
I0020
FairOver: BOONE CREEK
2.33 MI WEST OF LA 7, Webster, LA
Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 31,074
I0020
FairOver: US371 @ DIXIE INN
I-20 OVER US 371, Webster, LA
Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 32,869
I0020
FairOver: US371 @ DIXIE INN
I-20 OVER US 371, Webster, LA
Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 38,625
I0020
FairOver: COOLEY BRANCH
0.41M E OF LA 7 @ MINDEN, Webster, LA
Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 44,225
LA0002
FairOver: DORCHEAT BAYOU
1.4 MI EAST OF LA 802, Webster, LA
Built 1984 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 1,540
Burma Rd
FairOver: BOONE CREEK
3.0 MI SE OF US 80, Webster, LA
Built 1991 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 30
Pine St
FairOver: MILE CREEK
0.3 MI N OF HWY 79-8, Webster, LA
Built 1935 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 158
CVOC Rd
FairOver: HOWELL CREEK
4.0 MI E OF US 371, Webster, LA
Built 1999 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 222
Newson Rd
FairOver: INDIAN CREEK
0.4 MI. S. OF HWY 2, Webster, LA
Built 2001 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 195
Spring Branch Rd
FairOver: TRIB TO CROOKED CREEK
1.0 MI. E. OF LA. 7, Webster, LA
Built 1983 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 360
LA0157
FairOver: LITTLE CROOKED CREEK
2.83 MI EAST OF US 371, Webster, LA
Built 1978 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 1,757
Victory Rd
FairOver: BOONE CREEK
3.5 MI. SE OF US 80, Webster, LA
Built 1990 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 25
Old Highway 7
FairOver: TRIB TO DORCHEAT BAYOU
1.5 MI N OF HWY 7, Webster, LA
Built 1983 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 145
Dorcheat Rd
FairOver: COW CREEK
10 MI N OF HWY 79-80, Webster, LA
Built 1983 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 294
West St
FairOver: MILE CREEK
0.4 MI W OF HWY 79-8, Webster, LA
Built 1930 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 4,200
Bounds Rd
FairOver: BRUSHY CREEK
0.2 MI. W. OF US 371, Webster, LA
Built 1999 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 111
LA0164
FairOver: DORCHEAT BAYOU RELIEF
1.54 MI E OF US 371, Webster, LA
Built 1982 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 3,472
I0020
FairOver: KCS R/R
0.12M EAST OF LA 159, Webster, LA
Built 1960 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 32,869
JACK MARTIN RD
FairOver: I 20
3.86 MI E OF LA 7, Webster, LA
Built 1983 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 2,900
LA0531
FairOver: BRANCH
6.6 MI NORTH OF LA 792, Webster, LA
Built 1970 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 1,230
LA0521
FairOver: BRANCH
.29 MI SOUTH OF LA 2, Webster, LA
Built 1977 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 409
I0020
FairOver: GOODWILL ROAD
.79 MI WEST OF US 371, Webster, LA
Built 2004 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 25,379
I0020
FairOver: GOODWILL ROAD
.79 MI WEST OF US 371, Webster, LA
Built 2004 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 31,074
I0020
FairOver: DORCHEAR BAYOU REL
0.44 M EAST OF US 371, Webster, LA
Built 1992 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 32,869
I0020
FairOver: DORCHEAT BAYOU
0.84 MI. E. OF LA 7, Webster, LA
Built 1992 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 32,869
I0020
FairOver: DORCHEAT BAYOU
0.84M EAST OF LA 7, Webster, LA
Built 1960 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 38,625
I0020
FairOver: DORCHEAT BAYOU REL
1.17M EAST OF LA 7, Webster, LA
Built 1992 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 32,869
I0020
FairOver: DORCHEAT BAYOU REL
1.17M EAST OF LA 7, Webster, LA
Built 1960 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 38,625
I0020
FairOver: KCS R/R
0.12M EAST OF LA 159, Webster, LA
Built 1960 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 41,386
Lake Rd
FairOver: COOLEY CREEK
2.8M SOUTH OF LA 7, Webster, LA
Built 1993 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 320
Blue Run Rd
FairOver: COW CREEK
0.41 MI E. OF LA 3008, Webster, LA
Built 1985 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 86
LA0164
FairOver: DORCHEAT BAYOU RELIEF
5.48 MI E. OF LA 163, Webster, LA
Built 2004 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 3,472
Wiley Rd
FairOver: INDIAN CREEK
0.5M SE OF LA 2, Webster, LA
Built 1992 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 58
Penal Farm Rd
FairOver: COOLEY BRANCH
0.4M EAST OF LA 7, Webster, LA
Built 1992 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 1,294
Fire Tower Rd
FairOver: NEAR CREEK
0.6 MI. S. OF HWY. 2, Webster, LA
Built 1985 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 525
Fire Tower Rd
FairOver: INDIAN CREEK
0.5 MI. S. OF HWY. 2, Webster, LA
Built 1985 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 525
Fire Tower Rd
FairOver: INDIAN CREEK
0.4 MI. S. OF HWY 2, Webster, LA
Built 1985 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 525
LA0531
FairOver: COOLEY BRANCH
2.8 MI NORTH OF I-20, Webster, LA
Built 1980 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,689
I0020
FairOver: L & A RR
0.12M EAST OF LA 159, Webster, LA
Built 1960 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 15,642
I0020
FairOver: US 80
3.14 MI WEST OF US 371, Webster, LA
Built 1975 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 25,379
I0020
FairOver: US 80
3.14 MI WEST OF US 371, Webster, LA
Built 1975 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 31,074
Sewage Disposal Rd
FairOver: BOONE CREEK
5.5 MI. SE OF US 80, Webster, LA
Built 1988 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 25
Java Rd
FairOver: CANEY BRANCH
4.0 MI SW OF US 80, Webster, LA
Built 1988 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 20
I0020
FairOver: BOONE CREEK
2.33 MI. W. OF LA 7, Webster, LA
Built 1961 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 25,379
LA0159
FairOver: MILE CREEK
1.18 MI NORTH OF LA 79, Webster, LA
Built 1987 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 3,310
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