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)
LA0164
FairOver: BOONE CREEK
2.13 M EAST OF HWY 163, Webster, LA
Built 1991 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 3,472
Southridge Drive
FairOver: COOLEY CREEK
0.3 MILES SOUTH OF US 79, Webster, LA
Built 1980 Load: 67.1 t ADT: 92
LA0531
FairOver: CREEK
0.71 MI N OF US 80, Webster, LA
Built 1980 Load: 74.5 t ADT: 1,689
FDR 814
GoodOver: COW BRANCH
2.0 MI. E. OF LA. 159, Webster, LA
Built 1979 Load: 17.8 t ADT: 30
Dement Rd
GoodOver: TRIB. TO LAKE BISTINEAU
2.0 MILES EAST OF LA 163, Webster, LA
Built 2008 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 80
US0079
GoodOver: DRAIN
1.93M EAST OF LA 159, Webster, LA
Built 1932 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 9,942
Tom Benson Rd
GoodOver: TOM BENSON RD COW CREEK
3.0 MI WEST OF LA 259, Webster, LA
Built 1985 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 176
LA0157
GoodOver: DORCHEAT B. RELIEF
4.1 MILES EAST OF US 371, Webster, LA
Built 2010 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 1,757
LA0157
GoodOver: CYPRESS CREEK
6.90 MILES EAST OF US 371, Webster, LA
Built 2010 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 1,757
LA0157
GoodOver: DORCHEAT B. RELIEF
4.35 MILES EAST OF US 371, Webster, LA
Built 2010 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 1,757
King Orchard Rd
GoodOver: LICK CREEK
.5 MI. N. OF LA 2, Webster, LA
Built 2011 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 167
US0079
GoodOver: CREEK
1.23 MI EAST OF LA 159, Webster, LA
Built 1932 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 9,942
US0079
GoodOver: COOLEY BRANCH
1.9 MI EAST OF LA 531, Webster, LA
Built 1932 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 9,942
US0079
GoodOver: CREEK
.44 MI EAST OF LA 518, Webster, LA
Built 1932 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 9,942
LA0164
GoodOver: DRAIN
1.4 MI WEST OF LA 163, Webster, LA
Built 1943 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,472
Industrial Drive
GoodOver: DRAIN
2.34 MI SE OF LA 7, Webster, LA
Built 1995 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 68
Industrial Drive
GoodOver: CREEK
2.09 MI SE OF LA 7, Webster, LA
Built 1995 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 68
Sugar Creek Rd
GoodOver: SUGAR CREEK
2.5 MI. N. OF HWY 79, Webster, LA
Built 2001 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 198
Bellvue/Atkins
GoodOver: BODCAU BAYOU
3.8 MI. S. OF US 371, Webster, LA
Built 2006 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 54
Evergreen Rd
GoodOver: TRIBUTARY TO BLACK BAYOU
0.20 MI W OF LA 159, Webster, LA
Built 2001 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 110
3rd St
GoodOver: LITTLE CROOKED CREEK
0.1 MI NORTH OF LA 157, Webster, LA
Built 1996 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,500
I0020
GoodOver: COOLEY BRANCH
0.41M EAST OF LA 7/MINDEN, Webster, LA
Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 44,225
Nursery Rd
GoodOver: TRIB TO BRUSHY CREEK
0.80 MILES EAST OF US 371, Webster, LA
Built 2011 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 435
Old Arcadia Rd
GoodOver: CROWS CREEK
4.2 MI E OF US 79, Webster, LA
Built 2010 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 263
LA0159
GoodOver: FLAT LICK BAYOU
10.65 MI N OF US 79 80, Webster, LA
Built 2004 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 837
Burrow Ln
GoodOver: FRENCH CREEK
1.0 MI S OF LA 160, Webster, LA
Built 1999 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 555
LA0157
GoodOver: BODCAU BAYOU
3.23 MI WEST OF US371, Webster, LA
Built 1994 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 1,382
LA0002
GoodOver: BODCAU BAYOU
2.13 MILES WEST OF JCT OF, Webster, LA
Built 2012 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 1,723
LA0159
GoodOver: BLACK BAYOU
16.95 MI. N. OF US 79 80, Webster, LA
Built 2005 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 562
LA0160
GoodOver: BODCAU BAYOU
2.21 MI. WEST OF US 371, Webster, LA
Built 2012 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 421
I0020
GoodOver: DORCHEAT BAYOU REL
0.44M EAST OF LA 7, Webster, LA
Built 1960 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 38,625
LA0157
GoodOver: DORCHEAT BAYOU
4.48 MILES EAST OF US 371, Webster, LA
Built 2010 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 1,757
Jack Martin Rd
GoodOver: BRUSHY CREEK
1.6 MI N OF HWY 532, Webster, LA
Built 2004 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 293
LA0532
GoodOver: I-20
3.8 MI NE OF LA 531, Webster, LA
Built 2021 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 923
LA0793
GoodOver: MUD BRANCH
2.3 MI WEST OF LA 794, Webster, LA
Built 1986 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 125
Old Arcadia Rd
GoodOver: TRIB. TO COOLEY BRANCH
0.7 MI E OF HWY 79, Webster, LA
Built 2004 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 543
PERCY BURNS RD
GoodOver: LITTLE CROOKED CREEK
0.45 MI S OF LA 157, Webster, LA
Built 2019 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 700
Cox Rd
GoodOver: FRENCH CREEK
1.0 MI. S. OF LA 160, Webster, LA
Built 2007 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 86
Dorcheat Rd.
GoodOver: Caney Creek
4.75 Mi. N of US 79/80, Webster, LA
Built 2023 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 1,025
LA0002
GoodOver: INDIAN CREEK
5.03 MI NORTH OF LA 160, Webster, LA
Built 2015 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 1,492
LA0159
GoodOver: THORNY BRANCH
0.41 MI S OF LA 159, Webster, LA
Built 2016 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 1,492
SMITHVILLE RD
GoodOver: BRALY CREEK
1.6 MI. S. OF LA 157, Webster, LA
Built 2016 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 170
North Giles St
GoodOver: LITTLE CROOKED CREEK
0.77 MI EAST OF US 371, Webster, LA
Built 2011 Load: 49.6 t ADT: 650
US0080
GoodOver: KCS RAILROAD
1.16 MI WEST OF US 371, Webster, LA
Built 2005 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 4,052
US0080
GoodOver: BOONE CREEK
2.4 MI W OF JCT US 371, Webster, LA
Built 2019 Load: 55.1 t ADT: 2,376
Horseshoe Bridge
PoorOver: BOAT CHANNEL/BISTINEAU
0.4M SOUTH OF LA 164, Webster, LA
Built 1991 Load: 4.5 t ADT: 23
Legion St
PoorOver: LITTLE CROOKED CREEK
0.08M EAST OF LA 803-1, Webster, LA
Built 1990 Load: 4.5 t ADT: 1,250
LA0160
PoorOver: DORCHEAT BAYOU
2.5 MI EAST OF LA 3014, Webster, LA
Built 1966 Load: 5.2 t ADT: 421
Doc Steed Rd
PoorOver: BRUSHY CREEK
0.2 MI S OF HWY 7, Webster, LA
Built 1970 Load: 5.6 t ADT: 123
Marathon Rd
PoorOver: GRAY CREEK
2 MI E OF HWY 7, Webster, LA
Built 1977 Load: 6.8 t ADT: 609
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