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Winn County, LA

220 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 55.5% rated Good, 28.2% Fair, 16.4% Poor.

220
Public bridges
55.5%
Good condition
16.4%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Winn County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

51st
of 64 on Poor share
16.4%
Poor-condition share
220
public highway bridges
1987
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.

Winn County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Winn County ranks #51 of 64 Louisiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 16.4%). Winn County, Louisiana contains 220 public highway bridges. Roughly 55.5% are rated “Good,” 28.2% “Fair,” and 16.4% “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.

Total bridges

220

Public highway bridges in Winn County

Good condition

55.5%

122 of 220 rated 7-9

Fair condition

28.2%

62 of 220 rated 5-6

Poor condition

16.4%

36 of 220 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#51 of 64

Among Louisiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 220 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
55.5% (122)
Fair
28.2% (62)
Poor
16.4% (36)

Winn County's Poor-condition bridges carry 30,306 vehicle crossings a day

That is 9.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 16.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 842 crossings a day against 1,814 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 220 of 220 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

26.8% of Winn County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

59 of the 220 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 55.5% 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 16.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US0167 over KCS RR, built 1976, carries 5,107 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 36-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 30,306 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Winn County's bridges were built

220 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 49 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1987, 5 years newer than the Louisiana average of 1982.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

How Winn County compares with Louisiana's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Louisiana counties nearest Winn County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 16.4% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1987 against a peer-group mean of 1981 is 6 years newer.

Showing the 5 closest of 63 Louisiana counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Winn County and the 5 Louisiana counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Beauregard County 221 8.1%
Winn County (this page) 220 16.4%
Ascension County 216 13%
Terrebonne County 215 10.7%
Grant County 209 15.8%
Richland County 207 11.1%

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 Winn 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 Winn County, both outside Louisiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside LA (220 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside LA (1987 here).

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All bridges (220)

LA0126

Fair

Over: BIG CREEK RELIEF

.8 MI EAST OF LA 1234, Winn, LA

Built 1992 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 742

LA0126

Fair

Over: FLAT CREEK

0.29 MILE EAST OF LA 127, Winn, LA

Built 1978 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 498

LA0124

Fair

Over: POPE CREEK

5.97 MI EAST OF US 84, Winn, LA

Built 1929 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,348

US0167

Fair

Over: PORT DELUCE CREEK

0.27 MI. SOUTH OF LA 501, Winn, LA

Built 1991 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 10,307

US0084

Fair

Over: UNNAMED CREEK

8.53 MI EAST OF SALINE BA, Winn, LA

Built 1997 Load: 65.4 t ADT: 2,963

US0084

Fair

Over: CALVARY CREEK

6.44 MI. EAST OF LA 124, Winn, LA

Built 1998 Load: 74.5 t ADT: 891

US0084

Fair

Over: CURRY CREEK

12.88 MI.E. JCT. US 167, Winn, LA

Built 1998 Load: 74.5 t ADT: 891

LA0126

Fair

Over: BRUSHY CREEK

0.55 MI EAST JCT US 167, Winn, LA

Built 1996 Load: 74.5 t ADT: 742

LA0126

Fair

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

0.12 MILE WEST OF LA 127, Winn, LA

Built 1985 Load: 74.5 t ADT: 646

LA0127

Fair

Over: WHELESS BRANCH

5.85 MI. NW CALDWELL LINE, Winn, LA

Built 2002 Load: 74.5 t ADT: 183

Jesse Hanson

Fair

Over: REDLAND CREEK

0.49 MI. NORTH OF LA 34, Winn, LA

Built 1987 Load: 74.5 t ADT: 100

Floyd Johnston

Fair

Over: CREEK

1.13 MI. EAST OF LA 499, Winn, LA

Built 1984 Load: 74.5 t ADT: 190

506

Good

Over: CYPRESS CR. TRIB.

NO DATA ENTERED, Winn, LA

Built 2003 ADT: 50

506

Good

Over: CYPRESS CR. TRIB.

NO DATA ENTERED, Winn, LA

Built 2003 ADT: 50

FDR 502

Good

Over: S. FORK MILE CR.

LOGMI 2.10 FR 428 TO, Winn, LA

Built 2023 ADT: 50

FDR 506Bridge

Good

Over: CYPRESS CREEK

LOGMI 0.79 FR 436 TO, Winn, LA

Built 2023 ADT: 50

FDR 520Bridge

Good

Over: KILLAN CREEK

5.94 MI FROM 5 TO 23, Winn, LA

Built 2023 ADT: 50

FSR 555

Good

Over: LITTLE BEAR CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Winn, LA

Built 1999 Load: 20.7 t ADT: 100

NFSR

Good

Over: COULEY CREEK TRIBUTARY

NO DATA ENTERED, Winn, LA

Built 2002 Load: 20.7 t ADT: 50

NFSR 506

Good

Over: CYPRESS CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Winn, LA

Built 2003 Load: 23.7 t ADT: 20

NFSR 558

Good

Over: IATT CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Winn, LA

Built 2005 Load: 23.7 t ADT: 30

LA0127

Good

Over: CREEK

12.72 M. NW CALDWELL LINE, Winn, LA

Built 2010 Load: 24.9 t ADT: 183

Packton-Alexandria

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK

3.76 M. WEST OF US 167, Winn, LA

Built 1992 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 125

Beluah

Good

Over: BEULAH CREEK

0.54 MI. NORTH OF LA 1230, Winn, LA

Built 2003 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 160

Mosley Dr-Dunn St

Good

Over: PORT DELUCE CREEK

0.41 MI. WEST OF US 167, Winn, LA

Built 2000 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 530

US0167

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

7.48 MI. NORTH OF LA 500, Winn, LA

Built 2009 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 5,107

US0167

Good

Over: BIG CREEK RELIEF

2.46 MI. NORTH OF LA 126, Winn, LA

Built 2010 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 5,367

LA0126

Good

Over: SALINE BAYOU

3.61 MILES EAST OF LA 9, Winn, LA

Built 1994 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 310

Catfish House

Good

Over: WOLF CREEK

2.94 MI. NW OF LA 499, Winn, LA

Built 2004 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 130

Buddy Taylor

Good

Over: IATT CREEK

1.2 M. S. OF END LA 1228, Winn, LA

Built 2003 Load: 31.1 t ADT: 55

Jake Creel

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK

0.23 MI. EAST OF LA 34, Winn, LA

Built 1984 Load: 32.1 t ADT: 90

Deloy Green

Good

Over: CYPRESS CREEK

0.9 MI. EAST OF LA 505, Winn, LA

Built 1984 Load: 32.1 t ADT: 72

US0167

Good

Over: CREEK

2.76 MI. NORTH OF LA 505, Winn, LA

Built 1960 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,367

US0167

Good

Over: ANTWINE CREEK

4.4 MI NORTH OF LA 126, Winn, LA

Built 1952 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,107

US0167

Good

Over: CREEK

1.39 MI. NORTH OF LA 126, Winn, LA

Built 2010 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,367

US0167

Good

Over: ANTWINE CREEK

4.86 MI. NORTH OF LA 126, Winn, LA

Built 2010 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,367

LA0127

Good

Over: CREEK

10.39 M. NW CALDWELL LINE, Winn, LA

Built 2010 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 183

LA0127

Good

Over: CREEK

9.48 MI. NW CALDWELL LINE, Winn, LA

Built 2010 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 183

LA0127

Good

Over: CREEK

8.63 MI. NW CALDWELL LINE, Winn, LA

Built 2010 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 183

LA0472

Good

Over: LITTLE BEAR CREEK

0.34 NORTH OF LA 1230, Winn, LA

Built 2010 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 332

US0084

Good

Over: PORT DE LUCE CREEK

3.1 MI EAST OF LA 1228, Winn, LA

Built 1997 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,495

US0167

Good

Over: DUMP CREEK

7.79 MI. NORTH OF LA 500, Winn, LA

Built 1988 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 11,712

LA0126

Good

Over: KIESCHE CREEK TRIB.

2.2 MI EAST JCT US 167, Winn, LA

Built 1996 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 687

LA0126

Good

Over: FLAT CREEK TRIBUTARY

4.7 MI EAST OF LA 34, Winn, LA

Built 1996 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 477

LA0156

Good

Over: SPRING BRANCH

0.44 MI. WEST OF LA 1233, Winn, LA

Built 1952 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 525

Spillway

Good

Over: SONNETT CREEK

1.15 MI. NORTH OF US 84, Winn, LA

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 170

US0084

Good

Over: UNNAMED CREEK

13.2 MI E OF SALINE BAYOU, Winn, LA

Built 1997 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 2,963

LA1231-1

Good

Over: POLE MILL CREEK

0.68 MI. WEST OF US 167, Winn, LA

Built 2002 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 569

Allbritton

Good

Over: BEECH CREEK

1.52 MI. SOUTH OF LA 124, Winn, LA

Built 2006 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 30

LA0472

Good

Over: BIG CREEK RELIEF NO 1

3.53 MI N OF LA 1230, Winn, LA

Built 2010 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 332
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges

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