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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)

LA0472

Good

Over: BIG CREEK RELIEF NO 2

3.65 MI N OF LA 1230, Winn, LA

Built 2010 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 332

LA0472

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

6.80 MI. NORTH OF LA 1230, Winn, LA

Built 2010 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 332

Hebron

Good

Over: HEBRON BRANCH

0.36 MI. SE OF LA 126, Winn, LA

Built 1992 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 30

US0167

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

2.18 MI. NORTH OF LA 126, Winn, LA

Built 2010 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 5,367

US0167

Good

Over: KCS RAILROAD

.7 MI NORTH OF LA 34, Winn, LA

Built 2006 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 15,576

LA0472

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

3.27 MI N OF LA 1230, Winn, LA

Built 2010 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 332

US0167

Good

Over: KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RR

3.29 MI. NORTH OF LA 500, Winn, LA

Built 2009 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 11,712

US0167

Good

Over: KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RR

3.29 MI. NORTH OF LA 500, Winn, LA

Built 2009 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 5,107

US0084

Good

Over: LAS RR

3.8 MI EAST OF LA 1228, Winn, LA

Built 1959 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 5,495

Frank White

Good

Over: PORT DE LUCE CREEK

1.3 MI SOUTH US 84 WEST, Winn, LA

Built 2005 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 250

LA0501

Good

Over: Iron Branch

2.0 Mi N of LA 1232, Winn, LA

Built 2022 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 549

Beluah

Good

Over: DUGDEMONA RIVER RELIEF

BUELAH ROAD, Winn, LA

Built 1992 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 291

Couch

Good

Over: POPE CREEK

APPROX. .1 MI. NE OF US 8, Winn, LA

Built 2006 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 125

US0084

Good

Over: BRUSHY CREEK

2.9 MI EAST OF LA 34, Winn, LA

Built 2003 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 2,526

US0084

Good

Over: BRUSHY CREEK

3.10 MI EAST OF LA 34, Winn, LA

Built 2003 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 2,526

US0084

Good

Over: CREEK

3.16 MI EAST OF LA 34, Winn, LA

Built 2003 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 2,526

US0084

Good

Over: CREEK

1.5 MI EAST OF LA 124, Winn, LA

Built 2003 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 891

US0084

Good

Over: BIG BRANCH

2.4 MI EAST OF LA 124, Winn, LA

Built 2003 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 891

LA0126

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

.6 MI EAST OF LA 1234, Winn, LA

Built 1992 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 742

LA0499

Good

Over: BEECH CREEK

7.28 MI EAST OF LA 34, Winn, LA

Built 1995 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 394

LA0499

Good

Over: FLAT CREEK

1.02 MI NTH. JCT. LA126, Winn, LA

Built 1996 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 114

LA0499

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK

3.65 MI NORTH OF LA 126, Winn, LA

Built 1996 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 114

LA0499

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

4.71 MI NORTH JCT LA 126, Winn, LA

Built 1997 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 114

LA0499

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK

5.01 MI. NORTH OF LA 126, Winn, LA

Built 1997 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 114

LA0505

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

6.47 MI WEST OF US 167, Winn, LA

Built 1996 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 511

LA0477

Good

Over: HASSEN BRANCH

2.65 MI EAST OF US 71, Winn, LA

Built 2006 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 358

LA0477

Good

Over: LEMON BRANCH

3.34 MI. EAST US 71, Winn, LA

Built 2006 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 358

US0167

Good

Over: CEDAR CREEK

7.48 MI. NORTH OF LA 500, Winn, LA

Built 1988 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 11,712

US0167

Good

Over: PORT DELUCE CREEK RELIEF

0.11 MI. SOUTH OF LA 501, Winn, LA

Built 1991 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 8,727

LA0034

Good

Over: FLAT CREEK

3.56 MI NORTH OF LA 126, Winn, LA

Built 1988 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 916

LA0500

Good

Over: BEAR CREEK

0.24 MI. EAST OF US 167, Winn, LA

Built 1998 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 220

LA0126

Good

Over: DUGDEMONA RIVER RELIEF

1.4 MI E. OF JCT. LA 501, Winn, LA

Built 1986 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 527

LA0126

Good

Over: DUGDEMONA RIVER RELIEF

1.65 MI E OF JCT. LA 501, Winn, LA

Built 1986 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 527

LA0126

Good

Over: DUGDEMONA RIVER RELIEF

1.94 MI E OF JCT LA 501, Winn, LA

Built 1986 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 527

LA0126

Good

Over: DUGDEMONA RIVER

2.07 MI E OF JCT. LA 501, Winn, LA

Built 1986 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 527

LA0126

Good

Over: DUGDEMONA RIVER RELIEF

2.28 MI EAST JCT LA 501, Winn, LA

Built 1986 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 527

LA0126

Good

Over: KIESCHE CREEK

4.11 MI EAST OF US 167, Winn, LA

Built 1996 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 572

LA0126

Good

Over: WALNUT CREEK

.8 MI EAST OF LA 34, Winn, LA

Built 1996 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 572

LA0126

Good

Over: CANEY CREEK

.05 MI EAST OF LA 1232, Winn, LA

Built 1985 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 646

LA0126

Good

Over: TURKEY CREEK

2.72 MILES EAST OF LA 127, Winn, LA

Built 1985 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 426

LA0126

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

0.92 MILE EAST OF LA 127, Winn, LA

Built 1985 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 426

LA0126

Good

Over: FISH CREEK

5.72 MILES EAST OF LA 127, Winn, LA

Built 1985 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 349

LA0126

Good

Over: BEAUCOUP CREEK

9.44 MILES EAST OF LA 127, Winn, LA

Built 1985 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 349

LA0126

Good

Over: DRAINAGE CREEK

9.7 MILES EAST OF LA 127, Winn, LA

Built 1985 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 349

LA0501

Good

Over: MILE BRANCH

8.76 MI. NORTH OF LA 156, Winn, LA

Built 1982 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 120

LA0501

Good

Over: CYPRESS CREEK

11.45 MI. NORTH OF LA 156, Winn, LA

Built 1982 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 120

LA0034

Good

Over: MILLER BRANCH

2.63 MI. NORTH OF LA 499, Winn, LA

Built 1983 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,420

LA0034

Good

Over: DRAINAGE CANAL

3.77 MI. NORTH OF LA 499, Winn, LA

Built 1983 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,420

LA0034

Good

Over: DRAINAGE CANAL

4.86 MI. NORTH OF LA 499, Winn, LA

Built 1983 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,420

LA0034

Good

Over: DRAINAGE CANAL

5.03 MI. NORTH OF LA 499, Winn, LA

Built 1983 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,420
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges

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