Total Bridges
12,698
Public highway bridges in Louisiana
State profile · Above median Poor share
Louisiana bridge safety
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition shares for every public highway bridge in Louisiana.
- 12,698
- Public bridges
- 38.7%
- Good condition
- 11.5%
- Poor condition
Louisiana holds 12,698 public highway bridges (#24 of 52 by inventory) with a 11.48% Poor share (#8 of 52 by Poor share).
That is 11.5% of the state's inventory, against an average of 7.5% across the 54 states and territories with Poor-rated bridges on file, which places it 45 of 54 ordered from the lowest Poor share upward. A bridge is rated Poor when its weakest applicable component scores 4 or below on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, so the category is a maintenance and funding signal rather than a closure order or a live crossing-safety verdict.
Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026
Good Condition
38.7%
4,919 bridges rated 7-9
-11.3pp vs 50% benchmark
Poor Condition
11.5%
1,458 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4
4.0pp vs national avg 7.5%
Louisiana vs national bridge condition
Louisiana - Good condition share 38.7%
National avg
Share of bridges rated 7-9 on the FHWA 0-9 scale (deck, superstructure, substructure all good).
Louisiana - Poor-condition share 38.3%
National avg
Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.5%.
Louisiana in the national condition pattern
Each point is a state or territory in the FHWA NBI; the highlighted point is this profile.
Louisiana vs all states by public bridge inventory
Where this state's FHWA NBI public-highway bridge count sits among every state and territory on PlainBridges
12,698 24th of 54 higher than 30 of 54 states
States and territories, banded by public bridge inventory size
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · 2024
Read the rank neighborhood for Louisiana
The highlighted point is Louisiana: 12,698 bridges and 11.48% in Poor condition, rank #45 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The five jurisdictions immediately above and below Louisiana on that same Poor-share ordering:
- North Dakota: 4,255 bridges · 10.98% Poor
- Michigan: 11,371 bridges · 11.27% Poor
- Louisiana: 12,698 bridges · 11.48% Poor
- Pennsylvania: 23,299 bridges · 12.58% Poor
- Guam: 47 bridges · 12.77% Poor
The full national sortable table lives on the rankings page.
Material families in Louisiana
Exclusive FHWA material families across all 12,698 bridges in this state; continuous variants fold into the parent family. Orthogonal to the Poor-share scatter above.
Who maintains Louisiana’s inventory
State agency holds 61.0% of the 12,698 public highway bridges filed under Louisiana in the 2024 NBI, the agency-of-record split for this state, not a condition verdict.
When Louisiana’s bridges were built
Pre-1950 construction accounts for 4.2% of the 12,698 bridges with a recorded original year in Louisiana. Era bands are orthogonal to the Poor-share ranking above.
Condition Distribution
Counties (64)
Acadia 282 Allen 178 Ascension 216 Assumption 68 Avoyelles 147 Beauregard 221 Bienville 190 Bossier 270 Caddo 682 Calcasieu 463 Caldwell 124 Cameron 58 Catahoula 70 Claiborne 148 Concordia 42 De Soto 201 East Baton Rouge 548 East Carroll 55 East Feliciana 133 Evangeline 156 Franklin 131 Grant 209 Iberia 143 Iberville 80 Jackson 163 Jefferson 379 Jefferson Davis 240 LaSalle 195 Lafayette 322 Lafourche 130 Lincoln 171 Livingston 253 Madison 104 Morehouse 136 Natchitoches 313 Orleans 382 Ouachita 337 Plaquemines 34 Pointe Coupee 50 Rapides 523 Red River 63 Richland 207 Sabine 195 St. Bernard 47 St. Charles 82 St. Helena 139 St. James 26 St. John the Baptist 40 St. Landry 317 St. Martin 116 St. Mary 124 St. Tammany 360 Tangipahoa 477 Tensas 52 Terrebonne 215 Union 121 Vermilion 261 Vernon 341 Washington 285 Webster 194 West Baton Rouge 73 West Carroll 88 West Feliciana 108 Winn 220
Louisiana vs nearby ranks
Adjacent states by Poor-condition share (lower share = better)
States are ranked by the share of bridges whose lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below. This describes recorded condition; it does not measure funding effectiveness or live crossing safety. States here sit immediately above and below Louisiana on the same metric.
ND
North Dakota
10.98% top marginal rate
MI
Michigan
11.27% top marginal rate
LA
Louisiana
11.48% top marginal rate
PA
Pennsylvania
12.58% top marginal rate
GU
Guam
12.77% top marginal rate
Bridges Needing Most Attention in Louisiana
Six lowest-condition bridges in Louisiana, ranked by the portal's composite display score. Inspection intervals are risk-based under current NBIS rules.
Avenue E
PoorOver: DRESSER CANAL
0.10 MI WEST OF LA 1, Lafourche, LA
Built 1952 Load: 0.0 t
VALENTINE BRIDGE R
PoorOver: LAFOURCHE BAYOU
0.01 MI N OF LA 1, Lafourche, LA
Built 1969 Load: 0.0 t
UNNAMED RD
PoorOver: I-10
3.1 MI EAST OF I-510, Orleans, LA
Built 1969 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 28,550
UNNAMED RD
PoorOver: I-10
4.5 MI EAST OF I-510, Orleans, LA
Built 1969 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 28,550
Almonaster Ave
PoorOver: INNER HARBOR NAVIGATION
0.01 MI E OF FRANCE RD, Orleans, LA
Built 1919 Load: 0.0 t
Beiber Rd
PoorOver: NEZPIQUE BAYOU
3.65 Mi W of La 1160, Evangeline, LA
Built 1965 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 70
All Bridges in Louisiana
RISER RD
FairOver: MONCRIEF CREEK RELIEF
0.9 MI SE of US 167, Lincoln, LA
Built 2005 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 540
GARLAND GIN RD
FairOver: GARLAND GIN CREEK
0.5 MILES EAST OF LA 837, Ouachita, LA
Built 2012 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 200
MITCHINER RD
FairOver: BIG CREEK
2.2 MI E OF LA 183, Richland, LA
Built 2016 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 200
Allen Rd
FairOver: TIGER BAYOU
0.5 MI W of LA 586, West Carroll, LA
Built 2006 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 184
PACKING HOUSE ROAD
FairOver: EAST FORK ENGLISH BAYOU
0.3 MI N OF US 90, Calcasieu, LA
Built 2023 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 334
ELLIS MOSS RD
FairOver: BAYOU
2.6 MI WEST OF LA 27, Calcasieu, LA
Built 1999 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 141
SHUTEYE RD
FairOver: HARPOON BAYOU
1.1 MI. WEST OF LA 6, Sabine, LA
Built 1984 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 300
Magazine St
FairOver: EAST PONCHATOULA CREEK
1 MI NW OF JCT 190 & 443, Tangipahoa, LA
Built 1985 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 2,075
LA0024
FairOver: BAYOU BLUE
2.2 MI WEST OF LA 1, Lafourche, LA
Built 1979 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 5,271
US0090
FairOver: MC MAHON CANAL
.7 MI EAST OF LA 182, Lafourche, LA
Built 1976 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 14,769
US0090
FairOver: MC MAHON CANAL
.7 MI EAST OF LA 182, Lafourche, LA
Built 1976 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 13,535
US0090
FairOver: B.CUTOFF
1.4 MI WEST OF LA 1, Lafourche, LA
Built 1976 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 14,769
US0090
FairOver: B.CUTOFF
1.4 MI WEST OF LA 1, Lafourche, LA
Built 1976 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 13,535
US0090
FairOver: DRAINAGE CANAL
2.7 MI EAST OF LA 1, Lafourche, LA
Built 1976 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 27,665
I0610
FairOver: GOLFERS UPASS
2.1 MI EAST OF I-10, Orleans, LA
Built 1973 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 105,572
I0610
FairOver: ST. JOHN BAYOU
2.7 MI EAST OF I-10, Orleans, LA
Built 1973 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 105,572
I0010
FairOver: I-10 EAST & WEST
.3 MI EAST OF LA 39, Orleans, LA
Built 1968 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 10,771
I0010
FairOver: I-10 OVER US 90(CHEF HWY
2.2 MI EAST OF US 610, Orleans, LA
Built 1967 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 121,599
I0010
FairOver: BULLARD RD.
4.4 MI EAST OF US 90, Orleans, LA
Built 1973 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 77,962
LA0316
FairOver: ST.LOUIS CANAL
0.50 NORTH OF LA.24, Terrebonne, LA
Built 1996 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 7,165
LA0013
FairOver: BAYOU BLANC
2.2 MI NORTH OF LA 3007, Acadia, LA
Built 2001 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 7,361
LA0035
FairOver: DRAINAGE CANAL BRIDGE
.1 MI NORTH OF LA 98, Acadia, LA
Built 1966 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 8,443
I0010
FairOver: BAYOU NAZPIQUE
0.4 MI EAST OF LA 97, Acadia, LA
Built 1961 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 36,670
I0010
FairOver: BAYOU NAZPIQUE
9.67 MI W of LA 91, Acadia, LA
Built 1961 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,471
LA3123
FairOver: Bayou Mallet Lateral
1.57 MI SE OF LA 755, Acadia, LA
Built 1970 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 2,134
LA0682
FairOver: CREEK
0.39 MI NORTH OF LA 675, Iberia, LA
Built 1967 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 750
I0010
FairOver: Acadian Hills Lane
0.5 MI EAST OF LA 182, Lafayette, LA
Built 1968 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 56,748
I0010
FairOver: ACADIAN HILLS LANE
0.85 MI W of I-49, Lafayette, LA
Built 1968 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 2,969
I0049
FairOver: COULEE BEAU BRIDGE CANAL
0.37 MI NORTH OF LA 726, Lafayette, LA
Built 1989 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 53,236
I0049
FairOver: COULEE BEAU BRIDGE CANAL
2.60 Mi S of La 182, Lafayette, LA
Built 1989 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 11,728
US0190
FairOver: ATCHAFALAYA FLOODWAY
2.0 MI EAST OF LA 975, St. Landry, LA
Built 1961 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 20,176
US0190
FairOver: ATCHAFALAYA FLDWY
1.88 Mi E of US 71, St. Landry, LA
Built 1961 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 14,088
LA0182
FairOver: BAYOU BOURBEAUX
1.2 MI NORTH OF LA 93, St. Landry, LA
Built 1975 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 13,213
LA0182
FairOver: BAYOU TESSON
0.9 MI WEST OF LA 3233, St. Landry, LA
Built 1975 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 13,213
I0049
FairOver: BAYOU CALAHAN
1.94 Mi S of LA 31, St. Landry, LA
Built 1982 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 4,451
LA0009
FairOver: BLACK LAKE CREEK
1.2 MI NORTH OF I-20, Bienville, LA
Built 1975 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 2,360
LA0153
FairOver: CASTOR CREEK
8.34 MI NORTH OF LA 155, Bienville, LA
Built 1974 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,377
LA0153
FairOver: CASTOR CR. RELIEF
8.62 MI NORTH OF LA 155, Bienville, LA
Built 1974 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,377
I0020
FairOver: LEATHERMAN CREEK
1.86 MI WEST OF LA 154, Bienville, LA
Built 1964 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 37,514
I0020
FairOver: LEATHERMAN CREEK
1.86 MI WEST OF LA 154, Bienville, LA
Built 1964 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 37,514
I0020
FairOver: F1F1 BAYOU
5.5 MI EAST OF LA 782-2, Bossier, LA
Built 1975 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 62,470
I0020
FairOver: F1F1 BAYOU
5.5 MI EAST OF LA 782-2, Bossier, LA
Built 1975 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 62,470
I0020
FairOver: CLARKE BAYOU
0.5 MI EAST OF US 80, Bossier, LA
Built 1975 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 25,379
I0020
FairOver: CLARKE BAYOU
0.5 MI EAST OF US 80, Bossier, LA
Built 1975 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 25,379
I0220
FairOver: VIKING DRIVE
2.8 Mi. East of LA 1, Bossier, LA
Built 1978 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 42,148
I0220
FairOver: KCS RR
4.2 MI EAST OF LA 3105, Bossier, LA
Built 1978 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 25,004
LA3105
FairOver: COOPERS BAYOU
0.1 MI NORTH OF LA 72, Bossier, LA
Built 1975 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 32,603
US0171
FairOver: CYPRESS BAYOU RELIEF NO
7.3 MI. S. OF LA 526, Caddo, LA
Built 1953 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 3,031
US0171
FairOver: CYPRESS BAYOU RELIEF NO
7.0 MI. S. OF LA 526, Caddo, LA
Built 1953 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 3,031
US0171
FairOver: BUCHANAN BAYOU
5.3 MI. N. OF LA 3276, Caddo, LA
Built 1967 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 8,575
Showing 5,451-5,500 of 12,698 bridges
Related
Data sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI), latest released cycle. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges.
Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI). Poor condition is an inspection-record category, not a closure or unsafe-to-cross designation. Consult the bridge owner for current status.
Understanding Bridge Conditions
How FHWA rates bridge condition on a 0-9 scale.
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What to do with this
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NBI condition ratings are inventory snapshots, not live crossing-safety verdicts.
Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Louisiana Good/Fair/Poor shares and county rollups on this page are computed from the same NBI extract as the national boards; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2024 NBI release. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.