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Vastar Road over Central Canal

Cameron Parish, Louisiana · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

Vastar Road over Central Canal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1983, making it 42 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 10 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
It is one of 14 of the 58 inventoried bridges in Cameron Parish rated poor (24.1%); 14 (24.1%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 67 ft
Location	Vastar Road
NBI structure number	000043640-00134
Condition class	Poor

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Louisiana department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
LA0385 over S Fork Black Bayou	1954	4,633	Poor
LA0027 over Crab Gully	1957	3,884	Poor
LA0027 over Canal	1974	3,506	Fair
LA0027 over Intracoastal Waterway	1976	3,506	Fair
LA0027 over Kelso Bayou/hackberry	1977	3,034	Poor
LA0082 over North Labove Bayou	2013	2,899	Fair