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Agate Rd. over Brushy Bayou

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

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

Agate Rd. over Brushy Bayou in Evangeline 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 2003, making it 22 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 17 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 10 of the 155 inventoried bridges in Evangeline Parish rated poor (6.5%); 10 (6.5%) 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 51 ft
Location	2.28 Mi E of US 165
NBI structure number	032030536923541
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I0049 over Drainage Canal	1986	19,966	Fair
I0049 over Drainage Canal	1986	19,302	Fair
US0167 over Coulee Manuel	1995	16,358	Fair
US0167 over Bayou Joe Morcel	1994	11,126	Good
I0049 over Drainage Canal	1986	9,875	Fair
I0049 over Drainage Canal	1986	9,158	Good