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Dotsay Rd over Coulee Baton Canal

Vermilion Parish, Louisiana · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Dotsay Rd over Coulee Baton Canal in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2018, making it 7 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 133 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 116 of the 260 inventoried bridges in Vermilion Parish rated good (44.6%); 26 (10.0%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 38 ft
Location	0.4 Mi W of Lionel Rd
NBI structure number	035700000030524
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
La0014-b over Vermilion R/abbeville	1964	19,800	Poor
LA0014 over Valcourt Coulee	1967	19,800	Fair
US0167 over Kenny Coulee	1954	18,668	Good
US0167 over Canal	1954	18,668	Good
LA0014 over Bayou Tigre	1957	13,088	Fair
LA0014 over Drainage	1999	12,903	Good