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LA0082 over Banker Canal

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

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

LA0082 over Banker Canal in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2002, making it 23 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,899 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 118 of the 260 inventoried bridges in Vermilion Parish rated fair (45.4%); 26 (10.0%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 57 ft
Location	0.1 Mi N. of La 690
NBI structure number	035701940703191
Condition class	Fair

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