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Smith Rd over Red Chute Bayou

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

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

Smith Rd over Red Chute Bayou in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 1 (imminent failure condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1984, making it 41 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 250 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 41 of the 269 inventoried bridges in Bossier Parish rated poor (15.2%); 41 (15.2%) 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 196 ft
Location	1.6 Mi E. of US 71
NBI structure number	040832225933301
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I0020 over Ramp J-2	1965	71,593	Fair
I0020 over Traffic Street	1966	71,593	Fair
I0020 over Hamilton Mills Road	1966	71,593	Fair
I0020 over US 71 Kcsrr Ramp SW	1966	71,593	Fair
I0020 over La 72/OLD Minden Rd.	1967	71,593	Fair
I0020 over Icg RR	1967	71,593	Fair