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Southern Loop over I-49

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

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

Southern Loop over I-49 in Caddo 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 2005, making it 20 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 42,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 275 of the 683 inventoried bridges in Caddo Parish rated good (40.3%); 45 (6.6%) 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	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 394 ft
Location	2.97 Mi South of La 526
NBI structure number	040904550801181
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I0020 over Cross Bayou	1964	98,318	Fair
I0020 over Cross Bayou	1964	98,318	Fair
I0020 over Cross Bayou Relf	1964	98,318	Fair
I0020 over Cross Bayou Relf	1964	98,318	Fair
I0020 over Drain	1964	98,318	Fair
I0020 over Drain	1964	98,318	Fair