Hinds Rd over Wallace Bayou

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

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

• Hinds Rd over Wallace Bayou in De Soto Parish, Louisiana, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 0 (failed condition, out of service) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1966, making it 59 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 55 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
• Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
• It is one of 15 of the 201 inventoried bridges in De Soto Parish rated poor (7.5%); 15 (7.5%) 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.

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

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