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LA0563 over Big Creek

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

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

LA0563 over Big Creek in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1973, making it 52 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,064 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 109 of the 171 inventoried bridges in Lincoln Parish rated fair (63.7%); 22 (12.9%) 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 97 ft
Location	1.73 Mi North of La 544
NBI structure number	053103160601731
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I0020 over Cypress Creek	1963	50,895	Fair
I0020 over Creek	1963	50,895	Poor
I0020 over I-20 Service Rd.	1996	50,895	Fair
I0020 over Creek	1960	50,895	Fair
I0020 over Creek	1960	50,895	Fair
I0020 over N.fork Choudrant E-bound	1960	50,895	Fair