Frank Bell Rd over Bayou Galion

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

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

• Frank Bell Rd over Bayou Galion in Morehouse 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 1983, making it 42 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 70 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1974).
• Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
• It is one of 73 of the 136 inventoried bridges in Morehouse Parish rated fair (53.7%); 19 (14.0%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
• Its class is unchanged from 2024 (fair), but component ratings moved: substructure 6 to 5.
• Status change: its 2024 load posting has been removed.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated September 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• 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.

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

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