Caples Rd over Booker Branch

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

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

• Caples Rd over Booker Branch in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 8 (very good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 2013, making it 12 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 159 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1979).
• Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
• It is one of 78 of the 331 inventoried bridges in Ouachita Parish rated good (23.6%); 42 (12.7%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
• Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated April 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• 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.

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

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