Guyton Rd over Drain to Cheniere Brake

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

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

• Guyton Rd over Drain to Cheniere Brake in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1979, making it 46 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 37 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1979).
• Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
• It is one of 42 of the 331 inventoried bridges in Ouachita Parish rated poor (12.7%); 42 (12.7%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is posted for load (NBI item 41).
• It was rated fair in the 2024 inventory and is now poor (deck 6 to 5, superstructure 5 to 4, substructure 5 to 4).
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated May 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• It is coded scour critical (NBI item 113 = 3): scour critical: foundations unstable for the assessed or calculated scour.
• 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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