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LA0550 over Lion Creek

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

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

LA0550 over Lion Creek in Union Parish, Louisiana, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1950, making it 75 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 464 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 13 of the 121 inventoried bridges in Union Parish rated poor (10.7%); 13 (10.7%) 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.

Component ratings


Structure	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 59 ft
Location	8.9 Mi North of La 15
NBI structure number	055603110208921
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
LA0002 over Fourmile Creek	1964	11,805	Fair
LA0002 over Mill Creek	1964	11,805	Fair
LA0033 over Bayou Darbonne	1963	10,540	Fair
LA0015 over Onemile Creek	1953	8,290	Fair
LA0015 over Creek	1997	6,512	Fair
LA0015 over CR	2008	6,512	Good