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Charlie Kuntz Rd over Kinder Ditch

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

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

Charlie Kuntz Rd over Kinder Ditch in Allen 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 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1952 and reconstructed in 1978, making it 73 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 150 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 22 of the 178 inventoried bridges in Allen Parish rated poor (12.4%); 22 (12.4%) 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 57 ft
Location	0.6 Mi N of La 3086
NBI structure number	070230268925151
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US0165 over Kinder Ditch	1932	11,886	Fair
US0165 over Drainage Ditch	2002	11,886	Good
US0165 over Kinder Canal	1932	11,886	Fair
US0165 over Drainage Ditch	2002	11,886	Fair
US0165 over Drainage Ditch	2000	11,886	Fair
US0165 over Drain	1931	11,886	Fair