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LA0006 over Red River @ Grand Ecore

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

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

LA0006 over Red River @ Grand Ecore in Natchitoches 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 1959 and reconstructed in 2011, making it 66 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 15,363 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 46 of the 320 inventoried bridges in Natchitoches Parish rated poor (14.4%); 46 (14.4%) 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	Continuous steel girder and floorbeam
Length	about 1,878 ft
Location	2.3 Mi. N of Jct 3175
NBI structure number	083500340604021
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I0049 over La 490	1985	28,142	Good
I0049 over Bayou Barbue	1984	28,142	Fair
I0049 over Barbue Bayou Trib.	1984	28,142	Fair
I0049 over Emmanuel Road	1985	28,142	Fair
I0049 over Comitte Bayou	1984	28,142	Fair
I0049 over LA119	1985	28,142	Fair