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Martin Springs Rd over Carrs Creek Bay

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

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

Martin Springs Rd over Carrs Creek Bay in Rapides 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 1998, making it 27 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 34 of the 524 inventoried bridges in Rapides Parish rated poor (6.5%); 34 (6.5%) 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	Prestressed concrete channel beam
Length	about 96 ft
Location	0.3 M. W. of H. Strange R
NBI structure number	084031055922801
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 Hynson Bayou	1990	53,224	Good
I0049 over Hill Bayou	1995	53,224	Good
I0049 over Horseshoe Canal	1995	45,104	Fair
I0049 over UP Railroad	1994	45,104	Good
I0049 over US 167 Business	1995	42,770	Good
I0049 over Hwys Strts RR Bayou	1994	42,770	Fair