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LA0473 over Bayou Toro

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

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

LA0473 over Bayou Toro in Sabine 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 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1986, making it 39 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 738 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 22 of the 195 inventoried bridges in Sabine Parish rated poor (11.3%); 22 (11.3%) 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 prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 852 ft
Location	1.6 Mi East of La 191
NBI structure number	084303570101601
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US0171 over Phillips Creek	1985	10,204	Fair
US0171 over Harpoon Bayou Relief	1985	10,204	Fair
US0171 over Harpoon Bayou	1985	10,204	Fair
LA0006 over Blackwell Creek	1966	7,429	Fair
LA0006 over Phillips Creek	1966	7,429	Fair
LA0006 over Phillips Creek	1966	7,429	Fair