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LA0463 over Blue Branch

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

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

LA0463 over Blue Branch in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1944, making it 81 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 482 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 28 of the 337 inventoried bridges in Vernon Parish rated poor (8.3%); 28 (8.3%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 78 ft
Location	1.3 Mi North of La 10
NBI structure number	085801390601301
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Allen Gordy Rd over Flactor Creek Trib.	1984	100,060	Fair
US0171 over Sales Branch	1975	17,200	Good
US0171 over Flat Creek	1979	14,458	Good
US0171 over Sales Branch	1975	14,458	Fair
US0171 over Creek	1930	14,420	Good
US0171 over Flat Creek	1981	14,420	Good