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Tower Rd over Maple Branch

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

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

Tower Rd over Maple Branch in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1970, making it 55 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 350 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1976).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 114 of the 337 inventoried bridges in Vernon Parish rated fair (33.8%); 28 (8.3%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete channel beam
Length	about 41 ft
Location	0.60 M. N. of La 10
NBI structure number	085830583930401
Condition class	Fair

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