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LA0126 over Bridge Creek

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

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

LA0126 over Bridge Creek in Caldwell 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 1953, making it 72 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,092 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 12 of the 124 inventoried bridges in Caldwell Parish rated poor (9.7%); 12 (9.7%) 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 95 ft
Location	0.5 Miles South of Jct. L
NBI structure number	581100410505571
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US0165 over Black Bayou Relief	2004	13,633	Good
US0165 over Little Black Bayou	2004	13,633	Fair
US0165 over Hurricane Creek	2004	13,633	Good
US0165 over Ouachita River @ Columbi	2007	13,633	Fair
US0165 over Union Pacific R/R	2007	12,669	Fair
US0165 over Black Bayou Relief	1945	12,669	Fair