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Sweetwater Road over Sweetwater Creek

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

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

Sweetwater Road over Sweetwater Creek in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1996, making it 29 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 90 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1992).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 68 of the 124 inventoried bridges in Caldwell Parish rated good (54.8%); 12 (9.7%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings

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