Structure 40904510117627 · Caddo County, LA

I0020 over Linwood AVE I-49 Ramp

Carries I0020 over Linwood AVE I-49 Ramp, I-20 Over I-49 Ramp.

Overall conditionGood

Set by its lowest-rated component: Deck and Superstructure and Substructure at 7 of 9.

How ratings work
Decksets the rating7/9 · Good
Superstructuresets the rating7/9 · Good
Substructuresets the rating7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT1,419 FT OVERALL250 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9Superstructure 7/9Substructure 7/9

1,419 ft end to end, longest span 175 ft: about 3.9 football fields. Lengths and the semi-truck on the deck are drawn to the same scale. Each part is colored by its latest inspection rating. The inventory records lengths but not heights or the layout of the shorter spans, so those are drawn as typical for a box-beam bridge.

Built199333 years old
Length1419.0 ft432.5 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedApril 2023every 24 months

Location

StateLouisiana
CountyCaddo
LocationI-20 Over I-49 Ramp
CarriesI0020
CrossesLinwood AVE I-49 Ramp
Coordinates32.49533, -93.76206

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignBox Beam - Multiple
Total Length1419.0 ft (432.5 m)
Max Span174.9 ft (53.3 m)
Deck Width28.9 ft (8.8 m)
Deck Area3,806 sq m
Main Spans2
Year Built1993

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic87,567 (2021)
That is about 87,567 vehicles per lane per day — beyond what any U.S. road carries (the busiest freeways run about 25,000–30,000). It is almost certainly a data-entry error in the National Bridge Inventory, so we leave this bridge out of traffic rankings.
Truck Traffic19%
Lanes On Bridge1
Lanes Under Bridge14

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionApril 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceHistorical significance is not determined
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number040904510117627

How Bridge Ratings Work

Inspectors rate each major part of a bridge (the deck you drive on, the superstructure of beams that holds it up, and the substructure of piers and abutments beneath) on a 0–9 scale. A bridge's overall condition is its lowest of those ratings, so one deteriorated component makes the whole bridge "poor."

0Failed
1Imminent failure
2Critical
3Serious
4Poor
5Fair
6Satisfactory
7Good
8Very good
9Excellent
Good · lowest component 7–9
Fair · lowest component 5–6
Poor · lowest component 0–4

A poor rating is not a closure. It means the bridge is flagged for priority repair or replacement; bridges judged unsafe are closed or posted with weight limits. The waterway (channel) rating is reported, but it does not count toward the overall classification.

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