Structure 40904510118986 · Caddo County, LA

I0020 over Marshall St&la&kci-20

Carries I0020 over Marshall St&la&kci-20, I-20 Ramp To La 1.

Overall conditionPoor

Set by its lowest-rated component: Superstructure at 4 of 9.

How ratings work
Deck5/9 · Fair
Superstructuresets the rating4/9 · Poor
Substructure5/9 · Fair
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT814 FT OVERALL100 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 5/9Superstructure 4/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 5/9

814 ft end to end, longest span 130 ft: about 2.3 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 multi-beam bridge.

Built196561 years old
Length814.0 ft248.1 m
Daily traffic—reported figure implausible
Last inspectedFebruary 2024every 24 months

Location

StateLouisiana
CountyCaddo
LocationI-20 Ramp To La 1
CarriesI0020
CrossesMarshall St&la&kci-20
Coordinates32.50975, -93.74377

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel Continuous
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length814.0 ft (248.1 m)
Max Span129.9 ft (39.6 m)
Deck Width33.5 ft (10.2 m)
Deck Area2530.6 sq m
Main Spans11
Year Built1965

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 Bridge8

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionFebruary 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number040904510118986

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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