21ST AVENUE
Carrying 21ST AVENUE over NYCTA SEA BEACH L
NEAR NEW UTRECHT, Kings, New York
Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026
FHWA NBI record, refreshed with each annual release.
21ST AVENUE in Kings, New York sits above 72% of rated New York bridges on inventory load rating (49 t), while its 1914 build year is earlier than 82% of Kings's recorded-year cohort (242 bridges).
21ST AVENUE in Kings, New York is rated Poor in the FHWA's 2024 National Bridge Inventory. Built in 1914, it carries 2 rated components on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, and its weakest reported component scores 4. The lowest applicable rating sets the federal condition category, so this Poor result describes the weakest reported component rather than the structure as a whole. No NBI category is a closure decision or a live crossing-safety verdict.
NBI record plate
Structure NY:000000002243820
PRE-1950 · CONCRETE · LONG-SPAN-RUN · TIED-CTRL · ARTERIAL-ADT · HEAVY-LOAD · CAT-POOR
- PRE-1950 Pre-1950
- CONCRETE Concrete
- LONG-SPAN-RUN 4 spans
- TIED-CTRL Tied control
- ARTERIAL-ADT Arterial ADT
- HEAVY-LOAD Heavy load
- CAT-POOR Poor
Inspection-sheet codes from this record’s year, material family, spans, controlling component, ADT, inventory load, and NBI category, not a live closure verdict.
Structural health score
A composite of the deck, superstructure, and substructure NBI condition ratings plus the inventory load rating, benchmarked against the full national bridge corpus, distinct from the Good/Fair/Poor category above.
Bridge Snapshot: 21ST AVENUE
The 21ST AVENUE bridge in Kings, New York carries 21ST AVENUE over NYCTA SEA BEACH L. It was built in 1914, making it 112 years old today. The structure is built primarily of concrete and spans 4 sections, stretching 18.3 meters (60 feet) end to end. Daily traffic averages 4,128 vehicles, placing it in the moderately-trafficked tier of New York bridges. It is owned and maintained by Other Local Agencies.
The latest FHWA inspection places the weakest component in poor condition (see the full component ratings below). At least one major component here scores 4 or below, which produces a Poor condition classification under FHWA's current reporting rules.
How 21ST AVENUE compares
Age against the county: built in 1914, earlier than 198 of Kings's 242 bridges with a recorded construction year (82%), against a county median build year of 1955. Age is not a defect on its own, but it is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn.
Live comparison across New York bridges with a recorded inventory load rating (17,641 of 17,642 rated).
21ST AVENUE vs every rated New York bridge
Inventory load rating (metric tons), FHWA NBI, this state
49 Top 28% higher than 72% of 17,641 bridges
rated New York bridges, bucketed by value
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Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · August 2026
Condition Ratings
Full 0–9 scale + sufficiency-rating breakdown: how condition ratings work.
Reported 0–9 component ratings from the FHWA NBI. The highlighted component is the lowest reported input to this record’s current condition category; it is not a closure or live crossing-safety decision.
Kings inventory by recorded NBI category
Exclusive Good/Fair/Poor bands across all 242 bridges in this county. Orthogonal to this structure's component profile above: a county catalog share, not a live crossing-safety verdict.
Structural Details
- Year Built
- 1914
- Material
- Concrete
- Number of Spans
- 4
- Structure Length
- 18.3 m (60 ft)
- Deck Width
- 108.5 m (356 ft)
- Owner
- Other Local Agencies
- Avg Daily Traffic
- 4,128 vehicles/day
- Structure Number
- 000000002243820
Condition Analysis
- • At 4/9, the superstructure (beams and supports above the deck) is in poor shape, with advanced wear on file for this vintage.
- • At 4/9, the substructure (piers and abutments) is in poor shape, with advanced wear on file for this vintage.
Location
Data Source
FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI).
FHWA NBI Program ↗How to read this record
21ST AVENUE is in the federal Poor condition category. That is a component-based result, not a closure order.
- NBI condition ratings reflect the latest record in this annual dataset, not a live status. Current routine inspection intervals are risk-based.
- Understand what Poor condition does and does not mean before drawing conclusions. Poor condition explained
- Compare 21ST AVENUE against other structures in Kings and across New York. New York bridges
- Noticed visible damage or a safety concern? Report it to the agency that owns the bridge, or call 911 in an emergency. How to report a bridge
Condition codes come straight from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory and are not a real-time safety judgment. Only the owning agency, a state DOT, county, or other owner, can post, restrict, or close a bridge.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do the condition ratings mean for 21ST AVENUE?
21ST AVENUE in Kings, New York, superstructure rating of 4/9, and substructure rating of 4/9 on the FHWA's 0–9 scale.
How often is 21ST AVENUE inspected?
21ST AVENUE's responsible agency sets its routine interval under FHWA's risk-based inspection rules; this page does not expose the scheduled interval. It carries about 4,128 vehicles per day.
What does “structurally deficient” mean in older bridge reports?
FHWA retired that reported status beginning with the 2018 archive. 21ST AVENUE is currently shown as Poor condition from its component ratings; that category is not a live closure or safety decision.
What is the inventory load rating for 21ST AVENUE?
21ST AVENUE has an NBI inventory load rating of 49.0 metric tons.
Who is responsible for maintaining 21ST AVENUE?
21ST AVENUE is owned and maintained by Other Local Agencies.
How old is 21ST AVENUE and does age affect safety?
21ST AVENUE was built in 1914, making it 112 years old.
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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Component ratings, ADT, and condition category on this page are copied from the NBI record for this structure; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2024 NBI release. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.