WEST AVENUE
Carrying WEST AVENUE over TRIB WEST RIVER
5.3 MI SW OF MIDDLESEX, Yates, New York
Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026
FHWA NBI record, refreshed with each annual release.
WEST AVENUE in Yates, New York sits above 99% of rated New York bridges on inventory load rating (100 t), while its 1986 build year is earlier than 62% of Yates's recorded-year cohort (55 bridges).
WEST AVENUE in Yates, New York is rated Good in the FHWA's 2024 National Bridge Inventory. Built in 1986, it carries 3 rated components on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, and its weakest reported component scores 8. The lowest applicable rating sets the federal condition category, so this Good 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:000000002255980
LATE-CENTURY · CONCRETE · SINGLE-SPAN · SUB-LED · LOCAL-ADT · HEAVY-LOAD · CAT-GOOD
- LATE-CENTURY 1980–1999
- CONCRETE Concrete
- SINGLE-SPAN Single span
- SUB-LED Substructure-led
- LOCAL-ADT Local ADT
- HEAVY-LOAD Heavy load
- CAT-GOOD Good
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: WEST AVENUE
The WEST AVENUE bridge in Yates, New York carries WEST AVENUE over TRIB WEST RIVER. It was built in 1986, making it 40 years old today. It was last reconstructed in 2016, extending its service life. The structure is built primarily of concrete and spans 1 section, stretching 7.9 meters (26 feet) end to end. Daily traffic averages 176 vehicles, placing it in the lower-traffic tier of New York bridges. It is owned and maintained by County Highway Agency.
The latest FHWA inspection places the weakest component in good condition (see the full component ratings below). None of this bridge's reported major components fall into the Poor condition range.
How WEST AVENUE compares
Age against the county: built in 1986, earlier than 34 of Yates's 55 bridges with a recorded construction year (62%), against a county median build year of 1991. 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).
WEST AVENUE vs every rated New York bridge
Inventory load rating (metric tons), FHWA NBI, this state
100 Top 1% higher than 99% 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.
Yates inventory by recorded NBI category
Exclusive Good/Fair/Poor bands across all 55 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
- 1986
- Last Reconstructed
- 2016
- Material
- Concrete
- Number of Spans
- 1
- Structure Length
- 7.9 m (26 ft)
- Deck Width
- 9.6 m (31 ft)
- Owner
- County Highway Agency
- Avg Daily Traffic
- 176 vehicles/day
- Structure Number
- 000000002255980
Condition Analysis
- • The deck (driving surface) rates good at 9/9, with no significant deterioration on file.
- • The superstructure (beams and supports above the deck) rates good at 9/9, with no significant deterioration on file.
- • The substructure (piers and abutments) rates good at 8/9, with no significant deterioration on file.
Location
Data Source
FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI).
FHWA NBI Program ↗How to read this record
This page shows what the last federal inspection recorded, not whether WEST AVENUE is safe to cross today. Here is how to use it.
- NBI condition ratings reflect the latest record in this annual dataset, not a live status. Current routine inspection intervals are risk-based.
- Learn how the 0–9 condition scale and Good/Fair/Poor categories are defined. How condition ratings work
- Compare WEST AVENUE against other structures in Yates 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 WEST AVENUE?
WEST AVENUE in Yates, New York has a deck rating of 9/9, superstructure rating of 9/9, and substructure rating of 8/9 on the FHWA's 0–9 scale.
How often is WEST AVENUE inspected?
WEST 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 176 vehicles per day.
What does “structurally deficient” mean in older bridge reports?
FHWA retired that reported status beginning with the 2018 archive. WEST AVENUE is currently shown as Good condition from its component ratings; that category is not a live closure or safety decision.
What is the inventory load rating for WEST AVENUE?
WEST AVENUE has an NBI inventory load rating of 99.9 metric tons.
Who is responsible for maintaining WEST AVENUE?
WEST AVENUE is owned and maintained by County Highway Agency.
How old is WEST AVENUE and does age affect safety?
WEST AVENUE was built in 1986, making it 40 years old and last reconstructed in 2016.
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