Total bridges
496
Public highway bridges in Bernalillo County
County profile · official public datasets
Bernalillo County, NM
496 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 28% rated Good, 70.4% Fair, 1.6% Poor.
- 496
- Public bridges
- 28%
- Good condition
- 1.6%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Bernalillo County pairs a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 34%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 1.6%
- Poor-condition share
- 496
- public highway bridges
- 1983
- avg year built
Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.
Bernalillo County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Bernalillo County ranks #11 of 32 New Mexico counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.6%). Bernalillo County, New Mexico contains 496 public highway bridges. Roughly 28% are rated “Good,” 70.4% “Fair,” and 1.6% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.
Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.
Good condition
28%
139 of 496 rated 7-9
Fair condition
70.4%
349 of 496 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1.6%
8 of 496 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#11 of 32
Among New Mexico counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 496 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 28% (139)
Fair 70.4% (349)
Poor 1.6% (8)
Bernalillo County's Poor-condition bridges carry 520,320 vehicle crossings a day
That is 2.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 65,040 crossings a day against 47,043 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.
Computed over the 496 of 496 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
33.5% of Bernalillo County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
166 of the 496 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 28% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.
Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
One structure carries 23.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
I-25 NBL over Avenida Cesar Chavez, built 1961, carries 122,928 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 8-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 520,320 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Bernalillo County's bridges were built
496 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s 3
1930–1939
3 bridges
- 1940s 5
1940–1949
5 bridges
- 1950s 18
1950–1959
18 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
100 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
106 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
71 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
81 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
84 bridges
- 2010s 26
2010–2019
26 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 106 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1983, 10 years newer than the New Mexico average of 1973.
How Bernalillo County compares with New Mexico's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 New Mexico counties nearest Bernalillo County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.6% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1983 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is 9 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 31 New Mexico counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernalillo County (this page) | 496 | 28% | 70.4% | 1.6% | 1983 |
| McKinley County | 289 | 36.7% | 55% | 8.3% | 1976 |
| Doña Ana County | 261 | 31.4% | 65.5% | 3.1% | 1975 |
| Santa Fe County | 255 | 44.3% | 54.1% | 1.6% | 1979 |
| Socorro County | 188 | 16.5% | 76.1% | 7.4% | 1961 |
| Sandoval County | 182 | 40.7% | 54.4% | 4.9% | 1979 |
Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Bernalillo County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Bernalillo County, both outside New Mexico so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside NM (496 bridges here).
- Oneida County, NY · 496 bridges
- Vermilion County, IL · 494 bridges
- Greene County, MO · 493 bridges
- Canadian County, OK · 493 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside NM (1983 here).
- Dallas County, TX · avg 1983 · 3,230 bridges
- Bexar County, TX · avg 1983 · 2,342 bridges
- Sedgwick County, KS · avg 1983 · 1,333 bridges
- Will County, IL · avg 1983 · 649 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (349)
FL-5041
FairOver: BEAR TRIB ARROYO
0.17 MI W OF EUBANK BLVD, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 6,024
FL-4053
FairOver: Pino Arroyo
0.08 Mi S San Antonio NE, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1988 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 7,418
FL-4040
FairOver: I-40 EB/WB/Waterway
5.2 M E Jct I-25/I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1993 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 17,023
FL-5048
FairOver: Embudo Arroyo
0.29 Mi S of Menual Blvd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1989 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,020
FL-5024
FairOver: Tijeras Arroyo
0.46 Mi S of Jct NM-333, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1986 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,761
FL-5041
FairOver: S Domingo Baca Arroyo
0.18 Mi S Paseo Del Norte, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 8,908
FL-5126
FairOver: Hahn Arroyo
0.28 Mi N of Comanche NE, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1988 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 276
FL-5047
FairOver: Mariposa Arroyo
0.04 Mi S of Homestead Dr, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 590
FL-5068
FairOver: Boca Negra Arroyo
0.35 Mi N of Montano Rd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1991 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,866
FL-5125
FairOver: Hahn Arroyo
0.21 Mi N of Comanche NE, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1988 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,200
NM-528
FairOver: RIO GRANDE
3.63 MI W OF I-25 NM528, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1993 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 34,555
Barstow St NE
FairOver: North Pino Arroyo
0.19 Mi N of Harper NE, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,557
Alvarado Street NE
FairOver: North Hahn Arroyo
0.06 Mi N of Comanche NE, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1991 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
01-Z000
FairOver: Martin Luther King Ave
0.14 Mi E of Second St, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1991 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 299
Tesuque Drive
FairOver: Mariposa Arroyo
0.03 Mi W Homestead NW, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,925
Ellison Road
FairOver: Blacks Diversion Canal
0.42 Mi E Golf Course Rd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 21,103
FL-5128
FairOver: Amole Del Norte Divr-Chl
0.18 Mi W of Bridge Blvd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 299
FL-5134
FairOver: Amole Del Norte Div Chnl
0.32 Mi W of Bridge Blvd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
FL-5129
FairOver: Amole Del Norte Div Chnl
0.54 Mi W of Bridge Blvd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
FL-5302
FairOver: North Diversion Channel
0.12 Mi E University Blvd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1967 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
FL-5122
FairOver: Noreste Channel
0.13 MI N OF ALAMEDA BLVD, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
FL-5005
FairOver: S. Domingo Baca Arroyo
0.20 M S Paseo Del Norte, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1975 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,557
N Seven Bar Loop
FairOver: Black Diversion Channel
0.35 N of Ellison Road NW, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1995 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,911
Seven Bar Loop
FairOver: Black Diversion Channel
0.3 Mi W of Coors By-Pass, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1995 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,911
Spain Road NE
FairOver: Bear Trib Arroyo
0.22 Mi W of Wyoming, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1995 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
Apache Plume
FairOver: Unnamed Arroyo
0.04 Mi S Elena Gallegos, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1995 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
01-Z000
FairOver: SAN PEDRO CREEK
0.17 MI N OF FROST ROAD, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1993 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 317
01-0058
FairOver: UNNAMED WATERWAY
0.64 MI N OF NM-14, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1994 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 317
FL-4018
FairOver: Rio Grande
0.52 Mi E of Coors Road, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1996 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 15,386
01-Z000
FairOver: Tramway Channel
0.02 Mi S Four Hills Road, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1996 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
Yale Blve SB
FairOver: Sunport Blvd S.E.
0.61 M S Jct Gibson Blvd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1997 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
FL-4078
FairOver: SOUTH DIVERSION CHANNEL
0.13 MI E OF I-25, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1969 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 37,331
FL-5035
FairOver: Indian School Road NE
0.7 Mi W of San Mateo, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1958 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 9,081
Fl-4063
FairOver: South Pino Arroyo
0.18 M N Jct Academy NE, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1997 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 15,378
FL-5092
FairOver: Montano Road
1.2 M East of Coors Blvd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1997 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 6,490
FL-4061
FairOver: I-40 EBL and WBL
4.8 M E Jct I-25/I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1999 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 27,709
Carlisle Blvd.
FairOver: I-40 EB and WB
1.5 M E Jct I-25/I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1999 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 29,265
FL-6616
FairOver: Unnamed Waterway
0.04 Mi S Jct Elena Gall., Bernalillo, NM
Built 1997 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
FL-4061
FairOver: Window G Channel
0.3 M N Paseo del Norte, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1998 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 12,654
NM-14
FairOver: Unnamed Arroyo
9.86 miles north of I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1955 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,455
Gutierrez Canyon R
FairOver: Gutierrez Canyon
0.31 M N Jct N. Zamora Rd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1998 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 12,327
Gutierrez Canyon R
FairOver: Gutierrez Canyon
0.41 Mi N Jct N Zamora Rd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1998 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 12,327
01-Z000
FairOver: Amole Channel
0.09 M N Dennis Chavez, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1978 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 553
Golf Course Road
FairOver: Piedras Marcadas Arroyo
0.2 M S Paseo del Norte, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1988 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 24,158
FL-4057
FairOver: I-40 EB and WB
3.6 M E Jct I-40/I-25, Bernalillo, NM
Built 2005 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 27,018
IN-4162
FairOver: Off Ramp to Louisiana
3.6 M E Jct I-40/I-25, Bernalillo, NM
Built 2005 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 6,601
Lowell Street NE
FairOver: N Domingo Baca Arroyo
.38 M N Jct Paseo Del Nor, Bernalillo, NM
Built 2003 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 390
FL-4005 SBL
FairOver: I-40 EBL and WBL
7.1 Mi W Jct I-25/ I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1984 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 32,849
FL-5127
FairOver: Domingo Baca Arroyo
0.5 M N Paseo Del Norte, Bernalillo, NM
Built 2000 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,560
Arroyo Del Oso
FairOver: Bear Tributary Arroyo
Arroyo Del Oso Park, Bernalillo, NM
Built 2003 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
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