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)
Ray Street
FairOver: North Pino Arroyo
.04 M N Jct Derickson Ave, Bernalillo, NM
Built 2003 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
FL-4065
FairOver: Tijeras Arroyo
1.0 Mi S of Central Ave., Bernalillo, NM
Built 2007 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 11,849
FL-4065
FairOver: Embudo Arroyo
.02 Mi N of Indian School, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1970 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 29,908
Comanche Road N.E.
FairOver: Embudito Arroyo
0.12 Mi W of Juan Tabo NE, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1970 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 8,153
FL-5073
FairOver: TRAMWAY DIVERSION CHANNL
0.03 MI W OF TRAMWAY BLVD, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,253
NM-556
FairOver: South Pino Arroyo
1.9 MI N OF MONTGOMERY, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 10,809
FL-5041
FairOver: South Pino Arroyo
0.16 MI N OF ACADEMY, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1986 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 13,082
FL-5016
FairOver: Alameda Drain
0.02 Mi W of Second St, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 9,961
NM-345
FairOver: RINCONADA CHANNEL
2.3 MI N OF I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 23,487
I-40 EBL/WBL
FairOver: SAN ANTONIO CREEK
0.73 M E Jct I-40/NM-14, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1978 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 30,470
NM-556
FairOver: N DOMINGO BACA ARROYO
0.41 MI N PASEO DEL NORTE, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1994 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 8,411
Algodones St. NE
FairOver: Piedra Lisa Arroyo
0.32 M N of Menual Blvd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1976 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 369
FL-5085
FairOver: South Diversion Channel
0.3 Mi E of NM-47, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1976 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,588
I-25 NBL
FairOver: Lead Avenue
1.4 M S Jct I-25/I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1961 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 109,820
I-25 SBL
FairOver: Lead Avenue
1.4 M S Jct I-40/I-25, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1961 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 109,820
I-25 NBL
FairOver: Coal Avenue
1.5 MI S of Jct I-25/I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1961 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 109,820
I-25 SBL
FairOver: Coal Avenue
Jct of I-25/Coal Avenue, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1961 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 109,820
I-40 EBL
FairOver: NM-333
19.8 Mi E Jct I-25/I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1976 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 33,694
I-40 WBL
FairOver: NM 333
19.8 Mi E Jct I-25/I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1976 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 33,694
IA-4175
FairOver: NM-337
14.9 Mi E Jct I-25/I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1977 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,741
IN-4170
FairOver: Tijeras Arroyo
9.9 Mi E of Jct I-25/I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 126
FL-4061
FairOver: North Pino Arroyo
0.2 M N Jct Wyoming Blvd., Bernalillo, NM
Built 1981 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 24,083
FL-4014
FairOver: RIO GRANDE RIVER
1.35 M W I-25/Avenida CC, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 31,695
FL-4014
FairOver: RIO GRANDE RIVER
1.35 M W I-25/Avenida CC, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 31,695
FL-5037
FairOver: North La Cueva Channel
0.6 Mi N jct Alameda NE, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,691
I-40 WBL
FairOver: Rio Puerco
13.8 M E Jct NM-6/I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 28,010
Second street
FairOver: First Plaza Access
50ft N Jct Copper Ave, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,303
Sunport Blvd.
FairOver: Transport Street SE
0.15 MI E JCT I-25/SUNPRT, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,117
Fl-4057
FairOver: La Cueva Arroyo
.32 M N JCT Alameda Ave, Bernalillo, NM
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 307
FL-5092
FairOver: Pedestrian Hiking Trail
05 Mi W. Of Jct. Golf Cou, Bernalillo, NM
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,478
PENNSYLVANIA AVE
FairOver: ARROYO DEL COYOTE
1.2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WY, Bernalillo, NM
Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,000
MUNITIONS HAUL RD
FairOver: TIJERAS ARROYO
SOUTHEAST OF IGLOO AREA, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50
LOVELACE ROAD
FairOver: COYOTE ARROYO
0.6 miles south of Pennsy, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1967 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 300
PENNSYLVANIA AVE
FairOver: AREA 4 CHANNEL
0.4 miles southeast of Wy, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,000
I-25 SBL
FairOver: San Antonio Avenue
5.1 Mi N Jct I-25/I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1984 Load: 33.8 t ADT: 139,716
I-25 SBL
FairOver: NM-528(Alameda Avenue).
6.8 M N Jct I-25/I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1985 Load: 33.8 t ADT: 77,567
I-25 NBL
FairOver: NM-528. (Alameda Avenue)
6.8 M N Jct I-25/I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1985 Load: 33.8 t ADT: 77,567
IN-2223
FairOver: I-25 OF RAMP TO LEAD
0.1 M N of Lead Ave I-25, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1988 Load: 34.1 t ADT: 7,504
I-40 WBL
FairOver: Central Ave.
8.3 M E Jct 1-40/I-25, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1959 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 66,186
I-40 EBL
FairOver: North Diversion Channel
1.0 mi. E Jct I-25 & I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 2003 Load: 34.4 t ADT: 203,637
NM-303
FairOver: SOUTH DIVERSION CHANNEL
1.7 MI S OF JCT NM-500, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1969 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 2,662
NM-47
FairOver: TIJERAS ARROYO
1.7 MI S JCT NM-47/NM-500, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1969 Load: 34.6 t ADT: 12,149
FL-4018
FairOver: R/R spur removed
0.4 Mi W of Jct I-25, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1973 Load: 34.6 t ADT: 24,836
NM-556
FairOver: Bear Canyon Arroyo
0.74 Mi N of Montgomery, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1992 Load: 34.6 t ADT: 23,324
Carlisle Blvd. SBL
FairOver: EMBUDO CHANNEL
0.1 M N OF JCT I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1999 Load: 34.6 t ADT: 27,651
I-25 NBL
FairOver: San Antonio Avenue
5.1 M N Jct I-25/I-40Alb., Bernalillo, NM
Built 1984 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 139,716
FL-6615
FairOver: Tijeras Arroyo
2.9 m S of NM-333/I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1998 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 307
FL-5037
FairOver: I-25 NBL/SBL
I-25/Jefferson Street, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1988 Load: 35.1 t ADT: 20,476
FL-5150
FairOver: Embudo Arroyo
0.24 M S Indian School Rd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1977 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 307
FL-5051
FairOver: EMBUDITO ARROYO
0.2 MI N OF MENAUL/MORRIS, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1976 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 8,164
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