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.
All bridges (496)
FL-4063
FairOver: Embudito Arroyo
0.33 Mi S of Menual Blvd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1978 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 28,545
FL-4065
FairOver: Piedra Lisa Arroyo
0.19 Mi N of Menual Blvd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1978 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 25,794
FL-4046
FairOver: Piedra Lisa Arroyo
0.23 Mi W of Juan Tabo, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 17,352
FL-4046
FairOver: Embudito Arroyo
0.31 M E Jct Menaul, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 17,889
FL-5304
FairOver: Embudito Arroyo
0.1 Mi E of Eubank Blvd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
FL-5304
FairOver: Piedra Lisa Arroyo
0.1 Mi E of Jct Morris St, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
FL-5311
FairOver: Embudo Arroyo
0.03 Mi S of Snowheights, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
Parsifal Street
FairOver: Embudo Arroyo
0.1Mi N of Indian Sch Rd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
FL-5050
FairOver: Embudo Arroyo
0.1 Mi S of Indian Sch Rd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,984
FL-4053
FairOver: North Pino Arroyo
0.44 Mi N San Antonio NE, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1976 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 8,695
01-Z000
FairOver: ALAMEDA DRAIN
0.02 MI W OF 2ND ST, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
FL-5061
FairOver: Embudo Arroyo
0.7 Mi N Jct Lomas Blvd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1974 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 8,787
FL-4018
FairOver: Alexander Blvd NE
0.5 Mi W of Jct I-25, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1973 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 24,836
FL-4018
FairOver: Alexander Blvd NE
0.5 Mi W of Jct I-25, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1973 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 24,836
FL-5037
FairOver: Bear Canyon Arroyo
0.61 M S of Osuna Blvd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1971 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 9,758
FL-5037
FairOver: Bear Canyon Arroyo
0.61 Mi S of Osuna Blvd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1971 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 9,758
FL-5051
FairOver: Embudo/Piedra Lisa Arroy
0.3 Mi S of Menual Blvd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,284
FL-5121
FairOver: NORTH HAHN ARROYO
0.2 MI S MONTGOMERY BLVD, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1965 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
FL-4057
FairOver: North Pino Arroyo
0.77 M S Paseo Del Norte, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1976 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 6,458
01-Z000
FairOver: Lomas Channel
0.08 Mi S of Lomas Blvd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1980 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
01-Z000
FairOver: Tramway Channel
0.02 Mi E of Tramway, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1980 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,299
FL-5080
FairOver: Lomas Channel
0.02 Mi S of Lomas Blvd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1980 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 885
NM-45
FairOver: SAN ANTONIO ARROYO
2.32 M N JCT I-40/NM-45, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1978 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 30,903
NM-345
FairOver: San Antonio Arroyo
0.85 Mi S of Montano NW, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1981 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 16,329
NM-345
FairOver: I-40 EBL/WBL MP 153.4
5.5 M W Jct I-40/I-25, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1984 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 35,518
NM-556
FairOver: EMBUDO ARROYO
2.3 MI N OF JCT I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1982 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 22,006
FL-5051
FairOver: Bear Canyon Arroyo
0.2 Mi N Montgomery Blvd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1982 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,513
FL-5041
FairOver: North Pino Arroyo
0.68 Mi N of Academy Blvd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1985 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 9,859
San Mateo Blvd.
FairOver: La Cueva Arroyo
0.5 Mi N of Alameda Blvd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1984 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 6,612
FL-4018
FairOver: Mariposa Diversion chanl
0.75 Mi W of Jct NM-448, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1983 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,296
I-25 NBL/SBL
FairOver: LA CUEVA ARROYO
1.25 MI N PASEO DEL NORTE, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1985 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 68,655
Golf Course Road
FairOver: Arroyo Delas Calabacilla
1.02 M N Jct Paradise Rd., Bernalillo, NM
Built 1985 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 26,924
FL-5098
FairOver: North Diversion Channel
1.41 Mi N of Alameda Blvd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1967 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,607
Estrellita Del Nrt
FairOver: Bear Tributary Arroyo
0.16M SW Layton/Estrellit, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,317
FL-4079
FairOver: Blacks Arroyo
1.9 Mi N Jct Paradis/Golf, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1986 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 19,294
NM-528
FairOver: EDITH BLVD N.E.
1.4 M W JCT I-25/ALAMEDA, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 23,997
NM-528 EBL
FairOver: NORTH DIVERSION CHANNEL
1.3 M W JCT I-25/NM-528, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1967 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 25,771
Seagull Street
FairOver: Bear Canyon Arroyo
0.2 Mi S of Academy Blvd, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1984 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
Murry Road
FairOver: South Diversion Channel
0.22 Mi W of NM-47, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1968 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
Prosperity Avenue
FairOver: South Diversion Channel
0.1 Mi W of NM-47/Brdway, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1968 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,510
NM-423
FairOver: RIO GRANDE
1.7 MI W OF 2ND ST/ALBUQ, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 84,644
Rio Grande Blvd NW
FairOver: NM-423/Paseo Del Norte
3.45 M W Jct NM-423/I-25, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,506
FL-5089
FairOver: NM-423/Paseo Del Norte
2.53 M W Jct NM423/I-25, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 7,304
NM-423
FairOver: NM-448/Coors Blvd
Coors & Paseo Del Nor, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 70,187
FL-4057
FairOver: South Pino Arroyo
Louisiana & San Antonio, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,603
San Antonio Place
FairOver: South Pino Arroyo
0.1 Mi S San Antonio Dr, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
FL-4061
FairOver: Pino Arroyo
Wym Blvd & San Antonio, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 28,845
FL-5939
FairOver: Four Hills Arroyo
0.08 Mi S Custro Cerros, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,661
FL-4026
FairOver: FOUR HILLS ARROYO
0.19 MI N WAGON TRAIN ST, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307
01-Z000
FairOver: FOUR HILLS ARROYO
0.14 MI S OF CATRON ST SE, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1980 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,661
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