Total bridges
162
Public highway bridges in Genesee County
County profile · official public datasets
Genesee County, NY
162 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 28.4% rated Good, 58% Fair, 13.6% Poor.
- 162
- Public bridges
- 28.4%
- Good condition
- 13.6%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Genesee County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 48th
- of 62 on Poor share
- 13.6%
- Poor-condition share
- 162
- public highway bridges
- 1970
- 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.
Genesee County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Genesee County ranks #48 of 62 New York counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 13.6%). Genesee County, New York contains 162 public highway bridges. Roughly 28.4% are rated “Good,” 58% “Fair,” and 13.6% “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
28.4%
46 of 162 rated 7-9
Fair condition
58%
94 of 162 rated 5-6
Poor condition
13.6%
22 of 162 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#48 of 62
Among New York counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 162 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 28.4% (46)
Fair 58% (94)
Poor 13.6% (22)
Genesee County's Poor-condition bridges carry 85,182 vehicle crossings a day
That is 14.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 13.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 3,872 crossings a day against 3,118 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 162 of 162 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
58% of Genesee County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
94 of the 162 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 28.4% 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 22.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
RTE I90 over BLACK CREEK, built 1954, carries 18,909 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 22-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 85,182 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Genesee County's bridges were built
162 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 2
1910–1919
2 bridges
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
22 bridges
- 1940s 12
1940–1949
12 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
35 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
20 bridges
- 1970s 8
1970–1979
8 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
15 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
24 bridges
- 2000s 8
2000–2009
8 bridges
- 2010s 8
2010–2019
8 bridges
- 2020s 7
2020–2029
7 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 35 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1970) matches the New York average (1972).
How Genesee County compares with New York's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 New York counties nearest Genesee County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 13.6% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1970 against a peer-group mean of 1972 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 61 New York counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison County | 175 | 37.7% | 53.7% | 8.6% | 1968 |
| Schoharie County | 174 | 37.4% | 54.6% | 8% | 1972 |
| Lewis County | 167 | 33.5% | 50.3% | 16.2% | 1972 |
| Livingston County | 165 | 38.8% | 56.4% | 4.8% | 1979 |
| Richmond County | 164 | 30.5% | 67.7% | 1.8% | 1970 |
| Genesee County (this page) | 162 | 28.4% | 58% | 13.6% | 1970 |
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 Genesee 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 Genesee County, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside NY (162 bridges here).
- Perry County, AL · 162 bridges
- Johnson County, AR · 162 bridges
- Ouachita County, AR · 162 bridges
- Bond County, IL · 162 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside NY (1970 here).
- Hamilton County, OH · avg 1970 · 783 bridges
- Yavapai County, AZ · avg 1970 · 543 bridges
- Garfield County, OK · avg 1970 · 504 bridges
- San Luis Obispo County, CA · avg 1970 · 401 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (162)
RTE 63
PoorOver: OAK ORCHARD SWAMP
3.7 MI N JCT RTS 63 + 77, Genesee, NY
Built 1932 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 3,998
RTE 33
PoorOver: TONAWANDA CREEK
JCT RTE 98, Genesee, NY
Built 1952 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 10,246
COLE ROAD
PoorOver: OATKA CREEK
2.3 MI SW OF LEROY, Genesee, NY
Built 1957 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 497
TELEPHONE ROAD
PoorOver: TRIB TONAWANDA CR
.3 MILE EAST OF ALEXANDER, Genesee, NY
Built 1936 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 848
RTE I90
PoorOver: BLACK CREEK
JCT RTE I90 & BLACK CREEK, Genesee, NY
Built 1954 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 18,909
RTE I90
PoorOver: BLACK CREEK
JCT RTE I90 & BLACK CREEK, Genesee, NY
Built 1954 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 18,131
HARPER ROAD
PoorOver: MURDER CREEK
2.2 MI NE DARIEN CENTER, Genesee, NY
Built 1947 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 368
RTE 63
PoorOver: SWAMP
3.2 MI N JCT RTS 63 + 77, Genesee, NY
Built 1932 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 3,998
RTE 5
PoorOver: CSX TRANS/AMTRAK
.8 MI E JCT SH 5 & SH 33, Genesee, NY
Built 1955 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 8,534
JERICO ROAD
PoorOver: BLACK CREEK
1.7 MI SW OF EAST BETHANY, Genesee, NY
Built 1949 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 145
SWEETLAND ROAD
PoorOver: BLACK CREEK
1.3 MI SOUTH OF STAFFORD, Genesee, NY
Built 1962 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 116
COHOCTON ROAD
PoorOver: MURDER CREEK
2.3 MILES SE OF CORFU, Genesee, NY
Built 1966 Load: 55.1 t ADT: 590
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