Total bridges
496
Public highway bridges in Oneida County
County profile · official public datasets
Oneida County, NY
496 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 46.2% rated Good, 42.3% Fair, 11.5% Poor.
- 496
- Public bridges
- 46.2%
- Good condition
- 11.5%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Oneida County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 43rd
- of 62 on Poor share
- 11.5%
- Poor-condition share
- 496
- public highway bridges
- 1972
- 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.
Oneida County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Oneida County ranks #43 of 62 New York counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 11.5%). Oneida County, New York contains 496 public highway bridges. Roughly 46.2% are rated “Good,” 42.3% “Fair,” and 11.5% “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
46.2%
229 of 496 rated 7-9
Fair condition
42.3%
210 of 496 rated 5-6
Poor condition
11.5%
57 of 496 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#43 of 62
Among New York counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 496 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 46.2% (229)
Fair 42.3% (210)
Poor 11.5% (57)
Oneida County's Poor-condition bridges carry 141,180 vehicle crossings a day
That is 6.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 11.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,614 crossings a day against 5,149 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 487 of 496 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
50.8% of Oneida County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
252 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 46.2% 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 17.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
RTE I90 over NYO&W RR (ABAND), built 1954, carries 25,281 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 57-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 141,180 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Oneida County's bridges were built
496 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 7
Built before 1900
7 bridges
- 1900s 10
1900–1909
10 bridges
- 1910s 4
1910–1919
4 bridges
- 1920s 20
1920–1929
20 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
42 bridges
- 1940s 23
1940–1949
23 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
64 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
62 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
30 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
65 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
70 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
50 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
34 bridges
- 2020s 15
2020–2029
15 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 70 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 14.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1972) matches the New York average (1972).
How Oneida County compares with New York's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 New York counties nearest Oneida County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 11.5% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1972 against a peer-group mean of 1974 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queens County | 514 | 30.4% | 62.3% | 7.4% | 1966 |
| Oneida County (this page) | 496 | 46.2% | 42.3% | 11.5% | 1972 |
| Cattaraugus County | 484 | 55.4% | 38.4% | 6.2% | 1982 |
| Onondaga County | 472 | 29% | 61% | 10% | 1974 |
| Orange County | 472 | 25.4% | 59.3% | 15.3% | 1974 |
| Broome County | 468 | 39.3% | 58.3% | 2.4% | 1975 |
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 Oneida 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 Oneida County, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside NY (496 bridges here).
- Bernalillo County, NM · 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 NY (1972 here).
- Santa Clara County, CA · avg 1972 · 964 bridges
- Madison County, AL · avg 1972 · 710 bridges
- Kern County, CA · avg 1972 · 668 bridges
- York County, PA · avg 1972 · 569 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (210)
RTE 49
FairOver: RTE 233
JCT ROME ART & SH 233, Oneida, NY
Built 1980 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 7,696
RTE 28
FairOver: WEST CANADA CREEK
3.0 MI NW JCT RTS 8 & 28, Oneida, NY
Built 1981 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 2,094
RTE 69
FairOver: ORISKANY CREEK
17MI W JCT RTS 291+69, Oneida, NY
Built 1865 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 3,950
RTE 49
FairOver: RTE 233
JCT ROME ART & SH 233, Oneida, NY
Built 1980 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 7,696
FLOR-OSCEOLA RD
FairOver: LITTLE RIVER
4 MI NW THOMPSON CORNERS, Oneida, NY
Built 1996 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 378
LOWELL RD
FairOver: MUD CREEK
5 MI SW JCT RTS 233 < 365, Oneida, NY
Built 1948 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 1,199
RTE I90
FairOver: MOHAWK RIVER
4.48 MI W INT 31 ON I-90, Oneida, NY
Built 1955 Load: 71.7 t ADT: 20,466
CR 48
FairOver: CSX TRANS/ AMTRAK
.25 MI S OF I90 IN VERONA, Oneida, NY
Built 1962 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 777
RTE 46
FairOver: BLACK RIVER CANAL
2 MI S JCT SH 46 & SH 294, Oneida, NY
Built 1946 Load: 74.4 t ADT: 1,051
CASSETY STREET
FairOver: ORISKANY CREEK
AT ORISKANY FALLS, Oneida, NY
Built 1954 Load: 95.6 t ADT: 422
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