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Orleans County, NY

136 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 41.2% rated Good, 42.6% Fair, 16.2% Poor.

136
Public bridges
41.2%
Good condition
16.2%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Orleans County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

56th
of 62 on Poor share
16.2%
Poor-condition share
136
public highway bridges
1962
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.

Orleans County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Orleans County ranks #56 of 62 New York counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 16.2%). Orleans County, New York contains 136 public highway bridges. Roughly 41.2% are rated “Good,” 42.6% “Fair,” and 16.2% “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.

Total bridges

136

Public highway bridges in Orleans County

Good condition

41.2%

56 of 136 rated 7-9

Fair condition

42.6%

58 of 136 rated 5-6

Poor condition

16.2%

22 of 136 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#56 of 62

Among New York counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 136 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
41.2% (56)
Fair
42.6% (58)
Poor
16.2% (22)

Orleans County's Poor-condition bridges carry 23,316 vehicle crossings a day

That is 18.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 16.2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,060 crossings a day against 772 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 136 of 136 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

58.8% of Orleans County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

80 of the 136 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 41.2% 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 26.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

RTE 31 over JEDDO CREEK, built 1946, carries 6,277 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 23,316 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Orleans County's bridges were built

136 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1910s, when 22 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 16.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 105 to 114 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1962, 10 years older than the New York average of 1972.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

How Orleans County compares with New York's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 New York counties nearest Orleans County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 16.2% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1962 against a peer-group mean of 1973 is 11 years older.

Showing the 5 closest of 61 New York counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Orleans County and the 5 New York counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Genesee County 162 13.6%
Cayuga County 148 16.9%
Warren County 141 9.9%
Wyoming County 136 8.8%
Orleans County (this page) 136 16.2%
Schenectady County 115 7.8%

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 Orleans 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 Orleans County, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NY (136 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NY (1962 here).

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 136 Good 56 Fair 58 Poor 22

All bridges (136)

Brown Street

Fair

Over: Sandy Creek

North of canal, Orleans, NY

Built 2000 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 605

RTE 63

Fair

Over: OAK ORCHARD CREEK

5.0MI S JCT RTS 63 + 31A, Orleans, NY

Built 1992 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 4,288

WILSON ROAD

Fair

Over: 947A947A45011010 RTE 94

1.2 MI W JCT LOSP+RTE 98, Orleans, NY

Built 1971 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 119

RTE 18

Fair

Over: MARSH CREEK WEST

3.0MI E JCT RTS 18 + 269, Orleans, NY

Built 1929 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 999

KNOWLESVILLE ROAD

Fair

Over: TRIB OAK ORCHARD

1.1 MI EAST OAK ORCHARD, Orleans, NY

Built 1988 Load: 81.6 t ADT: 847

RTE 31

Fair

Over: W BR SANDY CREEK

.8 MI E JCT SH 31 & SH 98, Orleans, NY

Built 1931 Load: 87.1 t ADT: 3,086

EAST KENT ROAD

Fair

Over: MARSH CREEK

0.8MI N.N.E. KENT, Orleans, NY

Built 1986 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 68

RTE 104

Fair

Over: SANDY CREEK

JCT RTE 104 + SANDY CK, Orleans, NY

Built 1960 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 3,742

RTE 947A

Good

Over: 948A948A45011001 RTE 94

2.3MI W JCT WB LOSP+RTE98, Orleans, NY

Built 1971 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 317

E OAK ORCHARD ST

Good

Over: OAK ORCHARD CREEK

AT MEDINA, Orleans, NY

Built 1920 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 791

GAINES BASIN ROAD

Good

Over: Erie Canal Heritage Trai

1.6MI W JCT BARGE C+RTE98, Orleans, NY

Built 1912 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 933

TELEGRAPH ROAD

Good

Over: Erie Canal Heritage Trai

.5 MI W JCT SH237/TELG RD, Orleans, NY

Built 1911 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 359

BENNETTS CORS RD

Good

Over: Erie Canal Tow Path Trai

1.1MI E JCT BARGE C+237, Orleans, NY

Built 1911 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 421

DENSMORE ROAD

Good

Over: Erie Canal Heritage Trai

2.3MI W JCT BARGE C+387, Orleans, NY

Built 1911 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 260

HARRIS ROAD

Good

Over: JOHNSON CREEK

0.9 MI SW OF KUCKVILLE, Orleans, NY

Built 1938 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 130

INGERSOLL STREET

Good

Over: ERIE CANAL

.2 MI E JCT BG CNL & SH98, Orleans, NY

Built 1911 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,269

TRANSIT ROAD

Good

Over: Erie Canal Heritage Trai

1.2 MI W JCT BG CNL&SH387, Orleans, NY

Built 1911 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 246

RTE 18

Good

Over: JOHNSON CREEK

JCT RTE 18 & JOHNSON CRK, Orleans, NY

Built 1995 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 860

BAKER ROAD

Good

Over: MARSH CREEK

.7 MILE SSE OF KENT, Orleans, NY

Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 167

LAKESHORE RD CR75

Good

Over: BALD EAGLE CREEK

2.1 MI NE OF KENDALL, Orleans, NY

Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 155

BUTTS ROAD

Good

Over: W.BRA.SANDY CREEK

1.4 MI NE ALBION, Orleans, NY

Built 1992 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 466

EAST KENT ROAD

Good

Over: MARSH CREEK

.4 MILE SE OF KENT, Orleans, NY

Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 68

W.COUNTY HOUSE RD

Good

Over: OTTER CREEK

7.4 MI S.EAGLE HABOR, Orleans, NY

Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 978

MARSHALL ROAD

Good

Over: JOHNSON CREEK

1.8 MI SW OF LYNDONVILLE, Orleans, NY

Built 2018 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 271

RTE 31

Good

Over: FALLS ROAD RR

4.2 MI E JCT SH 31 & SH63, Orleans, NY

Built 1984 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 3,848

SANDERSON ROAD

Good

Over: OAK ORCHARD CREEK

0.3 MILES EAST OF SHELBY, Orleans, NY

Built 1990 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 997

RTE 104

Good

Over: JEDDO CREEK

0.3MI E JCT RTS 104 + 269, Orleans, NY

Built 1914 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 3,472

PORTAGE ROAD

Good

Over: FISH CREEK

2.2 MI SW OAK ORCHARD, Orleans, NY

Built 2018 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 177

EAST SCOTT ROAD

Good

Over: FISH CREEK

1.8 MI SE RIDGEWAY, Orleans, NY

Built 2016 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 126

KNOWLESVILLE ROAD

Good

Over: OAK ORCHARD CREEK

1.9 MI S ASHWOOD, Orleans, NY

Built 2010 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 703

WATERPORT CARLTON

Good

Over: BEARDSLEY CREEK

1.5 MI EAST OF WATERPORT, Orleans, NY

Built 2015 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 348

HULBERTON ROAD

Good

Over: W BR SANDY CREEK

0.6 MI WEST OF MURRAY, Orleans, NY

Built 2014 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 462

EAGLE HBR-W BARRE

Good

Over: OTTER CREEK

1.3 MI S EAGLE HARBOR, Orleans, NY

Built 1999 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 897

DENSMORE ROAD

Good

Over: W BR SANDY CREEK

2.2 MI WEST OF BROCKVILLE, Orleans, NY

Built 1999 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 260

EAGLE HARBOR WATER

Good

Over: OTTER CREEK

0.8 MI N EAGLE HARBOR, Orleans, NY

Built 2010 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,194

EGL HBR-WATERPORT

Good

Over: OTTER CREEK

1.3 MI S WATERPORT, Orleans, NY

Built 1999 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 944

RTE 947A

Good

Over: 948A948A45011001 RTE 94

2.3MI W JCT EB LOSP+RTE98, Orleans, NY

Built 1971 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 317

MURDOCK ROAD

Good

Over: JOHNSON CREEK

2.6 MI SW OF LYNDONVILLE, Orleans, NY

Built 1990 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 394

EAGLE HARBOR-WATER

Good

Over: OTTER CREEK

0.2 MI SOUTH OF WATERPORT, Orleans, NY

Built 1999 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 944

TRANSIT ROAD

Good

Over: W BR SANDY CREEK

1.3 MI NE OF BROCKVILLE, Orleans, NY

Built 2021 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 193

MONROE-ORLEANS CO

Good

Over: E BR SANDY CREEK

2.9 MILES NW OF ALABAMA, Orleans, NY

Built 2019 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 631

OAK ORCHARD RD

Good

Over: MANNING MUCKLAND CK

3.5 MI SE BARRE CENTER, Orleans, NY

Built 2015 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 343

CARTON ROAD

Good

Over: SANDY CREEK

1.6 MI NE MURRAY, Orleans, NY

Built 2016 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 192

RTE 104

Good

Over: OAK ORCHARD CREEK

JCT RTS104+OAK ORCHARD CK, Orleans, NY

Built 2021 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 2,669

BLOOD ROAD

Good

Over: JOHNSON CREEK

1.5 MI E OF YATES CENTER, Orleans, NY

Built 1991 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 228

HORAN ROAD

Good

Over: OAK ORCHARD CREEK

.4 MILE EAST OF RIDGEWAY, Orleans, NY

Built 1991 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 419

RTE 98

Good

Over: BEARDSLEY CREEK

3.6MI N JCT RTS 98 & 104, Orleans, NY

Built 2008 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 1,767

RTE 237

Good

Over: ERIE CANAL Erie Canalwa

JCT SH 237 & BARGE CANAL, Orleans, NY

Built 1984 Load: 53.5 t ADT: 1,043

HORAN ROAD

Good

Over: Erie Canalway Trail Eri

0.5MI E JCT BARGE C+RTE63, Orleans, NY

Built 1914 Load: 55.1 t ADT: 839

RTE 98

Good

Over: MARSH CREEK

0.3 MI N JCT RTS 98 & 18, Orleans, NY

Built 1993 Load: 55.3 t ADT: 832

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