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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)

RTE 237

Good

Over: SANDY CREEK

JCT RTE 237 & SANDY CREEK, Orleans, NY

Built 1991 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 998

Orlean Monroe Coun

Good

Over: SANDY CREEK

3.3 MILES NE OF HOLLEY, Orleans, NY

Built 2007 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 631

SAWYER ROAD

Good

Over: MARSH CREEK

1.9 MI SE POINT BREEZE, Orleans, NY

Built 2002 Load: 61.2 t ADT: 176

KENYONVILLE ROAD

Good

Over: OAK ORCHARD RIVER

0.1 MI S OF KEYONVILLE, Orleans, NY

Built 2002 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 455

SLADE ROAD

Good

Over: OAK ORCHARD CREEK

1.2 MI. SO. OF RIDGEWAY, Orleans, NY

Built 1991 Load: 66.1 t ADT: 310

RTE 31

Good

Over: OAK ORCHARD RIVER

0.2MI E JCT RTS 31 + 63, Orleans, NY

Built 1970 Load: 70.8 t ADT: 3,848

YATES CARLTON TLR

Good

Over: JOHNSON CREEK

1.2 MI N ASHWOOD, Orleans, NY

Built 2022 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 385

WOODCHUCK ALLEY

Good

Over: BALD EAGLE CREEK

1.3 MI. NORTH OF KENDALL, Orleans, NY

Built 2002 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 69

KEITEL ROAD

Good

Over: W BR SANDY CREEK

2.3 MI NE ALBION, Orleans, NY

Built 1997 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 256

GLENWOOD AVENUE

Good

Over: Canalway Trail Erie Can

0.2MI E JCT BARGE C+RTE63, Orleans, NY

Built 1914 Load: 77.1 t ADT: 331

HARRISON ROAD

Good

Over: OAK ORCHARD CREEK

1.1 MI S OF SHELBY, Orleans, NY

Built 2002 Load: 81.6 t ADT: 222

NIAG-ORL CO LN RD

Good

Over: UNKNOWN CREEK

1.0 MI NORTH OF S.H.18, Orleans, NY

Built 1990 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 255

CULVERT ROAD

Good

Over: FISH CREEK

2.6 MI S OF OAK ORCHARD, Orleans, NY

Built 2018 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 439

RTE 104

Good

Over: OTTER CREEK

2.6MI W JCT RTS 104 + 279, Orleans, NY

Built 1964 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 2,939

GROTH ROAD

Poor

Over: Erie Canalway Trail ERI

1.3 MI W JCT CANAL &SH237, Orleans, NY

Built 1911 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 136

HINDSBURG ROAD

Poor

Over: Erie Canal Trailway ERI

0.7MI W JCT BARGE C+387, Orleans, NY

Built 1911 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 63

BROWN STREET

Poor

Over: Erie Canal Heritage Trai

0.8MI E JCT BARGE C+RTE98, Orleans, NY

Built 1912 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 1,219

ALLENS BRIDGE RD

Poor

Over: Erie Canal Trail ERIE C

3.8MI W JCT BARGE C+RTE98, Orleans, NY

Built 1909 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 89

RTE 98

Poor

Over: ERIE CANAL

JCT S.H.98 & BARGE CANAL, Orleans, NY

Built 1914 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 4,319

LATTINS FARM DRVE

Poor

Over: Erie Canalway Trail ERI

1 MI W JCT BARGE C & SH98, Orleans, NY

Built 1911 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 55

BEALS ROAD

Poor

Over: Erie Canal Heritage Trai

2 MI E JCT BG CNL & SH 63, Orleans, NY

Built 1909 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 63

ANGLING ROAD

Poor

Over: JOHNSON CREEK

1.5 MI SW OF LYNDONVILLE, Orleans, NY

Built 1956 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 99

LAKESHORE ROAD

Poor

Over: UNNAMED CREEK

1.7 MI W SHADIGEE, Orleans, NY

Built 1939 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 152

BUTTS ROAD

Poor

Over: Canal Trailway ERIE CAN

1.4 MI E JCT BRG C & SH98, Orleans, NY

Built 1912 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 721

COUNTY LINE ROAD

Poor

Over: JEDDO CREEK

0.6 MI SOUTH OF JEDDO, Orleans, NY

Built 1960 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 91

RTE 279

Poor

Over: BEARDSLEY CREEK

1.8MI NW JCT RTS 279+104, Orleans, NY

Built 1929 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 815

RTE 18

Poor

Over: OAK ORCHARD CREEK

JCT RTE18+0AK ORCHARD CK, Orleans, NY

Built 1936 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,418

EAST AVE GULF RD

Poor

Over: ERIE CANAL

.6 MI E JCT BG CL & SH237, Orleans, NY

Built 1911 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 519

RTE 31

Poor

Over: JEDDO CREEK

2.1MI W JCT RTS 31A + 63, Orleans, NY

Built 1946 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 6,277

RTE 237

Poor

Over: BALD EAGLE CREEK

2.2 MI N OF KENDALL, Orleans, NY

Built 1930 Load: 31.1 t ADT: 652

HINDSBURG ROAD

Poor

Over: W BR SANDY CREEK

0.9 MI NW BROCKVILLE, Orleans, NY

Built 1900 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 28

RTE 63

Poor

Over: ERIE CANAL

JCT RTE 63&BARGE CANAL, Orleans, NY

Built 1914 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 5,298

KENT ROAD

Poor

Over: MARSH CREEK

1.0 MI S KENT, Orleans, NY

Built 1924 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 351

GROTH ROAD

Poor

Over: E BR SANDY CREEK

.1 MILE SOUTH OF MURRAY, Orleans, NY

Built 1934 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 317

RTE 947A

Poor

Over: POINT BREEZE ROAD OAK O

JCT RTS LOSP WB LANE + 98, Orleans, NY

Built 1971 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 317

RTE 947A

Poor

Over: POINT BREEZE ROAD OAK O

JCT RTS LOSP EB LANE + 98, Orleans, NY

Built 1971 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 317

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