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Richmond County, NY

164 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 30.5% rated Good, 67.7% Fair, 1.8% Poor.

164
Public bridges: 30.5%
Good condition: 1.8%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Richmond County posts a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 6%
lowest Poor share in state: 1.8%
Poor-condition share: 164
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.

Richmond County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Richmond County ranks #4 of 62 New York counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.8%). Richmond County, New York contains 164 public highway bridges. Roughly 30.5% are rated “Good,” 67.7% “Fair,” and 1.8% “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

164

Public highway bridges in Richmond County

Good condition

30.5%

50 of 164 rated 7-9

Fair condition

67.7%

111 of 164 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.8%

3 of 164 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#4 of 62

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

Condition distribution

Share of 164 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

30.5% (50)

Fair

67.7% (111)

Poor

1.8% (3)

Richmond County's Poor-condition bridges carry 79,652 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 26,551 crossings a day against 38,800 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 141 of 164 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

74.4% of Richmond County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

122 of the 164 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 30.5% 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 71.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

RTE 440 over ARTHUR KILL ROAD, built 1977, carries 57,220 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 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 79,652 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1900s

1
1920s

5
1930s

22
1940s

9
1950s

9
1960s

49
1970s

31
1980s

3
1990s

2
2000s

5
2010s

28

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 49 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 29.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1970) matches the New York average (1972).

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

The 5 New York counties nearest Richmond County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.8% Poor share is the 1st-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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Richmond County and the 5 New York counties closest to it in inventory size
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 (this page)	164	30.5%	67.7%	1.8%	1970
Genesee County	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 Richmond 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 Richmond County, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NY (164 bridges here).

Sevier County, AR · 164 bridges
Cherokee County, GA · 164 bridges
Pawnee County, KS · 164 bridges
Morrison County, MN · 164 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 164 Good 50 Fair 111 Poor 3

Good-condition bridges (50)

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Richmond County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Richmond County's Poor-condition bridges carry 79,652 vehicle crossings a day

74.4% of Richmond County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 71.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

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

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

Good-condition bridges (50)

RTE 440

Western Avenue

BUS STATION NORTH

PARKING ENTR RAMP

RTE 440

RTE I278

RTE I278

AMBOY ROAD

RTE 440

RTE 440

RTE 278

RTE 278

RTE 278

RTE 278

Richmond Terrace

RTE I278

LPA to VMA

PAGE AVENUE

278I

RTE I278

GREAVES AVENUE

RTE I278

RTE I278

TOMPKINS AVENUE

RTE I278

RTE 278

HYLAN BOULEVARD

RTE I278

278I278IX6MI4069

FINGERBOARD RD

Ramp to I278 EB

CLOVE ROAD

TOMPKINS AVENUE

CHELSEA ROAD

RTE 440

GIFFORDS LANE

WEST FINGERBOARD

RTE 440

RTE 440

RTE I278

ARTHUR KILL RD

Entrance ramp to S

RTE I278

RTE I278

NORTH RAMP

RTE 278

BOROUGH PLACE

278I278IX6M13069

ANNADALE ROAD

WSE WEST SERV RD

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