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Saratoga County, NY

228 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 46.9% rated Good, 45.6% Fair, 7.5% Poor.

228
Public bridges
46.9%
Good condition
7.5%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Saratoga County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 27%
lowest Poor share in state
7.5%
Poor-condition share
228
public highway bridges
1974
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.

Saratoga County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Saratoga County ranks #17 of 62 New York counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 7.5%). Saratoga County, New York contains 228 public highway bridges. Roughly 46.9% are rated “Good,” 45.6% “Fair,” and 7.5% “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.

Total bridges

228

Public highway bridges in Saratoga County

Good condition

46.9%

107 of 228 rated 7-9

Fair condition

45.6%

104 of 228 rated 5-6

Poor condition

7.5%

17 of 228 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#17 of 62

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

Condition distribution

Share of 228 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
46.9% (107)
Fair
45.6% (104)
Poor
7.5% (17)

Saratoga County's Poor-condition bridges carry 78,159 vehicle crossings a day

That is 5.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 4,885 crossings a day against 6,403 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 225 of 228 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

51.8% of Saratoga County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

118 of the 228 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 46.9% 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 50% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

RTE I87 over DWAAS KILL, built 1958, carries 39,073 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 17-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 78,159 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Saratoga County's bridges were built

228 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 44 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1974) matches the New York average (1972).

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

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

The 5 New York counties nearest Saratoga County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 7.5% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1974 against a peer-group mean of 1969 is 5 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Saratoga County and the 5 New York counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Columbia County 243 18.1%
Kings County 242 11.2%
Oswego County 233 10.3%
Saratoga County (this page) 228 7.5%
Greene County 227 9.7%
Tioga County 220 9.1%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NY (228 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NY (1974 here).

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

All 228 Good 107 Fair 104 Poor 17

All bridges (228)

CR 13

Good

Over: ALDER CREEK

2.5 MI NE SH 29 < SH 147, Saratoga, NY

Built 1996 Load: 60.9 t ADT: 431

CR12 L DESOLA RD

Good

Over: KAYADEROSSERAS CK

.5 MI NW MIDDLE GROVE, Saratoga, NY

Built 1940 Load: 61.7 t ADT: 1,072

FULTON STREET

Good

Over: OLD CHAMPLAIN CANAL

FULTON ST & OLD CHAMP C, Saratoga, NY

Built 2006 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 83

SOUTH SHORE ROAD

Good

Over: BATCHELLER CREEK

IN BATCHELLERVILLE, Saratoga, NY

Built 2004 Load: 66.2 t ADT: 1,445

MALTA AVENUE

Good

Over: RTE I87

IN MALTA RIDGE, Saratoga, NY

Built 2010 Load: 70.8 t ADT: 9,358

RTE 9N

Good

Over: STURDEVANT CREEK

0.1mi West of Main St, Saratoga, NY

Built 1993 Load: 71.7 t ADT: 4,429

CR 7

Good

Over: SACANDAGA RESERV

3.5 MI SW OF HADLEY, Saratoga, NY

Built 2013 Load: 71.7 t ADT: 643

RTE 822

Good

Over: 87I 87I15091079 RTE I87

JCT I87 & USHERS ROAD, Saratoga, NY

Built 1999 Load: 80.7 t ADT: 10,136

CR16

Good

Over: ALDER CREEK

2.5 MI NE RT.29 & 147, Saratoga, NY

Built 1991 Load: 85.3 t ADT: 449

RTE 9

Good

Over: DWAAS KILL

RT 9 2.7 MI S OF ROUND LK, Saratoga, NY

Built 1960 Load: 87.1 t ADT: 14,756

RTE 915

Good

Over: UNKNOWN CREEK

.5 mi N I-87 Exit 11, Saratoga, NY

Built 2008 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 4,546

NELSON AVE EXT

Poor

Over: RTE I87

2.0 MI N RT 9 & I87 LT, Saratoga, NY

Built 1962 Load: 13.4 t ADT: 513

NELSON AVE EXT

Poor

Over: RTE I87

2.0 MI N JCT RT 9 & I87, Saratoga, NY

Built 1962 Load: 13.5 t ADT: 513

NORTH SHORE ROAD

Poor

Over: BEECHER CREEK

AT EDINBURG, Saratoga, NY

Built 1937 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 2,150

RTE 4

Poor

Over: HUDSON RIVER & CANAL

0.15 MI W of JCT RTE 4 AN, Saratoga, NY

Built 1909 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 12,161

RTE I87

Poor

Over: DWAAS KILL

0.2 MI N JCT I87 & CR 109, Saratoga, NY

Built 1958 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 39,073

AIRPORT ROAD

Poor

Over: BEECHER CREEK

0.75MI NW EDINBURG, Saratoga, NY

Built 1986 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 314

RTE 4

Poor

Over: SCHUYLER CREEK

.4MI.S.JCT RTE 4<67, Saratoga, NY

Built 1885 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 8,084

RTE 4

Poor

Over: HUDSON RIVER and CANAL

0.2 MI N JCT RTES 4 & 32, Saratoga, NY

Built 1916 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 4,252

CR 49

Poor

Over: KAYADEROSSERAS CK

0.5MI NE WEST MILTON, Saratoga, NY

Built 1953 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 2,419

SPIER FALLS ROAD

Poor

Over: RTE I87

.2 MI N OF I87 EXIT 17, Saratoga, NY

Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,527

FOURTH STREET

Poor

Over: ERIE CANAL

FOURTH ST & ERIE C @ E2, Saratoga, NY

Built 1907 Load: 32.7 t

RIVER VIEW ROAD

Poor

Over: 87I 87I 1509 1007 RTE I

0.31 MI NW OF JCT CLAMSTE, Saratoga, NY

Built 1958 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 890

RTE 32

Poor

Over: FISH CREEK

1.7 MI SW JT RTS 4 & 32, Saratoga, NY

Built 1993 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,073

SPIER FALLS ROAD

Poor

Over: RTE I87

0.45 M N JCT I87 & RTE 9, Saratoga, NY

Built 1960 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 2,527

CR 1

Poor

Over: WOLF CREEK

3 MI NORTH OF HADLEY, Saratoga, NY

Built 1997 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 850

FINLEY ROAD

Poor

Over: MOURNING KILL

3MI W BALSTON SPA, Saratoga, NY

Built 1925 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 224

NORTH SHORE ROAD

Poor

Over: SAND CREEK

4.2 MI NE OF EDINBURG, Saratoga, NY

Built 1995 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 589

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.