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Schoharie County, NY

174 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 37.4% rated Good, 54.6% Fair, 8% Poor.

174
Public bridges: 37.4%
Good condition: 8%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 39%
lowest Poor share in state: 8%
Poor-condition share: 174
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.

Schoharie County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Schoharie County ranks #24 of 62 New York counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 8%). Schoharie County, New York contains 174 public highway bridges. Roughly 37.4% are rated “Good,” 54.6% “Fair,” and 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

174

Public highway bridges in Schoharie County

Good condition

37.4%

65 of 174 rated 7-9

Fair condition

54.6%

95 of 174 rated 5-6

Poor condition

14 of 174 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#24 of 62

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

Condition distribution

Share of 174 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

37.4% (65)

Fair

54.6% (95)

Poor

8% (14)

Schoharie County's Poor-condition bridges carry 5,877 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 452 crossings a day against 1,928 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 168 of 174 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

43.7% of Schoharie County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

76 of the 174 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 37.4% 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 36.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

BRIDGE STREET over SCHOHARIE CREEK, built 1928, carries 2,122 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 14-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 5,877 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1900s

2
1910s

3
1920s

8
1930s

29
1940s

8
1950s

7
1960s

9
1970s

16
1980s

41
1990s

15
2000s

18
2010s

16
2020s

2

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 41 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1972) matches the New York average (1972).

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

The 5 New York counties nearest Schoharie County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 8% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1972 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 Schoharie County and the 5 New York counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Ontario County	178	40.4%	51.7%	7.9%	1973
Madison County	175	37.7%	53.7%	8.6%	1968
Schoharie County (this page)	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	164	30.5%	67.7%	1.8%	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 Schoharie 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 Schoharie County, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NY (174 bridges here).

Hempstead County, AR · 174 bridges
Eagle County, CO · 174 bridges
Washington County, IN · 174 bridges
Lac qui Parle County, MN · 174 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.

All 174 Good 65 Fair 95 Poor 14

Good-condition bridges (65)

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Schoharie County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Schoharie County's Poor-condition bridges carry 5,877 vehicle crossings a day

43.7% of Schoharie County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 36.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Schoharie 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 (65)

COUNTY ROAD 63

RTE 10

RTE 7

WEST FULTON ROAD

COUNTY RD 19A

RTE 443

BUSH STREET

COUNTY ROAD 16

RTE 30

RTE I88

HUNTERSLAND ROAD

RTE 7

RTE I88

CR27

RTE 10

RAILROAD AVENUE

CHURCH STREET

COUNTY ROAD 8

RTE 30

SHADY TREE LANE

PANGMAN ROAD

Pleasant Valley Ro

HOWES CAVE ROAD

DEBRITKO ROAD

RTE 88

RTE 145

RTE I88

RTE 88

RTE I88

BEAVER HILL ROAD

COUNTY ROAD 2

COUNTY ROAD 19A

RTE 30

W MIDDLEBURG RD

RTE 7

COUNTY ROAD 2

BATES CHURCH ROAD

BUSH ROAD

SCHOONMAKER ROAD

CCC CAMP ROAD

PRATTSVILLE ROAD

COUNTY ROAD 4

W MIDDLEBURG ROAD

CR 32A

SELLICK ROAD

RTE I88

COUNTY ROAD 36

RTE I88

PICKETT HILL ROAD

RTE I88

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