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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

8%

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.

When Schoharie County's bridges were built

174 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

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).

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

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 Poor
Ontario County 178 7.9%
Madison County 175 8.6%
Schoharie County (this page) 174 8%
Lewis County 167 16.2%
Livingston County 165 4.8%
Richmond County 164 1.8%

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 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).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside NY (1972 here).

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

All bridges (174)

RTE I88

Good

Over: RTE 7

1 MI W OF RICHMONDVILLE, Schoharie, NY

Built 1980 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 4,180

STONE STORE ROAD

Good

Over: CATSKILL CREEK

NEAR JCT OF CR19 & SH 145, Schoharie, NY

Built 2005 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 163

RTE I88

Good

Over: COBLESKILL CREEK

.3 MI E OF RICHMONDVILLE, Schoharie, NY

Built 1980 Load: 60.8 t ADT: 790

COUNTY RD 19A

Good

Over: LAKE CREEK

2 MI N OF LIVINGSTONVILLE, Schoharie, NY

Built 1999 Load: 62.9 t ADT: 216

RTE I88

Good

Over: CR1

3.8 MI S JCT I88 & SH 145, Schoharie, NY

Built 1980 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 628

RTE I88

Good

Over: CR1

1.2 MI S JCT SH 10 & SH 1, Schoharie, NY

Built 1980 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 5,236

RTE I88

Good

Over: SMITH ROAD

2.5 MI W OF RICHMONDVILLE, Schoharie, NY

Built 1980 Load: 74.4 t ADT: 4,180

HAUVERVILLE ROAD

Good

Over: LAKE CREEK

1 MI NE LIVINGSTONVILLE, Schoharie, NY

Built 2000 Load: 76.2 t ADT: 216

RTE I88

Good

Over: COBLESKILL CREEK

200 W Mill St overpass E, Schoharie, NY

Built 1980 Load: 77.1 t ADT: 4,180

CR 32A

Good

Over: WEST CREEK

2 MI SW OF COBLESKILL, Schoharie, NY

Built 2011 Load: 78.9 t ADT: 1,873

HUNTERSLAND ROAD

Poor

Over: LIT SCHOHARIE CRK

5 MI SE OF MIDDLEBURG, Schoharie, NY

Built 1962 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 379

LOWE ROAD

Poor

Over: WEST CREEK

.8 MI W HYNDSVILLE, Schoharie, NY

Built 1910 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 300

BEARDS HOLLOW R

Poor

Over: BEARDS HOLLOW BR

5 MI S OF RICHMONDVILLE, Schoharie, NY

Built 1939 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 87

CLINTON CIRCLE

Poor

Over: MILL CREEK

VILLAGE OF COBLESKILL, Schoharie, NY

Built 1968 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 146

COUNTY ROAD 9

Poor

Over: COBLESKILL CREEK

6 MI EAST OF COBLESKILL, Schoharie, NY

Built 1928 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 366

OLD SH 10 SUMMIT

Poor

Over: BEAR GULCH CREEK

OLD STATE HWY 10, Schoharie, NY

Built 1906 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 170

RTE 30A

Poor

Over: CRIPPLEBUSH CREEK

1.4 MI S JCT SH 30A & US, Schoharie, NY

Built 1930 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 1,548

BRIDGE STREET

Poor

Over: SCHOHARIE CREEK

0.6 MI NW of JCT SR 30 &, Schoharie, NY

Built 1928 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 2,122

DIBBLE HOLLOW RD

Poor

Over: FLY CREEK

5.5 MI NW OF ESPERANCE, Schoharie, NY

Built 1935 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 68

PATRICK ROAD

Poor

Over: WEST CREEK

.1 MI SOUTH OF HYNDSVILLE, Schoharie, NY

Built 1900 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 43

PODPADIC ROAD

Poor

Over: COBLESKILL CREEK

1.8 MI NE OF RICHMONDVLLE, Schoharie, NY

Built 1978 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 135

COUNTY ROAD 5A

Poor

Over: FLAT CREEK

HAMLET OF ARGUSVILLE, Schoharie, NY

Built 1933 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 279

ENID ROAD

Poor

Over: WEST KILL CREEK

6 MI NE OF JEFFERSON, Schoharie, NY

Built 1941 Load: 43.4 t

MEADE ROAD

Poor

Over: CHARLOTTE CREEK

.1 MI S OF CHARLOTTEVILLE, Schoharie, NY

Built 1937 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 234

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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.