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Wayne County, NY

97 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 48.5% rated Good, 41.2% Fair, 10.3% Poor.

97
Public bridges: 48.5%
Good condition: 10.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Wayne County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

38th
of 62 on Poor share: 10.3%
Poor-condition share: 97
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.

Wayne County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Wayne County ranks #38 of 62 New York counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 10.3%). Wayne County, New York contains 97 public highway bridges. Roughly 48.5% are rated “Good,” 41.2% “Fair,” and 10.3% “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

Public highway bridges in Wayne County

Good condition

48.5%

47 of 97 rated 7-9

Fair condition

41.2%

40 of 97 rated 5-6

Poor condition

10.3%

10 of 97 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#38 of 62

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

Condition distribution

Share of 97 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

48.5% (47)

Fair

41.2% (40)

Poor

10.3% (10)

Wayne County's Poor-condition bridges carry 18,488 vehicle crossings a day

That is 6.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 10.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,849 crossings a day against 2,961 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 96 of 97 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

45.4% of Wayne County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

44 of the 97 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 48.5% 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 33.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

RTE 31F over Erie Canal Trail ERIE C, built 1966, carries 6,241 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 10-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 18,488 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

pre-1900

1
1900s

1
1910s

12
1920s

1
1930s

7
1940s

2
1950s

4
1960s

7
1970s

11
1980s

6
1990s

16
2000s

13
2010s

15
2020s

1

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 16 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 16.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1974) matches the New York average (1972).

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

The 5 New York counties nearest Wayne County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 10.3% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1974 against a peer-group mean of 1970 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 Wayne County and the 5 New York counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Schenectady County	115	32.2%	60%	7.8%	1977
Putnam County	104	15.4%	73.1%	11.5%	1964
Schuyler County	100	40%	55%	5%	1983
Fulton County	98	34.7%	50%	15.3%	1958
Wayne County (this page)	97	48.5%	41.2%	10.3%	1974
Hamilton County	88	34.1%	51.1%	14.8%	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 Wayne 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 Wayne County, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside NY (97 bridges here).

Forsyth County, GA · 97 bridges
Elmore County, ID · 97 bridges
Mason County, KY · 97 bridges
Swift County, MN · 97 bridges

Similar average build year

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

Knox County, TN · avg 1974 · 588 bridges
Summit County, OH · avg 1974 · 563 bridges
Pierce County, WA · avg 1974 · 472 bridges
Lincoln County, OK · avg 1974 · 450 bridges

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

All 97 Good 47 Fair 40 Poor 10

All bridges (97)

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Wayne County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Wayne County's Poor-condition bridges carry 18,488 vehicle crossings a day

45.4% of Wayne County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 33.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Wayne 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

All bridges (97)

RTE 104

Whitbeck Road

RTE 31

RTE 104

CANANDAIGUA ROAD

MILL STREET

RTE 31

LEROY ISLAND ROAD

RIDGE ROAD

VICTOR ROAD

MACEDON CENTER RD

COUNTY ROAD 101

NOBLE ROAD

RIDGE ROAD

SAVANNAH SPR LK R

LAKE RD

Lyons Marengo Rd

RIDGE ROAD

RTE 31

RTE 21

WATER STREET

RTE 88

RTE 89

COUNTY ROAD 241

COUNTY ROAD 225

RTE 89

YELLOW MILLS ROAD

WHITBECK ROAD

31 3706 1079

COUNTY ROAD 310

ARCAD-ZURIC ROAD

Canandaigua Road

MAPLE AVE

ARCADIA ZURIC RD

RTE 31

ALDERMAN ROAD

COUNTY ROAD 222

LEACH STREET

DRY DOCK ROAD

DIVISION STREET

HAWLEY ROAD

RTE 89

RTE 414

STEELE ROAD

RTE 31F

ARMITAGE RD

RTE 88

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