State profile · Below median Poor share

Arizona bridge safety

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition shares for every public highway bridge in Arizona.

8,573
Public bridges
63.5%
Good condition
1.1%
Poor condition

Arizona holds 8,573 public highway bridges (#28 of 52 by inventory) with a 1.15% Poor share (#51 of 52 by Poor share).

That is 1.1% of the state's inventory, against an average of 7.5% across the 54 states and territories with Poor-rated bridges on file, which places it 2 of 54 ordered from the lowest Poor share upward. A bridge is rated Poor when its weakest applicable component scores 4 or below on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, so the category is a maintenance and funding signal rather than a closure order or a live crossing-safety verdict.

Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026

Total Bridges

8,573

Public highway bridges in Arizona

Good Condition

63.5%

5,440 bridges rated 7-9

13.5pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

1.1%

99 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

-6.4pp vs national avg 7.5%

Arizona vs national bridge condition

Arizona - Good condition share 63.5%
National avg

Share of bridges rated 7-9 on the FHWA 0-9 scale (deck, superstructure, substructure all good).

Arizona - Poor-condition share 3.8%
National avg

Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.5%.

Arizona in the national condition pattern

Each point is a state or territory in the FHWA NBI; the highlighted point is this profile.

Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Arizona has 8,573 bridges and a 1.1% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #2 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold. Scatter plot of 54 data points. 0%10%20%30%40% 0k20k40k60k Public bridges in inventory (thousands) Poor-condition share (%) AZ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.15%AL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.35%AK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.89%AR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.43%CA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 25.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.91%CO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.82%CT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.72%DE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.26%DC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.95%FL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.79%GA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.59%GU, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.77%HI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.53%ID, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.9%IL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.35%IN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.22%IA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 19.16%KS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.26%KY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.37%LA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 12.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.48%ME, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.41%MD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.56%MA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.88%MI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 11.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.27%MN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.44%MS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.03%MO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.95%MT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.81%NE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.9%NV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.14%NH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.51%NJ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 6.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.01%NM, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.51%NY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 17.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.43%NC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.76%ND, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 10.98%OH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.74%OK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 22.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.7%OR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.61%PA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.58%PR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 13.92%RI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.2%SC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.17%SD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 16.36%TN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 20.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.41%TX, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 56.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.23%UT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.91%VT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.9%VI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 29.17%VA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.39%WA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.45%WV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 7.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 18.64%WI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.52%WY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.51%
Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Arizona has 8,573 bridges and a 1.1% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #2 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold.

Arizona vs all states by public bridge inventory

Where this state's FHWA NBI public-highway bridge count sits among every state and territory on PlainBridges

8,573 28th of 54 higher than 26 of 54 states

States and territories, banded by public bridge inventory size

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · 2024

Read the rank neighborhood for Arizona

The highlighted point is Arizona: 8,573 bridges and 1.15% in Poor condition, rank #2 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The five jurisdictions immediately above and below Arizona on that same Poor-share ordering:

  • Nevada: 2,099 bridges · 1.14% Poor
  • Arizona: 8,573 bridges · 1.15% Poor
  • Texas: 56,729 bridges · 1.23% Poor
  • Delaware: 872 bridges · 1.26% Poor

The full national sortable table lives on the rankings page.

Material families in Arizona

Exclusive FHWA material families across all 8,573 bridges in this state; continuous variants fold into the parent family. Orthogonal to the Poor-share scatter above.

Who maintains Arizona’s inventory

State agency holds 56.9% of the 8,573 public highway bridges filed under Arizona in the 2024 NBI, the agency-of-record split for this state, not a condition verdict.

When Arizona’s bridges were built

Pre-1950 construction accounts for 13.1% of the 8,573 bridges with a recorded original year in Arizona. Era bands are orthogonal to the Poor-share ranking above.

Condition Distribution

Arizona63.5%35.4%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - Arizona (FHWA NBI)

Counties (15)

Apache 259 Cochise 501 Coconino 405 Gila 259 Graham 179 Greenlee 90 La Paz 306 Maricopa 2847 Mohave 641 Navajo 277 Pima 1150 Pinal 716 Santa Cruz 138 Yavapai 543 Yuma 262

Arizona vs nearby ranks

Adjacent states by Poor-condition share (lower share = better)

States are ranked by the share of bridges whose lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below. This describes recorded condition; it does not measure funding effectiveness or live crossing safety. States here sit immediately above and below Arizona on the same metric.

NV

Nevada

1.14% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$2,099
Selected

AZ

Arizona

1.15% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$8,573

TX

Texas

1.23% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$56,729

DE

Delaware

1.26% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$872

Bridges Needing Most Attention in Arizona

Six lowest-condition bridges in Arizona, ranked by the portal's composite display score. Inspection intervals are risk-based under current NBIS rules.

IRR BIA RTE 3

Poor

Over: OAK DRAW

36.3 KM E OF COOLIDGE DAM, Graham, AZ

Built 1929 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 120

IRR BIA RTE N35

Poor

Over: WALKER CREEK

7.7MI E 8.2MI N ROCKPOINT, Apache, AZ

Built 1977 Load: 3.0 t ADT: 192

IRR BIA RTE 161

Poor

Over: WASH

2.7 KM SOUTH OF AZ HWY 86, Pima, AZ

Built 1998 Load: 4.9 t ADT: 250

Rucker Rd

Poor

Over: White Water Draw

1.0 mi E Leslie Cyn Rd, Cochise, AZ

Built 1937 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 50

OLD STATE RTE 87A

Poor

Over: GILA RIVER

3.2 KM N - HWY 87/187 JCT, Pinal, AZ

Built 1925 Load: 5.6 t ADT: 200

Telera St (Ajo)

Poor

Over: Ajo Wash

South of Rocalla Ave, Pima, AZ

Built 1935 Load: 6.4 t ADT: 200

All Bridges in Arizona

SR 189

Good

Over: Wash

2.9 mi W Jct I-19, Santa Cruz, AZ

Built 1975 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 9,896

I 10

Good

Over: Wash

4.0 mi E Jct SR 85, Maricopa, AZ

Built 1975 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 117,310

SR A 89

Good

Over: Soldier Wash

0.2 mi W of Jct SR 179, Coconino, AZ

Built 1974 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 17,707

I 17; N & S

Good

Over: Hance Draw

1.7 mi NE Jct SR 169, Yavapai, AZ

Built 1975 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 34,127

I 17; NB & SB

Good

Over: Hance Draw

1.9 mi NE Jct SR 169, Yavapai, AZ

Built 1975 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 34,127

I 40; EB & WB

Good

Over: Wash

23.4 mi E Jct US 93, Yavapai, AZ

Built 1975 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 16,969

Cross Mtn Road

Good

Over: Wash

23.9 mi E of Jct US 93, Yavapai, AZ

Built 1975 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 14

I 40; EB

Good

Over: Wash

18.6 mi E Jct US 93, Mohave, AZ

Built 1975 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 7,190

I 40; EB

Good

Over: Wash

19.1 mi E of Jct US 93, Mohave, AZ

Built 1975 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 7,063

I 40; WB

Good

Over: Wash

19.1 mi E of Jct US 93, Mohave, AZ

Built 1975 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 7,875

Wintersburg Road

Good

Over: Wash

17.7 mi West of Jct SR 85, Maricopa, AZ

Built 1970 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 5,387

SR 96

Good

Over: Bridle Creek

3.1 mi N Jct SR 97, Yavapai, AZ

Built 1976 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 1,585

SR 96

Good

Over: Bridle Creek

2.8 mi N Jct SR 97, Yavapai, AZ

Built 1976 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 1,585

SR 96

Good

Over: Wash

1.8 mi N Jct SR 97, Yavapai, AZ

Built 1976 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 1,585

SR 96

Good

Over: Iron Springs Wash

0.3 mi N Jct SR 97, Yavapai, AZ

Built 1976 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 1,585

SR 188

Good

Over: Tinhorn Wash

2.6 mi N Jct US 60, Gila, AZ

Built 1976 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 2,159

I 19; NB & EFR

Good

Over: Wash

30.0 mi N Jct SR 289, Pima, AZ

Built 1976 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 13,170

I 19; SB & WFR

Good

Over: Wash

30.0 mi N Jct SR 289, Pima, AZ

Built 1976 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 13,170

I 19

Good

Over: Wash

31.7 mi N Jct SR 289, Pima, AZ

Built 1976 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 31,297

I 40; EB

Good

Over: Wash

13.8 mi E Jct US 93, Mohave, AZ

Built 1976 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 7,190

I 40; EB

Good

Over: Wash

2.6 mi West of Jct SR 95, Mohave, AZ

Built 1976 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 7,298

I 40; EB

Good

Over: Wash

2.2 mi West of Jct SR 95, Mohave, AZ

Built 1976 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 7,298

I 40; WB

Good

Over: Wash

2.2 mi West of Jct SR 95, Mohave, AZ

Built 1976 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 7,298

SR 169

Good

Over: Oxtail Draw

0.2 mi W Jct I 17, Yavapai, AZ

Built 1976 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 5,844

IRR US 89

Good

Over: Wash

4.98 mi S Jct SR 64, Coconino, AZ

Built 1976 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 6,701

I 19

Good

Over: Wash

25.4 mi N Jct SR 289, Pima, AZ

Built 1976 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 17,314

I 19; Frontage Rd

Good

Over: Wash

26.4 mi N Jct SR 289, Pima, AZ

Built 1976 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 17,314

I 19; NB & SB & WF

Good

Over: Wash

27.9 mi N Jct SR 289, Pima, AZ

Built 1976 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 26,340

I 19; SB & WFR

Good

Over: Wash

29.4 mi N Jct SR 289, Pima, AZ

Built 1976 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 20,000

SR 169

Good

Over: Yarber Wash

5.0 mi E Jct SR 69, Yavapai, AZ

Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 5,844

SR 169

Good

Over: Little Hackberry

6.9 mi W Jct I 17, Yavapai, AZ

Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 5,844

SR 188

Good

Over: Sycamore Creek

19.3 mi S Jct SR 87, Gila, AZ

Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 897

SR 95

Good

Over: Chemehuevi Wash

23.2 mi S Jct I 40, Mohave, AZ

Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 13,162

SR 95

Good

Over: Lark Drain Channel

21.3 mi S Jct I 40, Mohave, AZ

Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 15,641

SR 95 & Mulberry A

Good

Over: Mulberry Wash

20.5 mi S Jct I 40, Mohave, AZ

Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 20,778

SR 95

Good

Over: Pima Wash

20.2 mi S Jct I 40, Mohave, AZ

Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 20,778

SR 95

Good

Over: Wash

20.1 mi S Jct I 40, Mohave, AZ

Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 20,778

IRR SR 95

Good

Over: Wash

19.7 mi S Jct I 40, Mohave, AZ

Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 22,553

IRR SR 95

Good

Over: Willow Alley

19.2 mi S Jct I 40, Mohave, AZ

Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 27,255

IRR SR 95

Good

Over: Dry Wash

18.9 mi S Jct I 40, Mohave, AZ

Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 25,987

IRR SR 95

Good

Over: El Dorado Wash

18.5 mi S Jct I 40, Mohave, AZ

Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 25,987

IRR SR 95

Good

Over: Dry Wash

11.8 mi S Jct I-40, Mohave, AZ

Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 8,827

IRR SR 95

Good

Over: Dry Wash

10.3 mi S Jct I-40, Mohave, AZ

Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 8,827

IRR SR 95

Good

Over: Dry Wash

7.3 mi S Jct I 40, Mohave, AZ

Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 8,827

IRR SR 95

Good

Over: Dry Wash

3.8 mi S Jct I-40, Mohave, AZ

Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 6,632

I-40

Good

Over: Equipment Pass

6.8 mi W Jct SR 77, Navajo, AZ

Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 12,774

SR 188

Good

Over: Slate Creek

8.8 mi S Jct SR 87, Gila, AZ

Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 1,522

Dobson Road

Good

Over: Drainage Channel

0.1 mi N US 60, Maricopa, AZ

Built 1977 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 34,500

IRR SR 95

Good

Over: Industrial Drain

18.3 mi South of Jct I 40, Mohave, AZ

Built 1978 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 25,987

SR 95

Good

Over: Kiowa Drain

17.6 mi South of Jct I 40, Mohave, AZ

Built 1978 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 22,923

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Data sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI), latest released cycle. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges.

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Arizona Good/Fair/Poor shares and county rollups on this page are computed from the same NBI extract as the national boards; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2024 NBI release. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.