State profile · Below median Poor share

Idaho 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 Idaho.

4,616
Public bridges
29.5%
Good condition
4.9%
Poor condition

Idaho holds 4,616 public highway bridges (#37 of 52 by inventory) with a 4.9% Poor share (#33 of 52 by Poor share).

That is 4.9% 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 20 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

4,616

Public highway bridges in Idaho

Good Condition

29.5%

1,363 bridges rated 7-9

-20.5pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

4.9%

226 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

-2.6pp vs national avg 7.5%

Idaho vs national bridge condition

Idaho - Good condition share 29.5%
National avg

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

Idaho - Poor-condition share 16.3%
National avg

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

Idaho 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: Idaho has 4,616 bridges and a 4.9% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #20 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 (%) ID, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.9%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%AZ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.15%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%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: Idaho has 4,616 bridges and a 4.9% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #20 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.

Idaho 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

4,616 37th of 54 higher than 17 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 Idaho

The highlighted point is Idaho: 4,616 bridges and 4.90% in Poor condition, rank #20 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The five jurisdictions immediately above and below Idaho on that same Poor-share ordering:

  • Ohio: 26,729 bridges · 4.74% Poor
  • Colorado: 8,965 bridges · 4.82% Poor
  • Idaho: 4,616 bridges · 4.90% Poor
  • Indiana: 19,495 bridges · 5.22% Poor
  • Kansas: 24,894 bridges · 5.26% Poor

The full national sortable table lives on the rankings page.

Material families in Idaho

Exclusive FHWA material families across all 4,616 bridges in this state; continuous variants fold into the parent family. Orthogonal to the Poor-share scatter above.

Who maintains Idaho’s inventory

State agency holds 29.8% of the 4,616 public highway bridges filed under Idaho in the 2024 NBI, the agency-of-record split for this state, not a condition verdict.

When Idaho’s bridges were built

Pre-1950 construction accounts for 7.0% of the 4,616 bridges with a recorded original year in Idaho. Era bands are orthogonal to the Poor-share ranking above.

Condition Distribution

Idaho29.5%65.6%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - Idaho (FHWA NBI)

Counties (44)

Ada 299 Adams 87 Bannock 124 Bear Lake 34 Benewah 47 Bingham 263 Blaine 96 Boise 88 Bonner 104 Bonneville 213 Boundary 83 Butte 32 Camas 61 Canyon 292 Caribou 45 Cassia 116 Clark 40 Clearwater 88 Custer 128 Elmore 97 Franklin 23 Fremont 137 Gem 57 Gooding 80 Idaho 215 Jefferson 127 Jerome 110 Kootenai 154 Latah 115 Lemhi 112 Lewis 21 Lincoln 53 Madison 80 Minidoka 66 Nez Perce 71 Oneida 23 Owyhee 48 Payette 65 Power 70 Shoshone 260 Teton 37 Twin Falls 126 Valley 149 Washington 80

Idaho 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 Idaho on the same metric.

OH

Ohio

4.74% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$26,729

CO

Colorado

4.82% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$8,965
Selected

ID

Idaho

4.90% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$4,616

IN

Indiana

5.22% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$19,495

KS

Kansas

5.26% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$24,894

Bridges Needing Most Attention in Idaho

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

STC 6774;TETON HWY

Poor

Over: S.FK.TETON RIVER

0.5 N. TETON, Fremont, ID

Built 1977 Load: 0.9 t ADT: 1,200

RIVER ROAD

Poor

Over: VINSON WASH

2.0 N. 2.6 W. GRAND VIEW, Owyhee, ID

Built 1930 Load: 0.9 t ADT: 60

SWAMP ROAD

Poor

Over: CAMAS CREEK

1.5 S. 0.3 E. HILL CITY, Camas, ID

Built 1965 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 40

ELK SUMMIT RD

Poor

Over: SOUTH FORK SALMON RIVER

14.6 N 4.3 W YELLOW PINE, Valley, ID

Built 1934 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 10

ROAD 50343

Poor

Over: LOGAN CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Valley, ID

Built 1980 Load: 2.6 t ADT: 50

200 SOUTH ROAD

Poor

Over: CAMAS CREEK

1.9 S. 6.8 E. FAIRFIELD, Camas, ID

Built 1920 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 30

All Bridges in Idaho

FDR 581

Fair

Over: CAYUSE CREEK

7 MI E OF OLD KELLY CR RS, Clearwater, ID

Built 1967 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 20

BEAVER CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: MARSH CREEK

CROSSES MARSH CREEK, Custer, ID

Built 1964 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 50

NO DATA ENTERED

Fair

Over: JOHNSON CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Adams, ID

Built 1970 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 50

FSR 60055

Fair

Over: PANTHER CREEK

2.4 MILES NNE OF COBALT, Lemhi, ID

Built 1963 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 50

NO DATA ENTERED

Fair

Over: LOLO CREEK

SECTION 6, Clearwater, ID

Built 1962 Load: 23.3 t ADT: 10

ADMIN. ROAD

Fair

Over: RED RIVER

RED RIVER R.S. COMPOUND, Idaho, ID

Built 1965 Load: 23.3 t ADT: 50

FDR 61000

Fair

Over: PANTHER CREEK

6.5 MILES SW OF COBALT, Lemhi, ID

Built 1983 Load: 23.3 t ADT: 50

ROAD

Fair

Over: MOOSE CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Teton, ID

Built 1975 Load: 23.3 t ADT: 24

900 NORTH ROAD

Fair

Over: IDAHO CANAL

1.0 N. 0.9 E. GOSHEN, Bingham, ID

Built 1968 Load: 23.4 t ADT: 50

STC 3830;DALLAS RD

Fair

Over: DRAINAGE LATERAL

1.8S 4.2E NEW PLYMOUTH, Payette, ID

Built 1951 Load: 23.4 t ADT: 460

ELK PRAIRIE ROAD

Fair

Over: ST JOE RIVER;CALDER BR.

0.1 S. CALDER, Shoshone, ID

Built 1990 Load: 23.4 t ADT: 160

SAND CREEK RD

Fair

Over: ST ANTHONY CANAL

0.9 N. 1.4 E. ST ANTHONY, Fremont, ID

Built 1978 Load: 23.4 t ADT: 340

E 1800 N RD

Fair

Over: CAMAS CREEK

3.0 N. 5.2 E. TERRETON, Jefferson, ID

Built 1977 Load: 23.4 t ADT: 20

N 1300 E RD(BYRNE)

Fair

Over: OWSLEY CANAL;S TERRETON

0.9 S. TERRETON, Jefferson, ID

Built 1976 Load: 23.4 t ADT: 40

SH 11

Fair

Over: CLEARWATER R.;GREER BR.

AT GREER WCL, Lewis, ID

Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,300

SH 11

Fair

Over: QUARTZ CREEK(JAYPE BR)

2.6 N. PIERCE, Clearwater, ID

Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 200

FRONTAGE ROAD

Fair

Over: UPRR; IGO OVERPASS

4.3 E. AMERICAN FALLS, Power, ID

Built 1935 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 620

SH 27

Fair

Over: B-4 CANAL

1.0 S. PAUL, Minidoka, ID

Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 7,000

I 84B SBL

Fair

Over: SNAKE RIVER;HEYBURN BR.

AT BURLEY NCL, Cassia, ID

Built 1977 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 7,750

US 30 ;W. POKY IC

Fair

Over: I 86;WEST POCATELLO IC

3.2 W. CHUBBUCK, Power, ID

Built 1968 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,200

BENNETT RD

Fair

Over: I 84B EBWB;E.MTN HOME IC

3.0 E. MOUNTAIN HOME, Elmore, ID

Built 1972 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,200

US 93

Fair

Over: PAHSIMEROI RIVER

AT ELLIS;17 N. CHALLIS, Custer, ID

Built 1938 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,000

US 95

Fair

Over: JUMP CREEK

5.0 S. HOMEDALE, Owyhee, ID

Built 1982 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 3,200

US 95

Fair

Over: KOOTENAI R;UPRR;BNNRS FY

IN BONNERS FERRY, Boundary, ID

Built 1984 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 14,000

SH 200

Fair

Over: BNRR;LAKE PEND OREILLE

AT HOPE NWCL, Bonner, ID

Built 1963 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,900

STC3906;WARREN WGN

Fair

Over: FISHER CREEK

9.0 N. MCCALL, Valley, ID

Built 1958 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 530

STC5705;BENEWAH CR

Fair

Over: BENEWAH CREEK

0.5 N. 0.1 W. BENEWAH, Benewah, ID

Built 1977 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 190

STC 5755;DIVISION

Fair

Over: S.FK.COEUR DALENE RIVER

IN KELLOGG;DIVISION ST, Shoshone, ID

Built 1983 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 4,100

STC 6703;E 65TH S

Fair

Over: BUTTE ARM CANAL

3.6 S. 1.1 W. IDAHO FALLS, Bonneville, ID

Built 1956 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,000

STC 6768;N 4700 E

Fair

Over: FARMERS FRIEND CANAL

0.5 E. 0.7 N. RIRIE, Jefferson, ID

Built 1950 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,200

STC 7117;9TH ST

Fair

Over: IDAHO CANAL

IN IDAHO FALLS;9TH ST., Bonneville, ID

Built 1951 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 2,800

HI 5 CANYON ROAD

Fair

Over: LITTLE WOOD RIVER

2.2 N. 10.2 E. BELLEVUE, Blaine, ID

Built 1986 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 30

DAM ROAD

Fair

Over: EAST CANAL

2.7 S. 1.5 W. OAKLEY, Cassia, ID

Built 2015 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 20

N 3700 E ROAD

Fair

Over: LOW LINE CANAL

3.1 S. 1.0 W. HANSEN, Twin Falls, ID

Built 1978 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 70

1900 EAST ROAD

Fair

Over: SALMON RIVER CANAL

4.7 S. 5.0 W. HOLLISTER, Twin Falls, ID

Built 1980 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 30

SMA 7028;BEACON LT

Fair

Over: FARMERS UNION CANAL

1.8 N. 1.1 E. EAGLE, Ada, ID

Built 1962 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,600

TRAVIS ROAD

Fair

Over: GOLDEN GATE CANAL

0.6 S. 1.0 E. WILDER, Canyon, ID

Built 1990 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 40

BASELINE ROAD

Fair

Over: WALDVOGEL CANAL

0.64 E 0.24 S MELBA, Canyon, ID

Built 2004 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 110

STC 3809;MIDDLE FK

Fair

Over: M.FK.BOISE R;SHEEP CREEK

3.0 NE TWIN SPRINGS, Elmore, ID

Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 30

STC 3830;FREEMONT

Fair

Over: PAYETTE RIVER

1.4S 5.1E NEW PLYMOUTH, Payette, ID

Built 1961 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 460

LOWER CRANE ROAD

Fair

Over: CRANE CREEK

3.8 N. 10.3 E. WEISER, Washington, ID

Built 1982 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 20

N ELK LAKE RD

Fair

Over: ELK CREEK

13.9 S. 0.3 E. RIGGINS, Idaho, ID

Built 1965 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 50

OLD HWY 8

Fair

Over: BIG BEAR CREEK

1.0 S. 1.8 W. DEARY, Latah, ID

Built 1940 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 30

HATTER CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: HATTER CREEK

2.3 S. 0.4 E. PRINCETON, Latah, ID

Built 1970 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 30

STC 4811;LENVILLE

Fair

Over: LITTLE POTLATCH CREEK

7.9 N. 4.1 E. GENESEE, Latah, ID

Built 1936 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 110

W CHATCOLET ROAD

Fair

Over: S.FK.ROCK CREEK

0.9 N. 5.4 W. WORLEY, Kootenai, ID

Built 1952 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 230

N SIDE ROAD

Fair

Over: ST JOE R;MARBLE CREEK BR

1.7 S. 7.7 E. CALDER, Shoshone, ID

Built 1968 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 80

STC6764;W MAIN ST

Fair

Over: EGIN CANAL

IN ST ANTHONY;W.MAIN ST, Fremont, ID

Built 1986 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,100

5750 SOUTH

Fair

Over: TETON RIVER(WHITE BR)

2.6 N. 3.2 W. VICTOR, Teton, ID

Built 1983 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 190

SOLDIER CREEK

Fair

Over: E 100 SOUTH ROAD

1.0 S. 0.5 N. FAIRFIELD, Camas, ID

Built 2022 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 100

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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. Idaho 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.