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

US 30

Fair

Over: FARMERS COOP CANAL

2.2 S. NEW PLYMOUTH, Payette, ID

Built 1960 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,900

US 30

Fair

Over: PORTNEUF RIVER

AT LAVA HOT SPRINGS ECL, Bannock, ID

Built 1977 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 4,300

SH 52

Fair

Over: PAYETTE RIVER

10.3 E. PAYETTE, Payette, ID

Built 1976 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,700

SH 55

Fair

Over: UPRR;HORSESHOE BEND OP

2 N. HORSESHOE BEND, Boise, ID

Built 1971 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 7,500

US 20

Fair

Over: NO NAME CREEK

11.0 W. FAIRFIELD, Camas, ID

Built 1961 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,800

US 20

Fair

Over: HOT CREEK

10.3 W. FAIRFIELD, Camas, ID

Built 1961 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,800

US 20

Fair

Over: ARNOLD CREEK

10.0 W. FAIRFIELD, Camas, ID

Built 1961 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,800

SH 71

Fair

Over: PINE CREEK

2.4 NW. CAMBRIDGE, Washington, ID

Built 1958 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 520

SH 77

Fair

Over: G CANAL

1.1 N. DECLO, Cassia, ID

Built 1950 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 2,000

SH 77

Fair

Over: F CANAL

1.8 N. DECLO, Cassia, ID

Built 1960 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 2,000

I 84 EBL

Fair

Over: INDIAN CREEK

15.9 E. BOISE ECL, Ada, ID

Built 1953 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 14,750

I 84 EBL

Fair

Over: ALKALI CR;ALKALI CR GS

2.8 W. GLENNS FERRY, Elmore, ID

Built 1978 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 10,000

I 84 WBL

Fair

Over: ALKALI CR;ALKALI CR GS

2.8 W. GLENNS FERRY, Elmore, ID

Built 1978 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 10,000

I 84 EBL

Fair

Over: J COULEE CANAL

0.5 W. JEROME, Jerome, ID

Built 1966 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 12,500

I 90

Fair

Over: S.FK.COEUR DALENE RIVER

IN WALLACE, Shoshone, ID

Built 1987 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 11,000

I 90 RAMP EB OFF

Fair

Over: I90R.AB;I90B;S.F.CDA RVR

IN WALLACE, Shoshone, ID

Built 1991 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 800

I 90RAMP WB ON

Fair

Over: BIKE/PED UNDERPASS

IN WALLACE, Shoshone, ID

Built 1991 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 800

I 90 EBL

Fair

Over: GOLCONDA ACCESS ROAD IC

2.4 E. WALLACE, Shoshone, ID

Built 1963 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 5,250

I 90 WBL

Fair

Over: GOLCONDA ACCESS ROAD IC

2.4 E. WALLACE, Shoshone, ID

Built 1963 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 5,250

I 90 EBL & WBL

Fair

Over: S.FK.COEUR DALENE RIVER

1.6 W. MULLAN, Shoshone, ID

Built 1962 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 10,500

SH 75

Fair

Over: SALMON RIVER

1.5 SE SAWTOOTH CITY, Blaine, ID

Built 1977 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 970

US 95

Fair

Over: GOLDEN GATE CANAL

WILDER SCL, Canyon, ID

Built 1956 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 7,100

US 95

Fair

Over: SHEEP CREEK

3.5 S. TENSED, Benewah, ID

Built 1975 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 3,400

US 95

Fair

Over: I 90 E-WB;LINCOLN WAY IC

IN COEUR DALENE, Kootenai, ID

Built 1960 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 32,500

STC1853;SWEDEN HWY

Fair

Over: SNAKE RIVER;N.SHELLEY BR

2.1 N. SHELLEY, Bingham, ID

Built 1984 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 4,300

SH 46

Fair

Over: SNAKE RIVER;KEN CURTIS

4.5 N. BUHL, Twin Falls, ID

Built 1968 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 3,500

STC3816;OLD HWY 30

Fair

Over: BENNETT CREEK

0.1 N. 1.4 W. HAMMETT, Elmore, ID

Built 1956 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 700

EAST FORK ROAD

Fair

Over: SECESH RIVER

7.9 N. 19.1 E. MCCALL, Valley, ID

Built 1941 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 40

STC 5711;MOON PASS

Fair

Over: LOOP CREEK

7.1 N. 3.3 E. AVERY, Shoshone, ID

Built 1990 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 360

STC5750;PINE CREEK

Fair

Over: PINE CREEK

2.2 S. PINEHURST, Shoshone, ID

Built 1953 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 850

STC5758;BEAVER CRK

Fair

Over: BEAVER CREEK

6.0 N. 1.0 E. WALLACE, Shoshone, ID

Built 1973 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 110

STC 6760;EGIN ROAD

Fair

Over: EGIN CANAL

0.6 S. 2.0 W. PARKER, Fremont, ID

Built 1957 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 410

NHS 7433;VISTA AVE

Fair

Over: NEW YORK CANAL

IN BOISE;VISTA AVE., Ada, ID

Built 1973 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 27,000

I 15B;SUNNYSIDE RD

Fair

Over: SNAKE RIVER

W. IDAHO FALLS CITY LIMIT, Bonneville, ID

Built 2006 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 14,000

SMA7553;FEDERAL WY

Fair

Over: US 20 26;FEDERAL WAY IC

IN BOISE;FEDERAL WAY, Ada, ID

Built 1970 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 23,000

FOUNDRY ROAD

Fair

Over: W.BR.SNAKE R.VALLEY CNL.

2.0 S. 0.3 W. SHELLEY, Bingham, ID

Built 1983 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 200

PARTRIDGE ROAD

Fair

Over: LATERAL C CANAL

1.3 N. 2.5 E. SPRINGFIELD, Bingham, ID

Built 1973 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 100

COVE CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: E.FK.BIG WOOD RIVER

2.3 E. TRIUMPH, Blaine, ID

Built 1978 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 30

790N-1350E

Fair

Over: MAIN SOUTHSIDE CANAL

8.9 N. 5.0 E. DECLO, Cassia, ID

Built 1980 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 50

N 300 W

Fair

Over: I 84;EIRR;300 W GS

1.7 W. JEROME, Jerome, ID

Built 1971 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 130

OLD HIGHWAY 26

Fair

Over: S.GOODING MAIN CANAL

0.4 N. 9.2 W. SHOSHONE, Lincoln, ID

Built 1932 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 780

SMA3778;DRY CRK RD

Fair

Over: DRY CREEK

HIDDEN SPRINGS, Ada, ID

Built 2006 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,600

RESERVATION LINE R

Fair

Over: COTTONWOOD CREEK

7.6 N. 1.1 W. GRANGEVILLE, Idaho, ID

Built 1993 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 120

SPRENGER ROAD

Fair

Over: THORN CREEK

2.3 N. 4.8 W. GENESEE, Latah, ID

Built 1935 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 30

STC 4811;LENVILLE

Fair

Over: LITTLE POTLATCH CREEK

5.4 N. 4.9 E. GENESEE, Latah, ID

Built 1965 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 110

EARL LANE

Fair

Over: MOYIE RIVER

2.9 S. ADDIE, Boundary, ID

Built 1981 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 30

N 26TH W

Fair

Over: GREAT WESTERN CANAL

3.0 N. 2.2 W. IDAHO FALLS, Bonneville, ID

Built 1928 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 470

3120 N

Fair

Over: BIG LOST RIVER

0.4 S. 0.3 E. MOORE, Butte, ID

Built 1979 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 20

N 1800 E

Fair

Over: INDEPENDENT CANAL

1.5 S. 2.0 W. PARKER, Fremont, ID

Built 1940 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 80

N 3200 E (HUNTER)

Fair

Over: DRY BED CR;W.LEWISVILLE

0.3 N. 2.6 W. LEWISVILLE, Jefferson, ID

Built 1964 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 40

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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.