State profile · Below national median SD

New Jersey bridge safety

Condition ratings, load ratings, and structural-deficiency data for every public highway bridge in New Jersey — drawn straight from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory.

6,796
Public bridges
17.1%
Good condition
4.6%
Poor condition
4.6%
Structurally deficient

Total Bridges

6,796

Public highway bridges in New Jersey

Good Condition

17.1%

1,159 bridges rated 7-9

-32.9pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

4.6%

312 bridges rated 0-4

Structurally Deficient

4.6%

312 bridges flagged for repair priority

-2.4pp vs national avg 7.0%

New Jersey vs national bridge condition

New Jersey — Good condition share 17.1%
National avg

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

New Jersey — Structurally deficient share 15.3%
National avg

Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.0%.

Condition Distribution

Bridge inventory deck-condition mix — New Jersey (FHWA NBI)

New Jersey17.05414949970571%41.127133608004705%GoodFairPoorStructurally Deficient
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix — New Jersey (FHWA NBI)

Counties (21)

Atlantic 207 Bergen 577 Burlington 356 Camden 259 Cape May 74 Cumberland 102 Essex 501 Gloucester 242 Hudson 202 Hunterdon 370 Mercer 413 Middlesex 562 Monmouth 503 Morris 504 Ocean 238 Passaic 332 Salem 112 Somerset 393 Sussex 174 Union 409 Warren 266

New Jersey vs nearby ranks

Adjacent states on the structurally deficient leaderboard (lower share = better)

States are ranked by share of bridges flagged structurally deficient — the FHWA classification for any span where deck, superstructure, or substructure carries a condition rating of 4 or below. Lower percentages indicate stronger maintenance funding and inspection follow-through. States here sit immediately above and below New Jersey on the same metric.

41

Oregon

4.46% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$8,310

39

Ohio

4.54% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$26,753
Selected

34

New Jersey

4.59% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$6,796

06

California

4.60% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$27,040

05

Arkansas

4.71% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$5,544

Bridges Needing Most Attention in New Jersey

Six lowest-condition bridges in New Jersey, ranked by composite NBI rating. Each is inspected at least every 24 months.

Demarest Ave

Poor

Over: E. Tib. Overpeck Creek

0.08 Mi W. of N. Dean St, Bergen, NJ

Built 1902 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 7,330

MECHLIN CORNER RD

Poor

Over: Lehigh Valley ML

0.51 mi South of I-78, Hunterdon, NJ

Built 1968 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 5,144

Pine Hill Road

Poor

Over: South Br Raritan River

1.6 Miles West of NJ 31, Hunterdon, NJ

Built 1900 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 159

RED HILL ROAD

Structurally Deficient

Over: NORTH JERSEY COAST LINE

1.90MI NE OF GSP EX. 114, Monmouth, NJ

Built 1922 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 7,110

E ANDERS ST (CR60)

Poor

Over: HACKENSACK RIVER

0.36 MI E OF CR 62, Bergen, NJ

Built 1971 Load: 4.5 t ADT: 18,945

PATRIOTS WAY

Poor

Over: RAMAPO RIVER

1 mi. west of us 202, Bergen, NJ

Built 1996 Load: 4.5 t ADT: 156

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GRNWHPRK ACCESS RD

Good

Over: WHITE SLUICE RACE CREEK

0.3 MI NW RT US 130, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1987 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 24

RUSSELL MILL RD

Good

Over: BASGALORE CREEK

0.2 MI NORTH of CR 538, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1993 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 438

BAPTIST CHURCH RD.

Good

Over: MULHOCKAWAY CREEK

0.3 MI SOUTH OF I-78, Hunterdon, NJ

Built 1902 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 593

COUNTY RT 510

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY TO BURNETT BRK

0.37 MI EAST OLD MILL RD, Morris, NJ

Built 2014 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 11,570

ARCH STREET

Good

Over: PASSAIC RIVER

0.15 MI. N OF BROADWAY, Passaic, NJ

Built 1905 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 25,617

VALLEY ROAD

Good

Over: TRIB OF ROYCE BROOK

.6 MI WEST OF US 206, Somerset, NJ

Built 1995 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 1,857

STIRLING RD (CR653

Good

Over: PASSAIC RIVER

0.76 MI. NORTH OF RT.612, Somerset, NJ

Built 1993 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 9,945

CR 519

Good

Over: DRY BROOK

0.67 mi north of CR 629, Sussex, NJ

Built 1984 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 1,167

CO RT 611

Good

Over: TROUT BROOK

0.22 MI SOUTH OF CR 519, Warren, NJ

Built 1999 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 1,865

N OLDEN AVE-CR 622

Good

Over: ASSUNPINK CREEK

0.14 MI N OF AMTRAK, Mercer, NJ

Built 1937 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 14,115

LOWER SHORE ROAD

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY BARNEGAT BAY

0.2 MILES SOUTH CR 609, Ocean, NJ

Built 1997 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 1,826

TUCKAHOE RD CR 557

Good

Over: CAPE MAY BRANCH

4.7MI NW of NJ49&NJ50 JCT, Atlantic, NJ

Built 2010 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 2,492

NEWBURGH ROAD

Good

Over: MUSCONETCONG RIVER

300' east of NJ 57, Morris, NJ

Built 2014 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 8,122

GERSHEL AVENUE

Good

Over: MUDDY RUN

2.3 MI WEST OF NJ 55, Salem, NJ

Built 2022 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 1,975

US 130

Good

Over: S. BRANCH NEWTON CREEK

0.4 MI N OF 76 JCT, Camden, NJ

Built 1998 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 49,595

S. Orange Avenue

Good

Over: Slough Brook

0.42 mi west of CR 649, Essex, NJ

Built 1965 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 21,226

HOLIDAY CITY BLVD.

Good

Over: LOGGERHEAD BRANCH

0.1mi West of RT 536 SPUR, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1988 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,566

MILL ROAD

Good

Over: ROCKAWAY CREEK

0.5 MILE NORTH OF US 22, Hunterdon, NJ

Built 1900 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,363

I-78 EASTBOUND

Good

Over: MULHOCKAWAY CREEK

1.1 MI W OF EXIT 12, Hunterdon, NJ

Built 1967 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 52,453

SWEETMANS LANE

Good

Over: MANALAPAN BROOK

0.35 MILE SOUTH OF NJ 33, Monmouth, NJ

Built 2011 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 10,638

WINTHROP DRIVE

Good

Over: PINE BROOK

1.75 MILES EAST OF CR 527, Monmouth, NJ

Built 1964 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 526

CR663 LEES HILL RD

Good

Over: PRIMROSE BROOK

1.25MI E OF I-287 EXIT 30, Morris, NJ

Built 2000 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 4,785

SOUTHAMPTON DRIVE

Good

Over: WRANGLE BROOK

SILVER RIDGE PARK, Ocean, NJ

Built 1968 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,948

WILSON STREET

Good

Over: WEASEL BROOK

0.2 W OF MAIN AVE (CR601), Passaic, NJ

Built 1956 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,045

LARGER CROSS ROAD

Good

Over: MIDDLE BROOK

100 ft. N. of Holland Rd., Somerset, NJ

Built 1994 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 392

WEST END AVE

Good

Over: STONY BROOK

0.4 mi S of US 22, Somerset, NJ

Built 1976 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 10,248

NJ 27

Good

Over: WEST BROOK

0.12 MILES NORTH WOOD AVE, Union, NJ

Built 1999 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 11,500

WESTCRISMAN ROAD

Good

Over: PAULINS KILL

0.5 MI SOUTH OF RT 94, Warren, NJ

Built 2011 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 531

U.S.ROUTE 9

Good

Over: JOBS CREEK

1.0 MI EAST OF GSP JUNC, Burlington, NJ

Built 2020 Load: 29.5 t ADT: 9,826

NJ TPK NSO ROADWAY

Good

Over: SHALLOW BROOK (WETLANDS)

0.77 MI S OF EXIT 8A, Middlesex, NJ

Built 1990 Load: 29.5 t ADT: 39,678

ELMER-PALANTINE RD

Good

Over: PALANTINE BR. MUDDY RUN

2.1 MI SE US 40 IN ELMER, Salem, NJ

Built 2013 Load: 29.5 t ADT: 1,296

MARTHA AVENUE

Good

Over: FLEISCHER BROOK

0.45 MI E. of River Rd., Bergen, NJ

Built 1979 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 1,860

Degraw Ave EB

Good

Over: TEANECK CREEK

1.78 mi West of US 1, Bergen, NJ

Built 1984 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 13,083

SOUTH MILL ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE ROBIN BRANCH

.3 MILE S OF LANDIS AVE, Cumberland, NJ

Built 1941 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 754

BAKER STREET

Good

Over: EAST BRANCH RAHWAY RIVER

0.09 miles west of CR 638, Essex, NJ

Built 1993 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 9,103

MOWDER HILL ROAD

Good

Over: MUSCONETCONG RIVER

0.2 MI. WEST OF CR 645, Hunterdon, NJ

Built 2002 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 196

DISBROW HILL ROAD

Good

Over: ROCKY BROOK

0.68 MI EAST OF RT 571, Mercer, NJ

Built 1980 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 1,598

NJ 24

Good

Over: BRANCH OF PASSAIC RIVER

0.31 MI W OF PASSAIC AVE, Morris, NJ

Built 1975 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 103,330

NJ 49

Good

Over: ALLOWAY CREEK

3.4MI SE OF NJ49&NJ45 JCT, Salem, NJ

Built 2005 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 6,723

MOUNTAIN VIEW ROAD

Good

Over: TRIB. DEAD RIVER

0.7 MI E.OF CO.RT.525, Somerset, NJ

Built 1994 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 1,177

GEORGE HILL ROAD

Good

Over: PAPAKATING CREEK

1.7 MI SE OF CR 519, Sussex, NJ

Built 1963 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 909

NORMANDY RD

Good

Over: HOCKHOCKSON BROOK

3KM S. OF CR537, Monmouth, NJ

Built 1972 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 120

BEAR SWAMP ROAD

Good

Over: RAMAPO RIVER

at intersect W US Rt 202, Bergen, NJ

Built 1888 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 485

Liberty Road

Good

Over: Metzlers Creek

600 ft west of Knickerboc, Bergen, NJ

Built 1987 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 4,060

Overlook Ridge

Good

Over: Ramapo River Trib.

0.02 mi N. of Patriots W., Bergen, NJ

Built 2000 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 115

JACKSNVLLE HEDDING

Good

Over: ASSISCUNK CREEK

.5 MI E NJTP & ASSIC CK, Burlington, NJ

Built 1998 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 6,220

RIDGE ROAD

Good

Over: SO BRANCH RANCOCAS CREEK

1.69 MILES EAST OF RT.206, Burlington, NJ

Built 1987 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 2,089

SPRNGDLE RD CR 673

Good

Over: S BRANCH PENNSAUKEN CK

1.25 MI N OF NJ RT 70 JCT, Camden, NJ

Built 1970 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 9,630

US 322

Good

Over: JEFFERSON BRANCH

0.49 mi East of NJ 45, Gloucester, NJ

Built 2012 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 14,211

LOCKTWN-FLEMINGTON

Good

Over: PLUM BROOK

1.1 MI WEST OF CR 579, Hunterdon, NJ

Built 2004 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 339

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