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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NJTPK SNW-NSW RWYS

Good

Over: MOONACHIE CREEK

.36 MI S HACKENSACK RIVER, Bergen, NJ

Built 1969 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 84,270

GSP SERVICE ROAD

Good

Over: WEASEL BROOK

AT GSP & US 46 JUNCTION, Passaic, NJ

Built 1954 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 281

Ramp from NJ 7 EB

Good

Over: Relief Area

2.4MI NEof US1&9&I-95 JCT, Hudson, NJ

Built 2022 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 6,951

THOMPSON BRIDGE RD

Good

Over: MAIN BRANCH TOMS RIVER

0.61 Mi. W. of CR 528, Ocean, NJ

Built 2018 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 1,576

GSP NB EXIT RAMP

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

1.9 MI NE OF 59&NJ 72 JCT, Ocean, NJ

Built 1954 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 7,360

RAYMOND AVENUE

Good

Over: GREEN BROOK

0.30 MI NO OF E FRONT ST, Union, NJ

Built 2015 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 3,548

MORLOT AVE (CR 78)

Good

Over: PASSAIC RIVER

0.57 MI W. OF CR 507, Bergen, NJ

Built 1904 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 5,970

MILLBURN AV CR 577

Good

Over: W. BR. RAHWAY RIVER

0.02 miles north of CR527, Essex, NJ

Built 2011 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 9,963

FEDERAL CITY ROAD

Good

Over: S. BRANCH OF STONY BRK

0.2 MI W OF OLD MILL ROAD, Mercer, NJ

Built 2007 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 1,479

US 1

Good

Over: MILLSTONE RIVER

5.2 MI NORTH OF I-295, Mercer, NJ

Built 2010 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 93,321

Aster Circle

Good

Over: Trib. Tennents Brook

1.0 mil. W of NJ RT 9, Middlesex, NJ

Built 2013 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 102

CR 524 (S. MAIN ST

Good

Over: DOCTOR'S CREEK

ALLENTOWN, Monmouth, NJ

Built 2011 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 9,417

OSBORNE TERRACE

Good

Over: PACKANACK LAKE OVERFLOW

0.8 W OF ALPS RD (CR670), Passaic, NJ

Built 2006 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 3,726

CENTURY ROAD

Good

Over: SPROUT BROOK

0.18 mi West of NJ 17, Bergen, NJ

Built 2022 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 21,973

RIDGEDALE AVENUE

Good

Over: WHIPPANY RIVER

0.2MI N I-287 EXIT 36, Morris, NJ

Built 2016 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 18,496

US 9

Good

Over: WESTECUNK CREEK

4.6 MI S OF NJ 72 JCT, Ocean, NJ

Built 2013 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 15,593

US 206

Good

Over: CSXT

4.7 MI N OF CO. 518 JCT, Somerset, NJ

Built 2011 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 26,012

RIVER ROAD

Good

Over: RARITAN VALLEY LINE

3.1 MI SW I287&US202 JCT, Somerset, NJ

Built 2020 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 2,540

LLOYD ROAD

Good

Over: GROVE BROOK

0.5 Miles East of RT 525, Somerset, NJ

Built 2018 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 485

CR 677

Good

Over: PALATINE BRANCH

PITTSGROVE TOWNSHIP, Salem, NJ

Built 2013 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 1,046

NJ ROUTE 48

Good

Over: BR OF GAME CREEK

0.19 MI E OF CR 551, Salem, NJ

Built 2007 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 5,386

BED BUG HILL ROAD

Good

Over: SO-BRANCH RANCOCAS CREEK

350 Ft. N. of Retreat Rd., Burlington, NJ

Built 1994 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 50

GOOD INTN RD CR681

Good

Over: S BR BIG TIMBER CREEK

1.49 MI S OF RT 42, Camden, NJ

Built 2005 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 4,356

SERVICE ROAD

Good

Over: PERIPHERAL DITCH

6 MI FROM NJ TPK TOLL, Essex, NJ

Built 2004 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 34

CR538(GLN ECHO AV)

Good

Over: NARRATICON RUN

0.07 MI EAST OF RT 551, Gloucester, NJ

Built 2009 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 4,541

COLES MILL ROAD

Good

Over: SCOTLAND RUN

1.17 Mi East of NJ 47, Gloucester, NJ

Built 2008 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 4,346

NJ 55 SB

Good

Over: CHESTNUT BRANCH

1.56MI N OF US322/55 INT., Gloucester, NJ

Built 1986 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 31,433

POTTERSTOWN ROAD

Good

Over: N BRANCH ROCKAWAY CREEK

1.7 MILES WEST OF CR 523, Hunterdon, NJ

Built 2006 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 742

Ewingville Road

Good

Over: Shabakunk Creek

0.35M South of NJ RT.31, Mercer, NJ

Built 2000 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 13,882

BRANDON ROAD WEST

Good

Over: SHABAKUNK CREEK

0.64 Mi E. OF RT. 31, Mercer, NJ

Built 1994 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 468

PROSPECT AVENUE

Good

Over: BOUND BROOK

1 MI. EAST OF ST. HWY. 28, Middlesex, NJ

Built 2003 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 4,893

CR 630

Good

Over: BEAVER DAM CREEK

500 FT N OF PRINCETON AVE, Ocean, NJ

Built 2000 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 11,214

OLD ROAD

Good

Over: RIDGEWAY BRANCH TOMS RI

0.45 Mi. S. of CR 571, Ocean, NJ

Built 1990 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 130

NJ 45 (MARKET ST)

Good

Over: FENWICK CREEK

0.4 MI NORTH OF NJ 49, Salem, NJ

Built 1999 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 10,533

BROOKDALE ROAD

Good

Over: STONY BRK

0.1 MI NO MOUNTAIN BLVD, Somerset, NJ

Built 1976 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 1,462

RACE STREET

Good

Over: SO BR OF RANCOCAS CREEK

0.5 MI. WEST OF US 206, Burlington, NJ

Built 2005 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 720

CHURCH RD (CR 616)

Good

Over: LITTLE CREEK

2.10 MI E OF CR 541, Burlington, NJ

Built 2014 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 4,041

440 X

Good

Over: Kill Van Kull

NJ 440, Hudson, NJ

Built 1931 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 9,521

CR 518 (E. Broad)

Good

Over: BEDEN'S BROOK

0.5 MI EAST OF CO. 569, Mercer, NJ

Built 2019 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 10,642

CR 642

Good

Over: OLDMANS CREEK

1.6 MILES EAST OF US 130, Salem, NJ

Built 2010 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 2,081

FRIENDSHIP-CHURCH

Good

Over: MUDDY RUN

1 MI.N.OF US 40, Salem, NJ

Built 2018 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 209

NJ 173

Good

Over: POHATCONG CREEK

1.18 MI EAST OF US RT 22, Warren, NJ

Built 2020 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 8,472

US 130

Good

Over: LITTLE TIMBER CREEK

0.43 MI S OF CR 634 JCT, Camden, NJ

Built 1998 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 25,393

NJ 10

Good

Over: WEST BR. RAHWAY RIVER

.77MILE WEST OF CR 577, Essex, NJ

Built 1962 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 8,946

RUSSELL MILL ROAD

Good

Over: RACCOON CREEK

0.5 mi North of RT 538, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1996 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 438

CR 518

Good

Over: BRANCH OF STONY BROOK

1.1 mile East of Rt. 31, Mercer, NJ

Built 1991 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 5,325

I-295 NB

Good

Over: WATSONS CRK,NJ TRNST,D&R

0.54 MI S I195 & I295 JCT, Mercer, NJ

Built 1994 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 48,858

BAEKELAND AVENUE

Good

Over: AMBROSE BROOK

0.07 miles W of Cedar Ave, Middlesex, NJ

Built 2019 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 9,139

VIRGINIA AVENUE

Good

Over: EAST CREEK

0.13 mile E. of Lynn Blvd, Monmouth, NJ

Built 1960 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 1,302

KETCHAM ROAD

Good

Over: MANASQUAN RIVER

0.33 miles south of CR524, Monmouth, NJ

Built 1967 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 879

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