State profile · Below median Poor share

New Jersey 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 New Jersey.

6,827
Public bridges
25.4%
Good condition
6.0%
Poor condition

New Jersey holds 6,827 public highway bridges (#32 of 52 by inventory) with a 6.01% Poor share (#27 of 52 by Poor share).

That is 6.0% 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 26 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

6,827

Public highway bridges in New Jersey

Good Condition

25.4%

1,731 bridges rated 7-9

-24.6pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

6.0%

410 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

-1.5pp vs national avg 7.5%

New Jersey vs national bridge condition

New Jersey - Good condition share 25.4%
National avg

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

New Jersey - Poor-condition share 20.0%
National avg

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

New Jersey 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: New Jersey has 6,827 bridges and a 6.0% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #26 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 (%) NJ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 6.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.01%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%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%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: New Jersey has 6,827 bridges and a 6.0% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #26 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.

New Jersey 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

6,827 32nd of 54 higher than 22 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 New Jersey

The highlighted point is New Jersey: 6,827 bridges and 6.01% in Poor condition, rank #26 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The five jurisdictions immediately above and below New Jersey on that same Poor-share ordering:

  • Washington: 8,474 bridges · 5.45% Poor
  • California: 25,848 bridges · 5.91% Poor
  • New Jersey: 6,827 bridges · 6.01% Poor
  • Mississippi: 16,739 bridges · 6.03% Poor
  • South Carolina: 9,490 bridges · 6.17% Poor

The full national sortable table lives on the rankings page.

Material families in New Jersey

Exclusive FHWA material families across all 6,827 bridges in this state; continuous variants fold into the parent family. Orthogonal to the Poor-share scatter above.

Who maintains New Jersey’s inventory

State agency holds 54.9% of the 6,827 public highway bridges filed under New Jersey in the 2024 NBI, the agency-of-record split for this state, not a condition verdict.

When New Jersey’s bridges were built

Pre-1950 construction accounts for 23.7% of the 6,827 bridges with a recorded original year in New Jersey. Era bands are orthogonal to the Poor-share ranking above.

Condition Distribution

New Jersey25.4%68.6%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - New Jersey (FHWA NBI)

Counties (21)

Atlantic 207 Bergen 577 Burlington 356 Camden 261 Cape May 74 Cumberland 103 Essex 505 Gloucester 243 Hudson 202 Hunterdon 373 Mercer 414 Middlesex 563 Monmouth 505 Morris 508 Ocean 241 Passaic 333 Salem 114 Somerset 397 Sussex 174 Union 409 Warren 268

New Jersey 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 New Jersey on the same metric.

WA

Washington

5.45% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$8,474

CA

California

5.91% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$25,848
Selected

NJ

New Jersey

6.01% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$6,827

MS

Mississippi

6.03% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$16,739

SC

South Carolina

6.17% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$9,490

Bridges Needing Most Attention in New Jersey

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

W FOREST AVE(CR64)

Poor

Over: OVERPECK CREEK

0.48 MI W OF GRAND AVENUE, Bergen, NJ

Built 1954 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 7,523

GEOTOWN-CFIELDRD

Poor

Over: BLACKS CREEK

0.39MI S.OF JCT.CO.RT.528, Burlington, NJ

Built 1928 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 4,620

BROWNING RD(CO659)

Poor

Over: I-295

AT I-76 INTERCHANGE, Camden, NJ

Built 1957 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 3,789

RYMON ROAD

Poor

Over: MUSCONETCONG RIVER

0.1 MILE NO OF CR 645 JCT, Warren, NJ

Built 1868 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 410

MAIN STREET

Poor

Over: FLAT BROOK

OFF OF NPS ROAD 615 (WALP, Sussex, NJ

Built 1889 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 302

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

All Bridges in New Jersey

SYLVAN WAY

Fair

Over: TRIB TO MALAPARDIS BROOK

0.95MI NE US202&NJ10 JCT, Morris, NJ

Built 1975 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 10,378

CR 632(BRIDGE AVE)

Fair

Over: SCOW DITCH

0.1 MI.W.OF NJ 35, Ocean, NJ

Built 1937 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 14,469

GREAT BAY BLVD

Fair

Over: BIG THOROFARE

2.5 Mi S of Rt. US 9, Ocean, NJ

Built 1995 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 195

MORNINGSIDE DRIVE

Fair

Over: RIDGEWAY BR. TOMS RIVER

0.2 MI. S. OF RT. 571, Ocean, NJ

Built 1980 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 606

SIXTH AVE (CR 652)

Fair

Over: PASSAIC RIVER

0.4 NE OF HALEDON ST(504), Passaic, NJ

Built 1900 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 11,766

PAULISON AVE CR618

Fair

Over: NJ ROUTE 21 & RAMP H

0.07 mi N of CR 624 II, Passaic, NJ

Built 1972 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 9,920

NJ 208 RAMP B

Fair

Over: GOFFLE BROOK

3.5 MI SE OF 208-CO 502, Passaic, NJ

Built 1958 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 4,259

HANES DRIVE

Fair

Over: NAACHTPUNKT BROOK

1.0 MI.N.OF I.80, Passaic, NJ

Built 1973 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 3,330

CAMP EDGE ROAD

Fair

Over: CARLISLE RUN

4.5 MILES NE OF NJ 49, Salem, NJ

Built 1927 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 173

US 130

Fair

Over: Oldmans Creek

0.6 mi of S of CR620 JCT, Salem, NJ

Built 1936 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 4,075

I-295 NORTHBOUND

Fair

Over: BEAVER CREEK

0.21 MILES N OF CR 644, Salem, NJ

Built 1966 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 20,463

I-295 SOUTHBOUND

Fair

Over: BEAVER CREEK

0.21 MI NORTH OF CR 644, Salem, NJ

Built 1966 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 20,320

I-287 RAMP B

Fair

Over: I-287 SB

202&206 JCT, Somerset, NJ

Built 1963 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 22,772

I-287 NB

Fair

Over: LAYTON ROAD

2.5 MI NORTH OF I-78 JCT, Somerset, NJ

Built 1964 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 45,396

GROVE STREET

Fair

Over: CRAB BROOK

0.05 mi N of CR 636, Somerset, NJ

Built 1977 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 5,353

COUNTY ROUTE 614

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF PAULINS KILL

1.3 MI NW OF NJ 94 JCT., Sussex, NJ

Built 1966 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 1,796

CR 639

Fair

Over: CLOVE BROOK

250 ft south of NJ 23, Sussex, NJ

Built 1957 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 8,211

NORTH UNION AVENUE

Fair

Over: RAHWAY RIVER

NO UNION AVE AT RAHWAY RV, Union, NJ

Built 1915 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 2,524

SOUTH AVE (CR 610)

Fair

Over: RAHWAY RIVER

NEAR CENTENNIAL AVENUE, Union, NJ

Built 1983 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 12,033

WINANS AVENUE

Fair

Over: WEST BROOK

0.18 MI SE OF US 1&9, Union, NJ

Built 1969 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 1,094

I-78 EB LOCAL

Fair

Over: RVRR TROY & BALTUSROL

0.26 MILES W OF NJ 24, Union, NJ

Built 1974 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 15,440

I-78

Fair

Over: GARDEN STATE PARKWAY

5.51 MI WEST OF I-95, Union, NJ

Built 1976 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 236,890

SAYRE ROAD

Fair

Over: STREAM 8-9

0.20 MI NW OF NJ 82, Union, NJ

Built 1953 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 4,163

WALNUT STREET

Fair

Over: FORM ELIZABETH IND TRACK

0.05 MI S of NJ Route 28, Union, NJ

Built 1911 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 2,990

EAST CRISMAN ROAD

Fair

Over: PAULINS KILL

0.1 MI. NORTH OF RT 94, Warren, NJ

Built 1956 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 531

CR 519 (Uniontown

Fair

Over: LOPATCONG CREEK

0.6 MI SOUTH OF RT NJ 57, Warren, NJ

Built 1928 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 8,073

CR 618(SAREPTA RD)

Fair

Over: BEAVER BROOK

0.4 MILES WEST OF CR 519, Warren, NJ

Built 1875 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 307

US RT 1

Fair

Over: NJ 29 NB

AT RT 1 & RT 29 NB JCT, Mercer, NJ

Built 1965 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 53,000

I-95

Fair

Over: HUDSON TERRACE (RT 505)

0.15 MI W OF GEO WASH BR, Bergen, NJ

Built 1930 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 234,402

OVERPASS NO. 2

Fair

Over: INNER OVAL ROADWAY

4.0 MI FROM NJ TPK TOLL, Essex, NJ

Built 1975 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 36,618

95I 95I04011007

Fair

Over: 9A 9A04021108/Hudson Rvr

I-95 over Hudson River UL, Bergen, NJ

Built 1931 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 306,177

NJ TP NSO-NSI RWYS

Fair

Over: RARITAN RIVER & NJTP

.7 MI N INT 9, Middlesex, NJ

Built 1952 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 97,367

PARKWAY NBI

Fair

Over: SHAFTO ROAD (CR 547)

0.5 mi. S. of 18&GSP Jct., Monmouth, NJ

Built 1972 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 29,223

GARDEN ST PRKWY SB

Fair

Over: SADDLE RIVER RD (CR 79)

0.5 MI NE OF GSP& I80 JCT, Bergen, NJ

Built 1954 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 71,689

GARDEN ST PKWY NB

Fair

Over: SADDLE RIVER RD (CR 90)

6 MI N OF GSP & NJ 17 JCT, Bergen, NJ

Built 1956 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 38,659

NJ TPK SNO RWY

Fair

Over: FULTON STREET

.75 MI N ELIZABETH RIVER, Union, NJ

Built 1970 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 67,612

NJ TPK INT.14 SIT

Fair

Over: NJ TPK SNO ROADWAY

1.03 MI N BOUND CREEK, Essex, NJ

Built 1970 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 7,440

NJTPK NSW&SNW RWYS

Fair

Over: CONRAIL

1.1 MI S PASSAIC RIV& TPK, Essex, NJ

Built 1971 Load: 28.4 t ADT: 139,000

GARDEN ST PKWY SBI

Fair

Over: BORDENTOWN AVE (CR 615)

1.6 MI S OF RARITAN TOLL, Middlesex, NJ

Built 1972 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 50,811

MADISON HILL CR604

Fair

Over: GARDEN STATE PARKWAY

3.5 MILE NORTH OF NJ 27, Union, NJ

Built 1948 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 7,997

TPK & RAMP T

Fair

Over: PATERSON PLANK ROAD

1.0 MI NORTH OF INTER 17E, Hudson, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 48,367

CEDAR ROAD

Fair

Over: NJ TURNPIKE

3.1 MI NORTH OF EXIT 2, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 3,578

NJ TURNPIKE

Fair

Over: COOPER CREEK

5.2 MI SOUTH OF EXIT 4, Camden, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 66,515

RANCOCAS ROAD

Fair

Over: NJ TURNPIKE

1.5 MI SOUTH OF EXIT 5, Burlington, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 8,139

NJ TPK NSO RWY

Fair

Over: NJTPK INT.12 RPS.NIT&TSI

INTERCHANGE 12, Middlesex, NJ

Built 1970 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 52,060

NJ TPK NSO RWY

Fair

Over: MORSES CREEK

2.2 MI N RAHWAY RIVER, Union, NJ

Built 1970 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 64,747

NJ TURNPIKE

Fair

Over: ELRR VIA & COUNTY ROAD

1.5 MI NORTH OF INTER 15W, Hudson, NJ

Built 1951 Load: 28.7 t ADT: 140,100

GSP SBI

Fair

Over: PINE BROOK RD & CRR-NJ

0.61 mi N of GSP&18 Int., Monmouth, NJ

Built 1975 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 30,571

GSP SB

Fair

Over: GETTY AVE

1 MI NE OF GSP&US46 JCT, Passaic, NJ

Built 1954 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 67,008

GARDEN ST PKWY NB

Fair

Over: GRAND AVENUE (CR 94)

8 MI N OF GSP & NJ 17 JCT, Bergen, NJ

Built 1956 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 35,898

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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. New Jersey 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.