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

ROUTE NJ 47

Fair

Over: SCOTLAND RUN

0.410 MI SOUTH OF RT 655, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1926 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 11,400

NJ 47

Fair

Over: LITTLE EASE RUN

3.35 MI N OF US 40 JUNC., Gloucester, NJ

Built 1926 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 9,097

RT501(JFK BLVD) NB

Fair

Over: NJ495 N&S RAMPS

1.4 MI W OF LINCOLN TUN, Hudson, NJ

Built 1987 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 19,451

NJ 185

Fair

Over: NJ 440 NB Conrail & PJR

0.11 Miles N of NJ 440, Hudson, NJ

Built 1985 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 13,685

WHISKEY LANE

Fair

Over: WICKECHEOKE CREEK TRIB.

0.2 MI S OF NJ 12 JCT, Hunterdon, NJ

Built 1905 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 427

COUNTY LINE ROAD

Fair

Over: CHAMBERS BROOK

0.12MI.N.OF MITCHELL RD, Hunterdon, NJ

Built 1900 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 503

I-78 WB

Fair

Over: NJ TRANSIT(RAR.VAL.LINE)

0.22 Mi E of I-78 Exit 18, Hunterdon, NJ

Built 1968 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 64,680

I-78 EB

Fair

Over: NORTH BR ROCKAWAY CREEK

0.55 MI West of Exit 24, Hunterdon, NJ

Built 1965 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 58,197

I-78 WB

Fair

Over: NORTH BR ROCKAWAY CREEK

0.5 MI W OF I-78 EXIT 24, Hunterdon, NJ

Built 1965 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 58,742

PRINCETON PK CR583

Fair

Over: SHIPETAUKIN CREEK

1.2 mile West of US 1, Mercer, NJ

Built 1953 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 18,605

US 9 NB and NJ 35

Fair

Over: US9 NB & Main St

0.09 MI South of CR 670, Middlesex, NJ

Built 1936 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 94,902

AMBOY AVE (CR 653)

Fair

Over: SPA SPRING CREEK

0.37 miles north of CR654, Middlesex, NJ

Built 1979 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 6,491

US 130

Fair

Over: DAVIDSON MILL POND

2.3 MI N OF RT 522 JCT, Middlesex, NJ

Built 1941 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 43,483

STELTON RD(CR 529)

Fair

Over: AMBROSE BROOK

1.1 MI S OF NEW DURHM RD, Middlesex, NJ

Built 1988 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 19,625

TALMADGE ROAD

Fair

Over: BOUND BROOK

0.5 MILE W OF CR531, Middlesex, NJ

Built 1993 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 19,216

MAIN ST (CR 531)

Fair

Over: P.AMBOY-S.PLAINFIELD BR.

0.6MI NW OF US1&I287 JCT, Middlesex, NJ

Built 1929 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 15,794

POOLE AVENUE

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF FLAT CREEK

0.1 MILES SOUTH OF CR 516, Monmouth, NJ

Built 1967 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 5,282

HURLEY POND ROAD

Fair

Over: CRANE CREEK

0.4 MI EAST OF CR 524&547, Monmouth, NJ

Built 1900 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 1,758

NJ 18 SB

Fair

Over: SHARK RIVER

1.0 MI SOUTH OF RT 33 JCT, Monmouth, NJ

Built 1968 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 21,140

NJ 18 NB

Fair

Over: NJ 33

1.56 Mi. South of NJ 66, Monmouth, NJ

Built 1965 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 21,140

NJ 18 SB

Fair

Over: NJ 33

1.56 Mi. South of NJ 66, Monmouth, NJ

Built 1965 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 21,140

NJ 18

Fair

Over: NJ 66

1.56 M NORTH OF JCT 33, Monmouth, NJ

Built 1968 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 57,261

DRAKESTOWN ROAD

Fair

Over: SO.BRANCH RARITAN RIVER

50FEET WEST OF RIVER ROAD, Morris, NJ

Built 1994 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 2,198

Route I-80 WB

Fair

Over: NJ Transit-Morristown Ln

AT I-80 EXIT 28, Morris, NJ

Built 1959 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 46,450

I-80 EB

Fair

Over: NJ 15

AT I-80 EXIT 34, Morris, NJ

Built 1959 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 55,595

I-80 WESTBOUND

Fair

Over: NJ 15

3.42 MI E OF CR 615, Morris, NJ

Built 1959 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 55,595

VANDERHOOF AVE

Fair

Over: BEAVER BROOK

0.5 MI E OF I-80 EXIT 37, Morris, NJ

Built 1958 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 410

NJ 70

Fair

Over: NORTH BR OF TOMS RIVER

1.9 MI W OF US 9 JCT, Ocean, NJ

Built 1936 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 30,561

Don Connor Blvd

Fair

Over: TOMS RIVER

0.82 Mi. N. of CR 528, Ocean, NJ

Built 1964 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 6,983

CEDAR RUN DOCK RD

Fair

Over: SHEEP PEN DITCH

1.53 MI E. OF US 9, Ocean, NJ

Built 1980 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 681

ROUTE NJ 3

Fair

Over: NORFOLK SOUTHERN

2.8 MI SE OF 3-46 JCT, Passaic, NJ

Built 1948 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 138,590

RAMP F FROM NJ 21

Fair

Over: RAMP M FROM RIVER ROAD

0.2 MI NW OF 3-21 JCT, Passaic, NJ

Built 1961 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 7,490

STOW NECK ROAD

Fair

Over: WEST BRANCH STOW CREEK

7.5 MI WEST OF NJ 49, Salem, NJ

Built 1946 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 263

US 22

Fair

Over: US 202/206 NB RAMP

3 MI WEST OF I-287 JCT, Somerset, NJ

Built 1949 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 43,502

MOUNTAIN AVENUE

Fair

Over: I-78

0.46 MI E OF I-78 EXIT 36, Somerset, NJ

Built 1965 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 4,780

ROCK AVE (CR 645)

Fair

Over: GREEN BROOK

0.64 mi S of US 22, Somerset, NJ

Built 1980 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 13,785

CLOVE ROAD

Fair

Over: CLOVE BROOK

0.6 MI N OF CR 651, Sussex, NJ

Built 1934 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 444

ROUTE NJ 124

Fair

Over: VAN WINKLE CREEK

0.05 mi west of CR 635, Union, NJ

Built 1965 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 24,584

NJ 27

Fair

Over: ELIZABETH RIVER

0.1 mi north of NJ 28, Union, NJ

Built 1978 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 14,995

WEST LINDEN AVENUE

Fair

Over: WEST BROOK

NEAR COOLIDGE STREET, Union, NJ

Built 1973 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 7,158

I-78

Fair

Over: GLENWOOD AVENUE&CONRAIL

0.10 MI EAST OF GSP JCT, Union, NJ

Built 1976 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 193,504

Cooper Road

Fair

Over: Stream 10-7-22

0.44 MI SW OF CR 611, Union, NJ

Built 1965 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 4,098

MLLTWN RD (CR 636)

Fair

Over: RAHWAY RIVER

0.25 MI SW OF CR 637, Union, NJ

Built 1965 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 7,371

Sprngfld Av CR 577

Fair

Over: Nomahegan Brook

0.50 MILES SOUTH OF US 22, Union, NJ

Built 1975 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 17,243

N.BROAD ST (CR623)

Fair

Over: LEHIGH VALLY ML(Conrail)

1.03 mi North of NJ 439, Union, NJ

Built 1929 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 16,116

I-80

Fair

Over: BEAR CREEK

4.1 MI EAST OF EXIT 12, Warren, NJ

Built 1967 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 58,538

Old Dirt Road

Fair

Over: Former Scranton Br

At 30A Cmp Wasigan Driway, Warren, NJ

Built 1911 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 26

NJ RT 73

Fair

Over: DELAWARE RIVER

2.0 MI NW JCT US RT 130, Burlington, NJ

Built 1929 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 42,270

PARK ROAD

Fair

Over: MUSCONETCONG RIVER

3.6 MI SW OF US80&206 JCT, Warren, NJ

Built 1998 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 108

ACE WESTBOUND

Fair

Over: FLEMING PIKE & CEN RR

2.1 MI E INTERCHANGE 33, Camden, NJ

Built 1963 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 23,930

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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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