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

CR 647

Fair

Over: LOPATCONG CREEK

0.5 MI EAST OF CO RT 519, Warren, NJ

Built 1933 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 1,398

OCEAN DRIVE CR 656

Fair

Over: GREAT EGG HARBOR

2.9 m N of 9th St (NJ 52), Cape May, NJ

Built 2002 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 3,592

I-80 Eastbound

Fair

Over: Delaware River River Rd

Delaware Water Gap Boro, Warren, NJ

Built 1953 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 22,100

I-80 WESTBOUND

Fair

Over: D-L RR LOCAL RD DEL. RV

Hardwick Town, Warren, NJ

Built 1953 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 25,500

A.C. EXPRESSWAY

Fair

Over: JACK PUDDING BRANCH

0.1 MI E. OF COLOGNE AVE, Atlantic, NJ

Built 1963 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 53,357

ACE WESTBOUND

Fair

Over: ROUTE 50

2.75 MI NE OF RT50&322 JC, Atlantic, NJ

Built 1963 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 24,000

ACE EASTBOUND

Fair

Over: ROUTE 50

2.75 MI NE OF RT50&322 JC, Atlantic, NJ

Built 1963 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 24,000

A.C. EXPRESSWAY WB

Fair

Over: ROUTE 54

AT ACE & RT 54 JUNCTION, Atlantic, NJ

Built 1963 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 24,500

A.C. EXPRESSWAY EB

Fair

Over: ROUTE 54

AT ACE & RT 54 JUNCTION, Atlantic, NJ

Built 1963 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 24,500

A.C. EXPRESSWAY EB

Fair

Over: ROUTE 42

AT INT. OF ACE EB & 42, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1963 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 36,500

LINWOOD AVE(CR 29)

Fair

Over: I-95

0.65 MI W OF GEO WASH BR, Bergen, NJ

Built 1931 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 12,184

BRUCE REYNOLDS BLV

Fair

Over: PA ADM PARKING GARAGE

0.4 MI. WEST OF GW BRIDGE, Bergen, NJ

Built 1960 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 22,440

HUDSON TERRACE

Fair

Over: I-95 SB(LOWER LEVEL WB)

0.15 MI W OF GEO WASH BR, Bergen, NJ

Built 1964 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 11,969

PARAMUS RD (CR62I)

Fair

Over: NJ 17

4.5 MI NORTH OF GSP, Bergen, NJ

Built 1965 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 7,770

GSP SBO

Fair

Over: NEWMAN SPRINGS RD(CR520)

3.96 mi. N. of GSP/18N Jc, Monmouth, NJ

Built 1954 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 49,821

GARDEN ST PKWY NBO

Fair

Over: ERNSTON ROAD

2.5 MI S OF RARITAN TOLL, Middlesex, NJ

Built 1954 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 57,881

18TH AVENUE

Fair

Over: GARDEN ST PKWY NB & SB

0.6 MI SOUTH OF CR 510, Essex, NJ

Built 1954 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 8,634

LIBERTY STREET

Fair

Over: GARDEN STATE PARKWAY

2.75 MI NE OF GSP&I280 JC, Essex, NJ

Built 1954 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 15,180

GARDEN ST PKWY SB

Fair

Over: DRAG CHANNEL

0.3 MI S GREAT EGG TOLL, Atlantic, NJ

Built 2016 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 19,620

NJ TPK RAMP WT-TE

Fair

Over: FORSGATE ROAD

AT INT 8A, Middlesex, NJ

Built 1990 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 41,736

NJ TURNPIKE(I-95)

Fair

Over: MILL BROOK

3.35 MI N OF EXIT 9, Middlesex, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 175,376

PORT STREET

Fair

Over: NJ.TPK.RWYS RAMPS &R.R

1.18 MI N BOUND CREEK, Essex, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 24,269

I-76

Fair

Over: I-295 SB (RAMP C )

I-76 & I-295 JCT., Camden, NJ

Built 1958 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 197,880

INMAN AVE (CR 602)

Fair

Over: GSP

2.23 MI NORTH OF NJ 27, Middlesex, NJ

Built 1948 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 18,463

FROM ROAD

Fair

Over: SPROUT BROOK

.75 MI NE OF GSP&NJ17 JCT, Bergen, NJ

Built 1966 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 2,308

NJTPK INT.11 R.KPN

Fair

Over: NJTPK INTER 11 RAMP PST

0.05 MI E OF GSP, Middlesex, NJ

Built 1970 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 5,731

NJTPK INT.12 R.SIT

Fair

Over: NJ TPK SNO RWY CRR OF NJ

INTERCHANGE 12, Middlesex, NJ

Built 1961 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 1,860

CO RT 413

Fair

Over: DELAWARE RIVER

0.8 MI NNW JCT US RT 130, Burlington, NJ

Built 1931 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 26,315

NJ TURNPIKE

Fair

Over: N BR PENNSAUKEN CREEK

0.3 MI NORTH OF EXIT 4, Burlington, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 81,924

HOLLY AVENUE

Fair

Over: BABCOCK CREEK

1.4 MI N. of CR 614, Atlantic, NJ

Built 1949 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 238

WASHINGTON AVENUE

Fair

Over: HIRSHFELD BROOK

0.13 Mi N of Main St, Bergen, NJ

Built 1985 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 540

EMERSON ROAD

Fair

Over: PASCACK BROOK

0.54 Miles N. of CR 502, Bergen, NJ

Built 1959 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 6,917

OLD STONE CHURCH

Fair

Over: SADDLE RIVER (E. BRANCH)

0.10 mi W-E Saddle Rv Rd, Bergen, NJ

Built 1946 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 2,494

NJ 208

Fair

Over: Plaza Road

1.2 Mi. N of NJ 4 Junc., Bergen, NJ

Built 1949 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 66,940

LINCOLN AVE(CR 69)

Fair

Over: NJ ROUTE 208

0.7 MI W 208-507 JCT, Bergen, NJ

Built 1955 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 12,835

I-287 RAMP T

Fair

Over: I-287

NEAR NJ BORDER WITH NY, Bergen, NJ

Built 1990 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 26,105

I-287

Fair

Over: FRANKLIN AVENUE (CR 84)

0.81 MI N OF NJ 208 JCT, Bergen, NJ

Built 1993 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 63,382

ROUTE I-295 SB

Fair

Over: CROSSWICKS CREEK

0.99 MI N OF RT.130 INT, Burlington, NJ

Built 1994 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 47,296

C.R.628

Fair

Over: BIRCH CREEK

1 MI N OF 628 & 639 JCT, Burlington, NJ

Built 1976 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 6,220

BURRS MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: BURRS MILL BROOK

.2 MI S OF NJ RTE 70, Burlington, NJ

Built 1975 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 573

ROUTE 41 RAMP

Fair

Over: PENNSAUKEN CREEK

0.2 MILES SOUTH OF RT.38, Camden, NJ

Built 1957 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 1,405

US 1&9 SB

Fair

Over: ROANOKE AVENUE

0.8 MILES SOUTH OF I-95, Essex, NJ

Built 1998 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 48,022

US 1&9 SB

Fair

Over: CONRAIL (MFI-BRANCH)

0.7 miles South of I-95, Essex, NJ

Built 1927 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 58,800

MAIN STREET

Fair

Over: SECOND RIVER

0.2 MI S of NJ 21 SB Ramp, Essex, NJ

Built 1930 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 4,170

TWO BRIDGES ROAD

Fair

Over: US 46

0.27 MI SOUTH OF I-80, Essex, NJ

Built 1950 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 19,480

RAMP NW

Fair

Over: I-78 WB OUTER & RAMP NE

AT INTERCH 56 CLINTON AVE, Essex, NJ

Built 1976 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 7,500

KINGS HWY CR 551

Fair

Over: MANTUA CREEK

2.85 Mi S. of NJ 45, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1937 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 12,591

LEONARD CAKE ROAD

Fair

Over: LITTLE EASE RUN

Between Delsea D/Iona Lk., Gloucester, NJ

Built 1998 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 1,447

CENTRAL STREET

Fair

Over: SOUTH BR. ROCKAWAY CREEK

1350 FT. S. OF RT. 22, Hunterdon, NJ

Built 1925 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 246

OAK GROVE ROAD

Fair

Over: LOCKATONG CREEK

0.5 MI EAST OF CR 615, Hunterdon, NJ

Built 1933 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 348

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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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