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

NJ 17 SB

Fair

Over: NJ 3

INTERSECTION OF NJ 3, Bergen, NJ

Built 1971 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 48,715

NORTH SERVICE RD

Fair

Over: NJ 17

0.59 MILES NORTH OF NJ 3, Bergen, NJ

Built 1972 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 3,300

I-80

Fair

Over: BOULEVARD

0.5 MI WEST OF GS PARKWY, Bergen, NJ

Built 1962 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 135,390

I-287 SOUTHBOUND

Fair

Over: BRIDLE WAY

1.9 M. N. OF RT 208 JCT, Bergen, NJ

Built 1991 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 31,690

I-295 Southbound

Fair

Over: Hartford Road (CR 686)

1.09 Mi N of NJ 38 Jct, Burlington, NJ

Built 1971 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 49,351

DUNNS MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: I-295

0.32 MI S OF US 130 JCT, Burlington, NJ

Built 1973 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 10,035

RT NJ42 SOUTHBOUND

Fair

Over: CONRAIL (ABANDONED)

.2 MILE NORTH OF 168 JCT, Camden, NJ

Built 1957 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 58,670

FEDERAL STREET

Fair

Over: US 130

2.15 MI S OF RT 90 JCT, Camden, NJ

Built 1961 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 6,117

I-676

Fair

Over: FEDERAL&MARKET ST(CR537)

0.41S of CR. 561, Camden, NJ

Built 1976 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 120,156

NJ 147

Fair

Over: MILL TRAIL CREEK

1.0 MI E.OF 9-147, Cape May, NJ

Built 1997 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 11,800

NJ 147

Fair

Over: BEACH CREEK

2.9 MI EAST OF GSP, Cape May, NJ

Built 1993 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 10,222

NJ 55 NB

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF MAURICE RIVER

3.91 MILES SOUTH OF US 40, Cumberland, NJ

Built 1972 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 24,828

RIDGEWOOD ROAD

Fair

Over: WEST BRANCH RAHWAY RIVER

100 ft. east of CR 577, Essex, NJ

Built 2003 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 2,787

MADISON AVENUE

Fair

Over: ELIZABETH RIVER

0.02 mi. W. of Lenox Ave., Essex, NJ

Built 2004 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 3,673

DICKERSON & DURYEA

Fair

Over: CITY SUBWAY

1.0 MI SW I-280&NJ21 JCT, Essex, NJ

Built 1929 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 3,760

US 1&9 NB

Fair

Over: SAINT CHARLES STREET

1.19 MILES SOUTH OF I-95, Essex, NJ

Built 1948 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 45,506

I-78 RAMPS NE & NW

Fair

Over: PEDDIE ST & ABDN CONRAIL

@EXIT 56 CLINTON AVE, Essex, NJ

Built 1976 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 12,250

I-78 RAMP NE

Fair

Over: ELIZABETH AVENUE

2.4 MILES WEST OF N.J.TPK, Essex, NJ

Built 1974 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 5,170

NJ 24 WESTBOUND

Fair

Over: NJ 124 EASTBOUND

1.35 MILES W OF I-78, Essex, NJ

Built 1973 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 64,055

US 130 NB

Fair

Over: NJ 45 SB

.8 MI N OF I-295 & NJ 45, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1947 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 19,910

I-295 NB

Fair

Over: RACCOON CREEK

.7 MI SOUTH OF US 322, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1965 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 24,457

I-295 SB

Fair

Over: RACCOON CREEK

.7 MI SOUTH OF US 322, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1965 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 23,975

I-295 & US 130

Fair

Over: LITTLE MANTUA CREEK

1.03 MI SOUTH OF CR 643, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1952 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 81,331

PRINCETON PIKE

Fair

Over: FIVE MILE RUN

0.58 MI S OF I-95 JCT, Mercer, NJ

Built 1999 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 13,254

LAKESIDE BLVD

Fair

Over: I-195

0.1 MI EAST OF CO.RT 524, Mercer, NJ

Built 1973 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 3,594

I-295 NB & RAMP

Fair

Over: I-295 RAMP C

AT US 1 INTERCHANGE, Mercer, NJ

Built 1974 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 45,885

RYDERS LANE CR 617

Fair

Over: US 1

.77 MILES SOUTH OF RT. 18, Middlesex, NJ

Built 1968 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 14,780

GILLS LANE

Fair

Over: SO. BRANCH RAHWAY RIVER

0.3 MI S OF ROUTE 27, Middlesex, NJ

Built 1995 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 11,257

RT 18 CONNECTOR WN

Fair

Over: 18 NB HOPE RD NS&SN

0.6 MI SOUTH OF G.S.PKWAY, Monmouth, NJ

Built 1991 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 1,640

EMMANS ROAD

Fair

Over: LEDGEWOOD BROOK

.3 MILES S OF RTE 46, Morris, NJ

Built 1925 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 2,990

NJ 10

Fair

Over: DRYDEN WAY

0.78 MILES WEST OF I-287, Morris, NJ

Built 1989 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 62,741

TIMBER HILL DRIVE

Fair

Over: PINCH BROOK

1.1M SE of CR632&NJ10 JCT, Morris, NJ

Built 1976 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 729

US 202

Fair

Over: Primrose Brook

0.16 MI S OF CR 646, Morris, NJ

Built 1923 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 8,010

I-287 N.B.

Fair

Over: LITTLETON ROAD (CO.630)

I-80 & I-287 INTERCHANGE, Morris, NJ

Built 1964 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 53,440

BROOKLAKE ROAD

Fair

Over: NJ 24

1.89 MI W OF SHRT HLL MLL, Morris, NJ

Built 1986 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 6,212

I-80 WB

Fair

Over: US 206 SB & I-80 EB RAMP

I-80 INTERCHANGE, Morris, NJ

Built 1970 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 30,745

CR 617 BAYVIEW AVE

Fair

Over: POTTERS CREEK

1 MILE N. OF CR 618, Ocean, NJ

Built 1987 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 2,104

DEERHEAD LAKE DR

Fair

Over: NO.BRANCH FORKED RIVER

1.69 Mi East of US Rt 9, Ocean, NJ

Built 1978 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 4,319

EAST SHORE RD(704)

Fair

Over: WANAQUE RIVER

2.2MI N OF GRNWD TPK(511), Passaic, NJ

Built 1961 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 995

McBride Ave. Ext.

Fair

Over: Passaic River Raceway

0.1 MI NE of McBride Ave, Passaic, NJ

Built 1999 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 14,620

NJ 208

Fair

Over: CR 659(GOFFLE ROAD)

3.5 MI SE OF 208-CO502, Passaic, NJ

Built 1958 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 77,154

LONG HILL RD CR631

Fair

Over: MONTCLAIR-BOONTON LINE

0.3 MI SW US46&CR631 JCT, Passaic, NJ

Built 1984 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 9,780

I-295 SB

Fair

Over: HOLLYWOOD AVE (CO. 618)

1.43 MI SO OF RT 48, Salem, NJ

Built 1965 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 9,700

I-287 SOUTHBOUND

Fair

Over: US 22 EASTBOUND

0.85 MI. North of RT 28, Somerset, NJ

Built 1961 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 46,016

CR 567

Fair

Over: Holland Brook

.49 MI S. OF OLD YORK RD., Somerset, NJ

Built 1995 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 9,018

AMWELL RD (CR 514)

Fair

Over: MILLSTONE RIVER

0.07 MI E OF CR 533 JCT, Somerset, NJ

Built 1930 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 15,328

CR 560

Fair

Over: BIG FLAT BROOK

0.70 mi west of US 206, Sussex, NJ

Built 1957 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 5,296

WEST GRAND STREET

Fair

Over: ELIZABETH RIVER

NEAR PRICE STREET, Union, NJ

Built 1984 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 10,407

MORRIS AVE CR 629

Fair

Over: ELIZABETH RIVER

NEAR SAYER STREET, Union, NJ

Built 1984 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 15,162

CR 636

Fair

Over: I-78

0.65 MI W OF 78-24 JCT, Union, NJ

Built 1967 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 6,730

Showing 3,401-3,450 of 6,827 bridges

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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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