State profile · Below median Poor share

New Mexico 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 Mexico.

4,035
Public bridges
35.0%
Good condition
4.5%
Poor condition

New Mexico holds 4,035 public highway bridges (#40 of 52 by inventory) with a 4.51% Poor share (#39 of 52 by Poor share).

That is 4.5% 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 14 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

4,035

Public highway bridges in New Mexico

Good Condition

35.0%

1,414 bridges rated 7-9

-15.0pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

4.5%

182 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

-3.0pp vs national avg 7.5%

New Mexico vs national bridge condition

New Mexico - Good condition share 35.0%
National avg

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

New Mexico - Poor-condition share 15.0%
National avg

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

New Mexico 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 Mexico has 4,035 bridges and a 4.5% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #14 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 (%) NM, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.51%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%NJ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 6.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.01%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 Mexico has 4,035 bridges and a 4.5% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #14 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 Mexico 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

4,035 40th of 54 higher than 14 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 Mexico

The highlighted point is New Mexico: 4,035 bridges and 4.51% in Poor condition, rank #14 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The five jurisdictions immediately above and below New Mexico on that same Poor-share ordering:

  • Tennessee: 20,379 bridges · 4.41% Poor
  • Minnesota: 13,532 bridges · 4.44% Poor
  • New Mexico: 4,035 bridges · 4.51% Poor
  • Maryland: 5,484 bridges · 4.56% Poor
  • Oregon: 8,305 bridges · 4.61% Poor

The full national sortable table lives on the rankings page.

Material families in New Mexico

Exclusive FHWA material families across all 4,035 bridges in this state; continuous variants fold into the parent family. Orthogonal to the Poor-share scatter above.

Who maintains New Mexico’s inventory

State agency holds 73.8% of the 4,035 public highway bridges filed under New Mexico in the 2024 NBI, the agency-of-record split for this state, not a condition verdict.

When New Mexico’s bridges were built

Pre-1950 construction accounts for 17.3% of the 4,035 bridges with a recorded original year in New Mexico. Era bands are orthogonal to the Poor-share ranking above.

Condition Distribution

New Mexico35%60.4%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - New Mexico (FHWA NBI)

Counties (33)

Bernalillo 496 Catron 101 Chaves 120 Cibola 127 Colfax 140 Curry 21 De Baca 24 Doña Ana 261 Eddy 93 Grant 99 Guadalupe 82 Harding 13 Hidalgo 58 Lea 10 Lincoln 131 Los Alamos 3 Luna 107 McKinley 289 Mora 79 Otero 132 Quay 118 Rio Arriba 160 Roosevelt 9 San Juan 174 San Miguel 175 Sandoval 182 Santa Fe 255 Sierra 108 Socorro 188 Taos 94 Torrance 70 Union 68 Valencia 48

New Mexico 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 Mexico on the same metric.

TN

Tennessee

4.41% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$20,379

MN

Minnesota

4.44% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$13,532
Selected

NM

New Mexico

4.51% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$4,035

MD

Maryland

4.56% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$5,484

OR

Oregon

4.61% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$8,305

Bridges Needing Most Attention in New Mexico

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

39-212

Poor

Over: COYOTE CREEK

0.1 MI N OF NM-96/COYOTE, Rio Arriba, NM

Built 1935 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 156

Camino Escondido

Poor

Over: CHAMITA RIVER

.3 mi NE US 64 in Chama, Rio Arriba, NM

Built 1960 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 156

FDR 151

Poor

Over: MILK RANCH CR

6.25-mi S/O NM-400/1-40, McKinley, NM

Built 1995 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 150

NM-165

Poor

Over: LAS HUERTAS CREEK

9.6 MI E Jct I-25/NM-165, Sandoval, NM

Built 1935 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 78

NM-165

Poor

Over: LAS HUERTAS CREEK

11.9 M E Jct I-25/NM-165, Sandoval, NM

Built 1935 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 78

IRR BIA RTE N108

Poor

Over: WASH

IN TOHATCHI N.M., McKinley, NM

Built 1976 Load: 6.7 t ADT: 900

All Bridges in New Mexico

NM-48

Fair

Over: RUIDOSO RIVER

3.5 MI N OF US-70/RUIDOSO, Lincoln, NM

Built 1960 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 10,494

I-25 NBL/SBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

3.1 M N of NM-500/ALBQ, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1961 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 116,519

I-25 NBL/SBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

2.6 MI N OF NM-500/ALBUQ, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1961 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 116,519

FL-5661

Fair

Over: ARROYO HERMANOS

0.1 MI N OF VALENCIA ST, San Miguel, NM

Built 1911 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,451

NM-197

Fair

Over: RIO LECHE CREEK

0.1 MI W OF JCT US 550, Sandoval, NM

Built 1962 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,092

I-40 WBL

Fair

Over: EMBUDO ARROYO

3.8 MI E Jct I-40/I-25, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1962 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 159,968

I-40 EBL/WBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

33.2 MI E OF JCT US-84, Quay, NM

Built 1961 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 12,550

I-40 EBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

36.7 MI E OF JCT US-84, Quay, NM

Built 1961 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 17,710

I-40 WBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

36.9 MI E OF JCT US-84, Quay, NM

Built 1961 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 17,710

NM-400

Fair

Over: I-40 EBL/WBL mp 33.6

JUNCTION I-40/NM-400, McKinley, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,436

NM-119

Fair

Over: PECOS RIVER

4.4 MI W OF JCT US-84, Guadalupe, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 301

19Z000

Fair

Over: I-40 EBL/WBL

5.0 Mi E of Jct NM-129, Guadalupe, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 131

NM-412

Fair

Over: I-40 EBL/WBL mp 63.4

JUNCTION I-40/NM-412, McKinley, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 310

NM-15

Fair

Over: Gila River

12.5 M N Jct NM-35/NM-15, Grant, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 213

I-40 EBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

16.7 MI E OF NM-129, Quay, NM

Built 1961 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 17,710

I-40 WBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

16.7 MI E OF NM-129, Quay, NM

Built 1961 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 17,710

I-40 EBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

17.2 MI E OF NM-129, Quay, NM

Built 1961 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 17,710

NM-75

Fair

Over: RIO PENASCO

NM 75 MM 3.05, Rio Arriba, NM

Built 1962 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,120

NM-24

Fair

Over: AQUA CHIQUITA

2.21 MI S JCT NM-521/WEED, Otero, NM

Built 1962 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 75

NM-24

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

4.62 MI S JCT NM-521/WEED, Otero, NM

Built 1962 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 75

I-40 WBL

Fair

Over: EMBUDO ARROYO

0.05 MN Cutler ave/Jeff, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 192,008

FL-4053

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

San Pedro Blvd. over I-40, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 15,607

I-40 WB

Fair

Over: Unnamed Waterway

2.4 MI E OF I-25, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 192,008

I-25 NB/SB & Frntg

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

2.0 MI N OF JCT I-25/I-40, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 167,457

FR-2537 SB

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

2.0 MI N OF JCT I-25/I-40, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 12,940

49-0098

Fair

Over: SANTA CRUZ RIVER

0.8 MI S OF JCT NM-76, Santa Fe, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,764

NM-554

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

8.5 W OF JCT NM-111, Rio Arriba, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,098

NM-554

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

1.50 MI W OF JCT NM-111, Rio Arriba, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,098

US-54

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

14.25 M S JCT US70/ALAMOG, Otero, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,375

US-54

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

13.6 M S JCT US70/ALAMOGO, Otero, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,375

US-54

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

12.73 MI S OF US70/ALAMOG, Otero, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,375

US-54

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

10.74 MI S OF US70/ALAMOG, Otero, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,375

I-40 WBL

Fair

Over: GABALDON ROAD

29.4 M E Jct I-40/NM-6, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1965 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 147,882

I-40 EBL

Fair

Over: Gabaldon Road

29.4 M E Jct I-40/NM-26, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1965 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 147,882

I-40 EBL

Fair

Over: Rio Grande Blvd

30.2 M E Jct I-40/NM-6, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1965 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 143,370

I-40 EBL

Fair

Over: 12th Steet

30.4 M E Jct I-40/NM-6, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1965 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 126,022

IRR/I-40 WBL

Fair

Over: 12TH STREET

30.4 M E Jct I-40/NM-6, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1965 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 126,022

NM-26

Fair

Over: I-25 NBL/SBL

Jct. I-25 and NM-26, Doña Ana, NM

Built 1964 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,672

06-C12A

Fair

Over: I-40 @ Sky City Exit 108

18.51 M E JCT I-40/NM-117, Cibola, NM

Built 1968 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,647

US-54

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

8.46 MI S OF US70/ALAMOGO, Otero, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 13,335

I-40 EBL/WBL

Fair

Over: NM-118

8.4 MI E OF ARIZ ST LINE, McKinley, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 17,236

I-40 WBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

1.4 MI W OF NM-371, McKinley, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 23,036

I-40 EBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

1.0 MI E OF NM-371, McKinley, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 19,634

I-40 WBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

1.0 MI E OF NM-371, McKinley, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 19,634

I-40 WBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

3.75 MI E OF NM-371, McKinley, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 19,634

I-40 EBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

3.75 MI E OF NM-371, McKinley, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 19,634

I-40 WBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

4.0 MI E OF NM-371, McKinley, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 19,634

I-40 EBL/WBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

2.6 MI W OF EXIT-63, McKinley, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 19,634

I-40 EBL/WBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

2.5 MI W OF NM-412, McKinley, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 19,634

I-40 EBL/WBL

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

0.5 MI W OF NM-412, McKinley, NM

Built 1963 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 19,634

Showing 1,001-1,050 of 4,035 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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