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

11-C001

Fair

Over: TAIBAN CREEK

1.32 MI E OF S END NM-272, De Baca, NM

Built 1945 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 241

Estrellita Del Nrt

Fair

Over: Bear Tributary Arroyo

0.16M SW Layton/Estrellit, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,317

27-E028

Fair

Over: RIO HONDO

0.1 MI S US-70 @ MP-293.4, Lincoln, NM

Built 1989 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 325

49-088D

Fair

Over: SANTA CRUZ RIVER

0.5 Miles South of NM-76, Santa Fe, NM

Built 1985 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 308

FL-4079

Fair

Over: Blacks Arroyo

1.9 Mi N Jct Paradis/Golf, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1986 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 19,294

NM-528

Fair

Over: EDITH BLVD N.E.

1.4 M W JCT I-25/ALAMEDA, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 23,997

NM-528 EBL

Fair

Over: NORTH DIVERSION CHANNEL

1.3 M W JCT I-25/NM-528, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1967 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 25,771

Seagull Street

Fair

Over: Bear Canyon Arroyo

0.2 Mi S of Academy Blvd, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1984 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307

Murry Road

Fair

Over: South Diversion Channel

0.22 Mi W of NM-47, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1968 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307

Prosperity Avenue

Fair

Over: South Diversion Channel

0.1 Mi W of NM-47/Brdway, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1968 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,510

FL-4732

Fair

Over: SANTA FE RIVER

JCT ALAMEDA/OLD SF TRAIL, Santa Fe, NM

Built 1986 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,585

NM-423

Fair

Over: RIO GRANDE

1.7 MI W OF 2ND ST/ALBUQ, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 84,644

39-Z083

Fair

Over: RIO QUEMADO

1.1 MI S NM 76 @ MM 11.4, Rio Arriba, NM

Built 1986 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 156

FR-4004

Fair

Over: I-40 EBLS/WBLS @mp 39.9

CINIZA INTERCHG/JAMESTOWN, McKinley, NM

Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 438

Rio Grande Blvd NW

Fair

Over: NM-423/Paseo Del Norte

3.45 M W Jct NM-423/I-25, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,506

FL-5089

Fair

Over: NM-423/Paseo Del Norte

2.53 M W Jct NM423/I-25, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 7,304

FL-5975

Fair

Over: RIO RUIDOSO

0.1 miles N of NM 48, Lincoln, NM

Built 1960 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,689

NM-423

Fair

Over: NM-448/Coors Blvd

Coors & Paseo Del Nor, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 70,187

NM-246

Fair

Over: SALADO CREEK

400 N OF US-380/CAPITAN, Lincoln, NM

Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 383

NM-38

Fair

Over: RED RIVER

NM 38 MM 5.25, Taos, NM

Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,877

FL-4057

Fair

Over: South Pino Arroyo

Louisiana & San Antonio, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,603

San Antonio Place

Fair

Over: South Pino Arroyo

0.1 Mi S San Antonio Dr, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307

FL-4061

Fair

Over: Pino Arroyo

Wym Blvd & San Antonio, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 28,845

IRR/US-70

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

20.74 M NE JCT US54/TULAR, Otero, NM

Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 6,164

US-54

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

8.0 MI N OF JCT US-60, Guadalupe, NM

Built 1989 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,502

US-550

Fair

Over: SAN JOSE CREEK

0.5 MI S OF JCT NM-96, Sandoval, NM

Built 1989 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,841

43-S006

Fair

Over: SAN YSIDRO WASH

1.9 MI W OF JCT NM-197, Sandoval, NM

Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 96

NM-264 EBL/WBL

Fair

Over: COAL MINE WASH

15.1 MI W OF JCT US-491, McKinley, NM

Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 13,607

FL-5939

Fair

Over: Four Hills Arroyo

0.08 Mi S Custro Cerros, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,661

FL-4026

Fair

Over: FOUR HILLS ARROYO

0.19 MI N WAGON TRAIN ST, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307

01-Z000

Fair

Over: FOUR HILLS ARROYO

0.14 MI S OF CATRON ST SE, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1980 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,661

FL-5041

Fair

Over: BEAR TRIB ARROYO

0.17 MI W OF EUBANK BLVD, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 6,024

FL-4053

Fair

Over: Pino Arroyo

0.08 Mi S San Antonio NE, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1988 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 7,418

NM-554

Fair

Over: RIO CHAMA

0.6 MI NE OF US-84, Rio Arriba, NM

Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,098

35-A059

Fair

Over: LA LUZ CANYON

0.5 M N JCT NM-545/LA LUZ, Otero, NM

Built 1985 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 245

US-180

Fair

Over: SAN FRANCISCO RIVER

3.2 MI E OF ARIZ ST LINE, Catron, NM

Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 477

NM-227

Fair

Over: I-10 EB and WB

Junction I-10/NM-227, Doña Ana, NM

Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,441

FL-4040

Fair

Over: I-40 EB/WB/Waterway

5.2 M E Jct I-25/I-40, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1993 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 17,023

FL-5048

Fair

Over: Embudo Arroyo

0.29 Mi S of Menual Blvd, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1989 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,020

FL-5024

Fair

Over: Tijeras Arroyo

0.46 Mi S of Jct NM-333, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1986 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,761

45-7900

Fair

Over: ESCAVADA WASH

8.6 MI S OF JCT US 550, San Juan, NM

Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 642

49-101D

Fair

Over: POJOAQUE RIVER

0.8 MI NE NM-502 @MP-14.5, Santa Fe, NM

Built 1991 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 318

NM-448

Fair

Over: CORRALES MAIN CANAL

6.08 MI N OF JCT ALAMEDA, Sandoval, NM

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 4,856

NM-448

Fair

Over: SANDOVAL LATERAL

4.96 MI N OF JCT ALAMEDA, Sandoval, NM

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 6,599

FL-5041

Fair

Over: S Domingo Baca Arroyo

0.18 Mi S Paseo Del Norte, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 8,908

FL-5126

Fair

Over: Hahn Arroyo

0.28 Mi N of Comanche NE, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1988 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 276

FL-5047

Fair

Over: Mariposa Arroyo

0.04 Mi S of Homestead Dr, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 590

FL-5068

Fair

Over: Boca Negra Arroyo

0.35 Mi N of Montano Rd, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1991 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,866

FL-5125

Fair

Over: Hahn Arroyo

0.21 Mi N of Comanche NE, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1988 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,200

NM-528

Fair

Over: RIO GRANDE

3.63 MI W OF I-25 NM528, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1993 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 34,555

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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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