Total Bridges
4,035
Public highway bridges in New Mexico
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
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.
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
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.
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
PoorOver: COYOTE CREEK
0.1 MI N OF NM-96/COYOTE, Rio Arriba, NM
Built 1935 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 156
Camino Escondido
PoorOver: CHAMITA RIVER
.3 mi NE US 64 in Chama, Rio Arriba, NM
Built 1960 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 156
FDR 151
PoorOver: MILK RANCH CR
6.25-mi S/O NM-400/1-40, McKinley, NM
Built 1995 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 150
NM-165
PoorOver: LAS HUERTAS CREEK
9.6 MI E Jct I-25/NM-165, Sandoval, NM
Built 1935 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 78
NM-165
PoorOver: 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
PoorOver: WASH
IN TOHATCHI N.M., McKinley, NM
Built 1976 Load: 6.7 t ADT: 900
All Bridges in New Mexico
17-Z011
FairOver: GILA RIVER
21.7 M N JCT US-70/NM-464, Grant, NM
Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 28
FL-5037
FairOver: North La Cueva Channel
0.6 Mi N jct Alameda NE, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,691
US-60
FairOver: JORDAN CANYON
8.8 MI E JCT NM107/US-60, Socorro, NM
Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,337
NM-80
FairOver: UNNAMED WATERWAY
1.12 MI NE OF ARIZ LINE, Hidalgo, NM
Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 494
NM-28
FairOver: RIO GRANDE
4.0 MI N OF JCT NM-192, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,229
I-40 WBL
FairOver: Rio Puerco
13.8 M E Jct NM-6/I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 28,010
13-B008
FairOver: WEST SIDE CANAL
0.94 MI W NM-28 @ MP 12.5, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 318
17-B009
FairOver: HANOVER CREEK
0.6 MI NE JCT NM-356/152, Grant, NM
Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5
Second street
FairOver: First Plaza Access
50ft N Jct Copper Ave, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,303
Sunport Blvd.
FairOver: Transport Street SE
0.15 MI E JCT I-25/SUNPRT, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,117
45-1120
FairOver: NM-170
16.8 MI N OF US-64, San Juan, NM
Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 642
US-54
FairOver: SOUTH DIVERSION CHANNEL
4.4 M S. JCT US 70/54, Otero, NM
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 12,497
US-70 EBL
FairOver: PORTER DRIVE
5.2 M E OF EXIT 6 OF I-25, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 27,499
03-0366
FairOver: LOWER TROUT CREEK
1.8 miles east of US 180, Catron, NM
Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 62
Fl-4057
FairOver: La Cueva Arroyo
.32 M N JCT Alameda Ave, Bernalillo, NM
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 307
31-0020
FairOver: SALT WATER WASH
4.2 Mi. S. of Jct. NM 118, McKinley, NM
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 318
US-70 EB AND WB
FairOver: UNNAMED WATERWAY
9.5 MI E OF NM-185/CRUCES, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,175
FL-6301
FairOver: RIO GRANDE
0.1 MI N NM-273, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,410
FL-5284
FairOver: PECOS RIVER OVERFLOW
0.2 MI E. OF US 285, Eddy, NM
Built 2007 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,927
US-62/180
FairOver: UNNAMED WATERWAY
1.65 M S JCT US62/180, Eddy, NM
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,712
Mc Daniels Road
FairOver: Rio Ruidoso
84 Ft. North Of Maine Rd., Lincoln, NM
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 325
Main road
FairOver: RIO RUIDOSO
MAIN RD & FOX DRIVE, Lincoln, NM
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,477
Sundance Road
FairOver: Unnamed Waterway
3.4 M S NM 118, McKinley, NM
Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 318
FL-5092
FairOver: Pedestrian Hiking Trail
05 Mi W. Of Jct. Golf Cou, Bernalillo, NM
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,478
NM-185
FairOver: Angustora Arroyo
17.8 Mi N of NM-185, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,297
15-0741
FairOver: Pecos River
4.75 Mi E Jct US 285, Eddy, NM
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 453
45-350
FairOver: Animas River
1.1 Mi. S. Of Jct. NM516, San Juan, NM
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,223
35-Z000
FairOver: Unkown Waterway
.2 Mi. E. of US-70 Panora, Otero, NM
Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,442
Canyon Glen Rd
FairOver: Glen Canyon
Jct. Arkansas/Glen Canyon, Los Alamos, NM
Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 447
CR-746
FairOver: Pecos River
1.35 miles east of CR 720, Eddy, NM
Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 453
Ave Vista Grande
FairOver: Unnamed Waterway
0.01 M W JCt US-285, Santa Fe, NM
Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,544
NM-502
FairOver: Unnamed Waterway
2.2 M W of US 84/285, Santa Fe, NM
Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 16,303
CR-728
FairOver: Irrigation Canal
2.75 m w of US-285, Eddy, NM
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 436
13-001
FairOver: Tortugas Arroyo
0.9 MN Dripping Spring Rd, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,118
Sonoma Ranch Blvd.
FairOver: South Las Cruces Arroyo
.1 MN of E. Lohman, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,628
Sonoma Ranch Blvd.
FairOver: Alameda Arroyo
2.8 M N Intsec E. Lohman, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,330
Amado/Lohman
FairOver: Irrigation Lateral
.02 ME Of S Recycling Fa, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 299
N. Roadrunner pkwy
FairOver: South Las Cruces Arroyo
0.2 M S Intsec E Lohman, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,583
N. Roadrunner Pkwy
FairOver: Alameda Arroyo
3.0 M N intsec E. Lohman, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,866
N. Triviz Drive
FairOver: Alameda Arroyo
.5 M S N. Main St., Doña Ana, NM
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,668
S. Solano Dr.
FairOver: Las Cruces Arroyo
1.6 M of S. Solano Dr., Doña Ana, NM
Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,477
Spitz Street
FairOver: Las Cruces Arroyo
0.2 M N of US-70 Main St, Doña Ana, NM
Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 335
IRR BIA RTE 34
FairOver: ACOMA CREEK
5.6 KM EAST OF MCCARTYS, Cibola, NM
Built 1977 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 600
IRR BIA RTE 30
FairOver: LARGO CANYON WASH
3.2 KM SE OF MCCARTYS, Cibola, NM
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,200
IRR BIA RTE 600
FairOver: SANTA CLARA CREEK
IN SANTA CLARA PUEBLO, Rio Arriba, NM
Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,000
IRR BIA RTE 125
FairOver: DRY WASH
.8KM SW RAMAH CHAPTER HSE, Cibola, NM
Built 1973 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 300
IRR BIA RTE N364
FairOver: SALT CREEK
8.3 KM W OF SHIPROCK, San Juan, NM
Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,850
IRR BIA RTE N9
FairOver: KIMINOLA WASH
13.1 MI NE OF CROWNPOINT, McKinley, NM
Built 1972 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 882
IRR BIA RTE N7140
FairOver: MANUELITO CREEK
17 MI SW OF GALLUP NM, McKinley, NM
Built 1972 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 404
IRR BIA RTE N7140
FairOver: RIO PUERCO WASH
13 MI SW OF GALLUP NM, McKinley, NM
Built 1972 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 178
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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.
Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI). Poor condition is an inspection-record category, not a closure or unsafe-to-cross designation. Consult the bridge owner for current status.
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How FHWA rates bridge condition on a 0-9 scale.
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What to do with this
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NBI condition ratings are inventory snapshots, not live crossing-safety verdicts.
Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. New Mexico Good/Fair/Poor shares and county rollups on this page are computed from the same NBI extract as the national boards; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2024 NBI release. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.