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
US-56
FairOver: UTE CREEK
18.6 MI E OF JCT NM-39, Union, NM
Built 1976 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 434
US-60
FairOver: HOP CANYON
0.1 MILES E OF JCT NM-107, Socorro, NM
Built 1988 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 2,243
US-380
FairOver: Rio Grande River
1.7 Mi E Jct I-25/US-380, Socorro, NM
Built 1950 Load: 33.1 t ADT: 1,852
US-62/180
FairOver: SOUTHERN CANAL
O.15 S OF JCT US-285, Eddy, NM
Built 1957 Load: 33.1 t ADT: 20,644
NM-442
FairOver: COYOTE CREEK
4.6 MI N OF JCT NM-518, Mora, NM
Built 1968 Load: 33.1 t ADT: 153
NM-200
FairOver: Pecos River
1.4 miles east of us 285, Eddy, NM
Built 2001 Load: 33.1 t ADT: 2,827
FL-4424
FairOver: LITTLE PUERCO
3rd Between Aztec & Coal, McKinley, NM
Built 2001 Load: 33.1 t ADT: 262
I-25 NB
FairOver: NM-63
4.8 Mi N of Santa Fe C/L, San Miguel, NM
Built 1964 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 9,186
US-54
FairOver: COTTONWOOD CREEK
10.7 MI S OF US-380/CARIZ, Lincoln, NM
Built 1974 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 2,708
US-491
FairOver: SALT CREEK
3.0 MI N OF JCT US-64, San Juan, NM
Built 1974 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 4,089
US-550
FairOver: RIO PUERCO
10.7 Mi. S of NM 197, Sandoval, NM
Built 2001 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 4,964
NM-65
FairOver: HILL SIDE
5.1 MI NW OF MILLS AVE, San Miguel, NM
Built 1990 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 76
I-40 EBL
FairOver: BNSF R/R
3.2 MI W OF NM-400, McKinley, NM
Built 1963 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 24,086
NM-130
FairOver: JAMES CANYON
0.01 M SW JCT US82/MAYHIL, Otero, NM
Built 1969 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 233
US-64
FairOver: VAN BREMMER CREEK
9.0 MI E NM-58/CIMARRON, Colfax, NM
Built 1971 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 513
US-56
FairOver: PERICO CREEK
3.6 MI WEST OF CLAYTON, Union, NM
Built 1979 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 471
NM-555
FairOver: CANADIAN RIVER
8.3 MI W OF JCT I-25, Colfax, NM
Built 1980 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 587
US-285 NBL/SBL
FairOver: Unnamed Waterway
2.5 M N US-62/180/Carlsbd, Eddy, NM
Built 1949 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 18,876
NM-498
FairOver: RIO GRANDE
0.2 MI W OF NM-273/ANAPRA, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1972 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 2,107
I-25 SBL
FairOver: COUNTY RD-21
1.4 MI S OF JCT NM-104, San Miguel, NM
Built 1982 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 9,083
US-60
FairOver: SAND CREEK
17.2 MI E OF JCT US-84, De Baca, NM
Built 1982 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 3,972
US-285
FairOver: MACHO DRAW
13.0 MI N JCT US-70/285, Chaves, NM
Built 1984 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 3,476
LOOP ROAD
FairOver: CHACO WASH
JUST SOUTH OF PUEBLO BONI, San Juan, NM
Built 1991 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 200
I-25 NBL
FairOver: Yapple Canyon
2.7 Mi N T or C N Interch, Sierra, NM
Built 1970 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 3,216
I-25 SBL
FairOver: Yapple Canyon
2.7 Mi N T or C N Interch, Sierra, NM
Built 1970 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 3,216
US-285
FairOver: GALISTEO RIVER
AT JCT US-285/NM-41, Santa Fe, NM
Built 1992 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 1,803
FSR 127 A
FairOver: EAGLE CREEK
1.8 MI NW/O 532 JCT, Lincoln, NM
Built 2011 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 100
I-40 EBL
FairOver: BNSF R/R Spur
8.6 MI E OF JCT US-491, McKinley, NM
Built 1963 Load: 33.8 t ADT: 24,086
I-25 SBL
FairOver: San Antonio Avenue
5.1 Mi N Jct I-25/I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1984 Load: 33.8 t ADT: 139,716
I-25 SBL
FairOver: NM-528(Alameda Avenue).
6.8 M N Jct I-25/I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1985 Load: 33.8 t ADT: 77,567
I-25 NBL
FairOver: NM-528. (Alameda Avenue)
6.8 M N Jct I-25/I-40, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1985 Load: 33.8 t ADT: 77,567
FR-1035
FairOver: TORTUGAS ARROYO
8.8 MI E OF I-10 EXIT 135, Doña Ana, NM
Built 1972 Load: 33.9 t ADT: 4,368
IRR BIA RTE N7044
FairOver: WHITEWATER ARROYO WASH
1M W OF CHICHILTAH SCHOOL, McKinley, NM
Built 1983 Load: 33.9 t ADT: 304
NM-118
FairOver: RIO PUERCO
0.1 MI E OF NM-566, McKinley, NM
Built 1946 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 1,472
NM-173
FairOver: SAN JUAN RIVER
0.5 MI W OF JCT NM-511, San Juan, NM
Built 1967 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 558
I-25 SB
FairOver: NM-181
Junction of I-25/NM-181, Sierra, NM
Built 1967 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 6,271
US-60
FairOver: UNNAMED WATERWAY
10.7 MI E OF JCT US-84, De Baca, NM
Built 1974 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 3,402
NM-161
FairOver: MORA RIVER
7.7 MI SE OF JCT NM-518, Mora, NM
Built 1950 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 76
NM-420
FairOver: UTE CREEK
2.0 MI E OF JCT NM-102, Harding, NM
Built 1981 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 39
FR-2087
FairOver: I-25 NBLS/SBLS
Budaghers Interchange, Sandoval, NM
Built 1983 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 294
NM-68
FairOver: ARROYO DEL PUEBLO
2.50 MI N OF NM-389, Rio Arriba, NM
Built 1986 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 8,652
US-70 EBL & WBL
FairOver: UNNAMED WATERWAY
9.0 M W JCT US-380 HONDO, Lincoln, NM
Built 2004 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 3,609
IRR BIA RTE 4063
FairOver: DRY RUN
7KM WEST OF HWY 371, San Juan, NM
Built 1976 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 200
US-285 SBL
FairOver: CASS DRAW
1.82 MI N OF JCT NM-31, Eddy, NM
Built 1968 Load: 34.1 t ADT: 14,407
US-62/180 WBL
FairOver: PECOS RIVER
0.3 MI E OF JCT US-285, Eddy, NM
Built 1969 Load: 34.1 t ADT: 14,287
IN-2223
FairOver: I-25 OF RAMP TO LEAD
0.1 M N of Lead Ave I-25, Bernalillo, NM
Built 1988 Load: 34.1 t ADT: 7,504
I-25 SBL
FairOver: OCATE CREEK
14.2 MI N OF NM-120, Mora, NM
Built 1970 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 5,506
LFCC O&M West
FairOver: LFCC
Lemitar NM, Socorro, NM
Built 1995 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 10
L-00035
FairOver: EL RITO CREEK
1.1 MI E OF JCT US-54, Guadalupe, NM
Built 1959 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 8,124
I-25 NBL
FairOver: OCATE CREEK
14.2 MI N OF JCT NM-120, Mora, NM
Built 1970 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 5,506
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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.
Understanding Bridge Conditions
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.