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

FR-2116

Fair

Over: BERNAL CREEK

6.9 MI N OF JCT NM-3, San Miguel, NM

Built 1941 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 239

FR-2116

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

1.9 MI N OF JCT NM-3, San Miguel, NM

Built 1941 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 239

I-40 WBL

Fair

Over: RIO PUERCO OF THE WEST

7.9 MI E OF ARIZ ST LINE, McKinley, NM

Built 1963 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 20,247

I-40 EBL

Fair

Over: RIO PUERCO OF THE WEST

7.9 MI E OF ARIZ ST LINE, McKinley, NM

Built 1963 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 20,247

US-64

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

2.3 MI W OF U.S. 550/ 64, San Juan, NM

Built 1966 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 14,291

I-25 SBL

Fair

Over: BONANZA CREEK

7.50 M S JCT NM-14/I-25, Santa Fe, NM

Built 1972 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 32,423

NM-283

Fair

Over: TECOLOTE CREEK

13.7 MI W OF JCT I-25, San Miguel, NM

Built 1977 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 422

53-3058

Fair

Over: HAGERMAN CANAL

3.5 M N JCT NM-2 @ DEXTER, Chaves, NM

Built 1960 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 194

05-0301

Fair

Over: PECOS RIVER

2 MI E OF NM-2/DEXTER, Chaves, NM

Built 1982 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 194

I-40 EB

Fair

Over: Loop-36

Tucumcari/ E. Interchange, Quay, NM

Built 1981 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 13,711

I-40 WBL

Fair

Over: Loop-36

3.2 Mi E of NM-209/Tucum, Quay, NM

Built 1981 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 12,264

IRR/NM-399

Fair

Over: ARROYO SECO

0.85 MI SW OF JCT US-84, Rio Arriba, NM

Built 1979 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 4,522

05-1166

Fair

Over: HONDO RIVER

2.6 M E LIN CL/2 M S US70, Chaves, NM

Built 1986 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 194

31-0077

Fair

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

5.6 MI W OF NM-566 MP-5.6, McKinley, NM

Built 1995 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 318

31-0026

Fair

Over: SALT WATER WASH

4.9 Mi. South Int. I-40, McKinley, NM

Built 2003 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 318

US-285

Fair

Over: I-40 EBLS/WBLS

JCT I-40 & US-285, Torrance, NM

Built 1989 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 1,536

I-40 EBL

Fair

Over: BNSF R/R SPUR

0.5 MI E OF US-491/GALLUP, McKinley, NM

Built 1980 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 30,739

NM-599

Fair

Over: CAMINO LA TIERRA/NOPAL

Jct. NM 599 & LA TIERRA, Santa Fe, NM

Built 2001 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 15,320

IRR BIA RTE N56

Fair

Over: CANADA DE LOS APACHES WA

3000M NORTH OF TOHAJIILEE, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1999 Load: 39.4 t ADT: 1,275

US-84

Fair

Over: ARROYO CANJILON

6.55 MI N JCT NM-96/US-84, Rio Arriba, NM

Built 1960 Load: 39.7 t ADT: 1,893

US-64

Fair

Over: LA JARA ARROYO

18.9 M W JCT NM-537, Rio Arriba, NM

Built 2009 Load: 39.7 t ADT: 732

NM-423

Fair

Over: EDITH BLVD

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

Built 1988 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 82,438

I-10 EBL

Fair

Over: Unnamed Waterway

4.0 Mi E of US-70/Lordsbg, Hidalgo, NM

Built 2007 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 7,326

IRR BIA RTE N3002

Fair

Over: GALLEGOS WASH

3.5 MI E OF CHACO PLANT, San Juan, NM

Built 1984 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,000

FDR 122

Fair

Over: HOLY GHOST CREEK

.02 MI N/O HOLY GHOST TR, San Miguel, NM

Built 1987 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 250

NM-122

Fair

Over: BNSF RAILROAD

1.9 MI E OF NM-605, Cibola, NM

Built 1985 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 10,967

US-84/285/SFCR 84J

Fair

Over: RIO NAMBE

US 84/285 & NM 503 JCT., Santa Fe, NM

Built 2001 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 22,621

I-25 SBL

Fair

Over: Local Rd

3.58 M N Jct I-25/US-285, Santa Fe, NM

Built 2016 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 15,422

I-25 NBL

Fair

Over: FR-2108

3.58 M N Jct I-25/US-285, Santa Fe, NM

Built 2016 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 14,935

FL-4052

Fair

Over: North Diversion Channel

1.1 Mi W of I-25/Albuq, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1989 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 23,690

FL-5083

Fair

Over: Embudo Arroyo

0.25 M S of Menual Blvd, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1969 Load: 40.3 t ADT: 5,957

I-40 WBL

Fair

Over: Rio Puerco

13.3 MI E OF JCT US-491, McKinley, NM

Built 1958 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 22,299

I-40 EBL

Fair

Over: Rio Puerco

13.3 MI E OF JCT US-491, McKinley, NM

Built 1958 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 22,299

61-4023

Fair

Over: Irrigation Ditch

0.4 M E JCT NM-314, Valencia, NM

Built 1970 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 1,255

I-40 EBL

Fair

Over: Pecos River

0.2 M E Jct Loop-35/I-40, Guadalupe, NM

Built 1972 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 15,198

I-40 WBL

Fair

Over: Pecos River

0.2 M E Jct Loop-35/I-40, Guadalupe, NM

Built 1972 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 15,198

05-Z004

Fair

Over: HAGERMAN CANAL

2.17 MI N OF NM-2/ DEXTER, Chaves, NM

Built 1955 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 194

US-380

Fair

Over: SALADO CREEK

1.7 MI W OF NM-48/CAPITAN, Lincoln, NM

Built 1980 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 967

US-84

Fair

Over: BNSF RAILROAD

0.1 S OF I-25/ROMEROVILLE, San Miguel, NM

Built 1984 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 2,388

I-40 EBL/WBL

Fair

Over: Union Pacific Railroad

6.3 Mi E Jct NM-209/I-40, Quay, NM

Built 1980 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 17,957

35-B018

Fair

Over: TULAROSA CREEK

0.3 N OF US-70/BOOKOUT RD, Otero, NM

Built 1983 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 225

US-491

Fair

Over: NM-264

US-491/NM-264 INTERCHANGE, McKinley, NM

Built 1986 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 10,474

01-Z000

Fair

Over: Tijeras Arroyo

0.32 M E Jct NM-33/NM-14, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1980 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 307

01-Z000

Fair

Over: Tijeras Arroyo

1.10 Mi W Jct NM-333/337, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1987 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 384

FL-5061

Fair

Over: I-40EB/WB/ Embudo Arroyo

4.0 Mi E of I-25/I-40, Bernalillo, NM

Built 2005 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 11,573

FL-4001

Fair

Over: I-40 and I-40 EB Off Rmp

Coors Interchange, Bernalillo, NM

Built 2007 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 35,788

IA-4158

Fair

Over: 6th St. & I-40EB on ramp

1.11 Mi W Jct I-25 & I-40, Bernalillo, NM

Built 2002 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 9,438

IN-4158

Fair

Over: 4th St & I-40WB off Ramp

Junction I-40 and 4th St., Bernalillo, NM

Built 2002 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 12,652

FR-4027

Fair

Over: 1st Comm St NMRX

Junction I-40 and 1St., Bernalillo, NM

Built 2003 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 4,767

FSR 127 A

Fair

Over: EAGLE CREEK

2 MI NW/O 532 JCT, Lincoln, NM

Built 2011 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 100

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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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