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

I-40 WBL

Good

Over: I-40 Frontage Rd/NM-333

14.4 Mi E Jct I-25/I-40, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 74,440

IRR/US-491

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

0.7 MI N OF NASCHITTI, San Juan, NM

Built 1975 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,746

NM-402

Good

Over: MONIA CREEK

10.6 MI N QUAY/UNION C/L, Union, NM

Built 1976 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 153

NM-406

Good

Over: CIENEQUILLA CREEK

7.6 MI N OF JCT US-56/64, Union, NM

Built 1978 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 159

IRR/US-491

Good

Over: SHEEP SPRINGS WASH

0.2 MI S OF NM-134, San Juan, NM

Built 1976 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,746

IRR/US-491

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

0.6 MI N OF NM-134, San Juan, NM

Built 1976 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,862

IRR/US-491

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

1.5 MI N OF NM-134, San Juan, NM

Built 1976 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,862

NM-32

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

8.0 MI S OF JCT US-60, Catron, NM

Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 141

NM-456

Good

Over: DRY CIMARRON

20.4 MI NE OF JCT NM-325, Union, NM

Built 1979 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 69

US-550

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

25.0 MI NW OF JCT I-25, Sandoval, NM

Built 1977 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,243

NM-3

Good

Over: ARROYO DEL PUEBLO

4.3 MI S OF I-25, San Miguel, NM

Built 1978 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 869

NM-605

Good

Over: SAN MATEO CREEK

19.2 MI N OF JCT NM-122, Cibola, NM

Built 1979 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 300

NM-371

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

52.5 MI N OF JCT I-40, San Juan, NM

Built 1979 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,500

NM-283

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

5.1 MI NW OF I-25, San Miguel, NM

Built 1979 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 422

NM-283

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

4.4 MI NW OF I-25, San Miguel, NM

Built 1979 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 422

NM-4

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

4.1 MI W OF NM-30, Santa Fe, NM

Built 1978 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 17,774

NM-370

Good

Over: CIENEGUILLA CREEK

11.8 MI N OF JCT US-64/87, Union, NM

Built 1979 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 77

US-491

Good

Over: PENA BLANCA WASH

23.6 miSouth Jct US 64/49, San Juan, NM

Built 1981 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 7,679

47-B41D

Good

Over: SAN JOSE ARROYO

0.3 MI S OF I-25 FRNTG RD, San Miguel, NM

Built 1923 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 214

FR-4125

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

Jct.of Fr. &QR-AD, Quay, NM

Built 1979 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 62

IRR/NM-399

Good

Over: ARROYO DE LA MESILLA

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

Built 1979 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,997

I-40 EBL/WBL

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

1.0 MI E OF TUCUM W INCHG, Quay, NM

Built 1980 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 14,478

US-84

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

15.8 MI S OF JCT I-40, Guadalupe, NM

Built 1980 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,361

FL-5355

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

0.4 MI S OF JCT LOOP-36, Quay, NM

Built 1980 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 94

NM-344

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

1.80 MI NORTH JCT I-40, Santa Fe, NM

Built 1980 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,348

I-40 EBL/WBL

Good

Over: LOCAL ROAD

5.1 MI E OF JCT NM-209, Quay, NM

Built 1980 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 17,957

37-QRAD

Good

Over: HUDSON CANAL

2.4 MI S OF US-54 m.316.4, Quay, NM

Built 1980 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 180

FR-4118

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

10.5 M E JCT NM209&I-40, Quay, NM

Built 1980 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 273

NM-156

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

10.8 MI W OF JCT NM-252, Quay, NM

Built 1978 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 68

FR-2083

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

1.2 MI N JCT I-25/US-550, Sandoval, NM

Built 1981 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,706

IA-2248

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

5.6 MI N JCT US-550, Sandoval, NM

Built 1981 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 893

35-B017

Good

Over: TULAROSA CREEK

.2 S OF US-70 @ MP 239.6, Otero, NM

Built 1981 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 225

07-C012

Good

Over: CIMARRON RIVER

0.9 MI S OF JCT NM-58, Colfax, NM

Built 1981 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 129

US-180

Good

Over: SAN FRANCISCO RIVER

20.1 MI N GRANT/CATRON CL, Catron, NM

Built 1982 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 502

43-0279

Good

Over: ARROYO BALCON

9.1 MI S OF JCT US 550, Sandoval, NM

Built 1980 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 483

NM-57

Good

Over: ESCAVADA WASH

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

Built 1983 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 136

35-D012

Good

Over: AGUA CHIQUITA

AT JCT NM-521 @ WEED, Otero, NM

Built 1976 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 225

NM-16

Good

Over: I-25 NBL and SBL

JCT I-25/NM-16/La Bajada, Santa Fe, NM

Built 1984 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 978

NM-555

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

9.7 MI W OF JCT US-64, Colfax, NM

Built 1980 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 587

47-0C23

Good

Over: GALLINAS RIVER

0.4 MI E OF JCT LOOP-15, San Miguel, NM

Built 1982 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 192

NM-193

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

16.7 MI N OF JCT US-56, Colfax, NM

Built 1983 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 23

NM-345

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

0.1 MI N OF I-40 ON UNSER, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1984 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 35,518

NM-555

Good

Over: DILLON CREEK

1.3 MI W OF JCT LOOP-17, Colfax, NM

Built 1985 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 587

45-3520

Good

Over: WYPER ARROYO

JCT NM 516 & CR 3520, San Juan, NM

Built 1985 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,725

FL-4727

Good

Over: ARROYO CHAMISOS

0.4 M E OF NM 14, Santa Fe, NM

Built 1985 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 22,220

FL-5037

Good

Over: NORTH PINO ARROYO

0.7 MI S OF PASEO DEL NRT, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1983 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 16,709

01-Z000

Good

Over: SAN ANTONIO ARROYO

0.1 MI W OF UNSER BLVD, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1985 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307

NM-469

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

1.3 MI S OF I-40/SAN JON, Quay, NM

Built 1985 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 470

NM-469

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

1.8 MI S OF I-40/SAN JON, Quay, NM

Built 1985 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 470

IRR/NM-4

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

8.2 MI N OF NM-550, Sandoval, NM

Built 1986 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,992

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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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