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

Sage SW

Good

Over: Amole Del Norte Channel

0.27 Mi W of Coors Rd SW, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 9,080

Arenal SW

Good

Over: Amole Del Norte Channel

0.48 Mi W of Coors Rd SW, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 12,037

Blake SW

Good

Over: Amole Del Norte Channel

0.48 Mi W of Coors Rd SW, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1990 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 8,668

NM-53

Good

Over: TOGEYE CANYON

34.5 MI E OF ARIZ ST LINE, McKinley, NM

Built 1988 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,009

NM-53

Good

Over: HONDO CANYON DRAINAGE

3.6 MI S OF JCT I-40, Cibola, NM

Built 1988 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,009

NM-53

Good

Over: FRANKS CANYON DRAINAGE

4.35 MI S OF JCT I-40, Cibola, NM

Built 1988 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,009

NM-12

Good

Over: ALAMOCITO CREEK

28.3 MI E OF JCT NM-32, Catron, NM

Built 1981 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 320

NM-612

Good

Over: COTTONWOOD CREEK

4.6 MI S OF JCT I-40, McKinley, NM

Built 1991 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 590

US-285

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

MM 279.8, Santa Fe, NM

Built 1991 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,803

01-Z000

Good

Over: Corral Canyon Arroyo

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

Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307

Martha Street NE

Good

Over: Embudo Arroyo

.15 Mi N of Indian School, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1970 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307

NM-116

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

6.53 MI N US-60/BERNARDO, Socorro, NM

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 658

NM-118

Good

Over: RIO PUERCO

1.15 MI NW OF I-40/EXT-36, McKinley, NM

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,409

NM-41

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

2.25 MI N OF JCT I-40, Torrance, NM

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,105

NM-41

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

6.95 MI S of JCT I-25, Santa Fe, NM

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,105

IRR/NM-502

Good

Over: GUAJE ARROYO

0.54 MI W OF JCT NM-30, Santa Fe, NM

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 17,774

US-64

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

2.95 MI E OF JCT US 550/6, San Juan, NM

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,570

US-54

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

4.2 MI SW OF US-60/285, Guadalupe, NM

Built 1991 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,750

NM-118

Good

Over: LITTLE PUERCO

100 W 4TH ST/GALLUP, McKinley, NM

Built 1957 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 9,198

NM-537

Good

Over: CANON DE LOS OJITOS

17.15 MI N OF U.S. 550, Rio Arriba, NM

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 410

FL-4396 East Bound

Good

Over: GLADE WASH

1.2 M SE OF NM 170, San Juan, NM

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,318

FL-4396 West Bound

Good

Over: GLADE WASH

1.2 M SE OF NM 170, San Juan, NM

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5,318

IG-2276

Good

Over: ARROYO HONDO

ON RAMP OF NM-599 TO I-25, Santa Fe, NM

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t

NM-599

Good

Over: ARROYO HONDO

1.15 mi North Jct 14, Santa Fe, NM

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 18,297

FL-5952

Good

Over: RIO SAN JOSE

0.1 N OF NM-122, Cibola, NM

Built 1993 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 670

US-285

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

0.2 MI N OF US-64/NM285, Taos, NM

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,555

NM-345 Unser Blvd.

Good

Over: MIREHAVEN CHANNEL

0.8 MI N OF I-40/NM-345, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 26,608

NM-345

Good

Over: LADERA CHANNEL

1.2 MI N OF I-40, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1987 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 26,608

FL-5303

Good

Over: ALAMEDA DRAIN

AT JCT MONTOYA/THOMPSON, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1967 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307

FL-5655

Good

Over: RATON CREEK

0.4 MI S OF NM-72, Colfax, NM

Built 1993 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,461

US-84

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

6.05 MI N OF NM 554, Rio Arriba, NM

Built 1993 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,300

FL-5950

Good

Over: RIO SAN JOSE

0.17 MI S OF NM-122, Cibola, NM

Built 1993 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,143

FL-6000

Good

Over: RIO FERNANDO DE TAOS

1.75 MI W OF NM-68, Taos, NM

Built 1993 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 228

FL-6000

Good

Over: LAS CRUCES ARROYO

2.1 MI W OF NM-68, Taos, NM

Built 1993 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 228

US-180

Good

Over: SALIZ WASH

4.5 MI S OF NM-12, Catron, NM

Built 1993 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 502

US-180

Good

Over: LEGGET CANYON

1.95 MI S OF NM-12, Catron, NM

Built 1993 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 502

US-180

Good

Over: LEGGET CANYON

1.92 MI S OF NM-12, Catron, NM

Built 1993 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 502

NM-448

Good

Over: CALABACILLAS ARROYO

0.93 MI N NM-423, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1954 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 54,231

NM-528

Good

Over: ARROYO DE LA BARRANCA

1.0 MI N OF NM-448, Sandoval, NM

Built 1993 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 22,888

NM-503

Good

Over: WOOLEYS ARROYO

NM 503 MM 0.9, Santa Fe, NM

Built 1995 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,738

FL-5317

Good

Over: SAN ANTONIO ARROYO

0.03 MI N OR LAMAR ST NW, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1970 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307

FL-5021

Good

Over: SAN ANTONIO ARROYO

0.05 ME SW OF UNSER BLVD, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1970 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 307

Yucca St. /FL-5737

Good

Over: ARROYO CHAMISO

0.15 MI N OF ZIA ROAD, Santa Fe, NM

Built 1994 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 7,369

NM-72

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

1.0 MI E OF LOOP-17/RATON, Colfax, NM

Built 1995 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 701

NM-219

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

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

Built 1972 Load: 32.5 t ADT: 753

US-550 EB and WB

Good

Over: I-25 SBL and NBL

16.3 M N Jct I-25/I-40, Sandoval, NM

Built 1987 Load: 32.5 t ADT: 20,167

I-25 NBL

Good

Over: NM-473

Junction I-25/NM-473, Sandoval, NM

Built 2003 Load: 32.5 t ADT: 31,761

IRR BIA RTE 708

Good

Over: DRY CREEK

1.6 KM NW OF TAOS PUEBLO, Taos, NM

Built 1994 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 200

804A

Good

Over: UNDERPASS

S TESUQUE TRANSFER STA., Santa Fe, NM

Built 1990 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 300

IRR BIA RTE 5

Good

Over: RIO NUTRIA RIVER

18 KM N OF NM HWYS 53 & 5, McKinley, NM

Built 1973 Load: 32.6 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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