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: South Chavez Road

4.4 Mi East NM 371/I-40, McKinley, NM

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 19,634

I-40 EBL

Good

Over: South Chavez Road

4.4 Mi East NM 371/I-40, McKinley, NM

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 19,634

17-B132

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

1.0Mi NE NM-61 @ MP 19.67, Grant, NM

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 180

27-Z001

Good

Over: Rio Ruidoso

457 fr of US-70, Lincoln, NM

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,650

03-A001

Good

Over: Rito Creek

0.3 Mi SE NM-36/US-60, Catron, NM

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 62

US-54

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

18.47 M N Jct US-54/US-70, Otero, NM

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,708

03-013

Good

Over: Pueblo Creek

6 miles west of US 180 @, Catron, NM

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 62

Sloman Lane

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

.5 mi W Jct SFCR 70A, Santa Fe, NM

Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 318

US-54

Good

Over: Bonita Canyon

5.5 Mi S of NM247/Corona, Lincoln, NM

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,540

FL-4923

Good

Over: Unammed Waterway

1.3 Mi N Jct US 70/Alamog, Otero, NM

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 23,111

TELLBROOK RD.

Good

Over: Tellbrook Arroyo

1.8 miles on Las Alturas, Doña Ana, NM

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,871

NM-314

Good

Over: Belen Irrigation Canal

6 M N Jct NM-6/NM-312, Bernalillo, NM

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 5,196

NM-170

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

17.01 mi N of Jct US 64, San Juan, NM

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,268

Fl-4251

Good

Over: Dark canyon

0.44 M S JCT US62/285, Eddy, NM

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,140

Forest Rd 141

Good

Over: San Francisco River

0.5 South of NM-435, Catron, NM

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 545

NM-435

Good

Over: San Francisco River

south of NM 435, Catron, NM

Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 545

Cetennial Drive

Good

Over: US 82

0.2 miles nof jct US 82, Eddy, NM

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 440

NM152

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

7.3 miles west jct I-25, Sierra, NM

Built 1988 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 403

Pecan Dr.

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

1 Mile East of Jct.54/70, Otero, NM

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 216

Fairgrounds Rd.

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

1 M E Jct US-54/US-70, Otero, NM

Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,019

Riati Road

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

0.7 M W of Jct US 54/70, Otero, NM

Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 568

NM-419

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

27.5 M N Jct NM-104, San Miguel, NM

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 43

Avenida Amistad

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

0.01 M W JCt US-285, Santa Fe, NM

Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,448

Ave De Compadres

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

3.3 M W Jct US-285, Santa Fe, NM

Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 318

Avenida Azul

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

4.2 M W Jct US-285, Santa Fe, NM

Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 828

Avenida El Dorado

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

2.8 M W Jct US-285, Santa Fe, NM

Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,327

Avenida El Dorado

Good

Over: Unnamed waterway

0.1 Miles W. Jct. 84/285, Santa Fe, NM

Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,327

NM-602

Good

Over: BREAD SPRING WASH

6.3 MI S OF JCT NM-118, McKinley, NM

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,837

US-82

Good

Over: US 82 Lovington Highway

US 82 MP 127.21, Eddy, NM

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,991

College Drive

Good

Over: Rio Puerco

.01 M west fo Nm 547, Cibola, NM

Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 146

Sonoma Ranch Blvd.

Good

Over: Tortugas Arroyo

0.1 MN Dripping Sprg Rd., Doña Ana, NM

Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,118

Sonoma Ranch Blvd.

Good

Over: Tortugas Arroyo

.6 MN Dripping Sprg Rd, Doña Ana, NM

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,118

Sonoma Ranch Blvd.

Good

Over: Las Cruces Arroyo

3.2 MN Sonoma Ranch, Doña Ana, NM

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,461

Sonoma Ranch Blvd.

Good

Over: Alemeda Arroyo

2.8 MN of E. Lohman, Doña Ana, NM

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,330

43-4301

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

.10 M S Jct West Phalia, Sandoval, NM

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 91

43-4301

Good

Over: Arroyo De Los Montoyas

King Blvd Serene mdws dr, Sandoval, NM

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 91

43-4301

Good

Over: Arroyos De Los Montoyas

.6 mile West Wilpett dr, Sandoval, NM

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 808

43-4301

Good

Over: Arroyo De Los Montoyas

0.3 M W Jct Meadows Blvd, Sandoval, NM

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,283

43-4301

Good

Over: Arroyo Hondo

3 M W Unser Blvd, Sandoval, NM

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,302

43-4301

Good

Over: Lisbon Channel

Jct of Lisbon Ave., Sandoval, NM

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 14,338

Dunn Drive

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

.05 miles South Dunn, Doña Ana, NM

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 845

Triviz Drive

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

.07 Triviz Drive, Doña Ana, NM

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 8,510

Boxter Way

Good

Over: Alameda Arroyo

0.1 M N Bently Drive, Doña Ana, NM

Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 299

14th street

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

east of US 54/70, Otero, NM

Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 216

FR-2184

Good

Over: I-25 NB and SB

8.4 M Nof JCT. 64/87, Colfax, NM

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 77

43-4301

Good

Over: Los Montoyas arroyo

Jct Loma Colorado Blvd., Sandoval, NM

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,978

27-Z001

Good

Over: RIO RUIDOSO

JCT. MAIN RD/FLUME CAN.RD, Lincoln, NM

Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,676

NM-96

Good

Over: Rio Puerco

17.48 M W of JCT 96/84, Rio Arriba, NM

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 915

NM-6

Good

Over: Rio Grand River

1.1 M E of Jct NM-314, Valencia, NM

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 25,000

US-285

Good

Over: Delaware River

2.056 Mi N NM/Tex Line, Eddy, NM

Built 2022 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,528

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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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