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

US-70 EBL

Good

Over: NASA Road

10.7 Mi E of I-25 Exit-6, Doña Ana, NM

Built 2003 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 14,175

US-70 WBL

Good

Over: NASA Road

10.7 Mi E of I-25 Exit-6, Doña Ana, NM

Built 2003 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 14,175

US-62/180

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

5.8 MI N OF NM7/WHITES CY, Eddy, NM

Built 1931 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 5,819

NM-419

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

10.5 MI N OF NM-104, San Miguel, NM

Built 1958 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 43

NM-96

Good

Over: CANONES CREEK

3.70 M W Jct US-84/NM-96, Rio Arriba, NM

Built 1963 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 915

NM-278

Good

Over: PLAZA LARGA CREEK

5.5 MI S OF JCT US-66, Quay, NM

Built 1980 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 193

US-84

Good

Over: SAN JUAN DE DIOS

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

Built 1980 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 2,361

US-84

Good

Over: PECOS RIVER

14.2 MI N OF JCT I-40, Guadalupe, NM

Built 1982 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 1,777

IA-2006

Good

Over: US-70 WB FRONTAGE ROAD

US-70/I-25 INTERCHANGE, Doña Ana, NM

Built 2002 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 3,105

I-40 EBL

Good

Over: University Boulavard

Junction I-25 and I-40, Bernalillo, NM

Built 2002 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 203,637

IRR BIA RTE 27

Good

Over: SAN JOSE RIVER

EAST EDGE OF MCCARTYS, Cibola, NM

Built 2010 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 788

US-60

Good

Over: PECOS

0.28 MI E OF NM-20, De Baca, NM

Built 1999 Load: 35.8 t ADT: 1,032

NM-542

Good

Over: MANZANO ARROYO

2.1 M N OF JCT NM-55/542, Torrance, NM

Built 2003 Load: 35.8 t ADT: 302

FL-5000

Good

Over: BNSF R/R Spur

0.9 Mi S of Rio Bravo, Bernalillo, NM

Built 2008 Load: 35.8 t ADT: 4,484

NM-104

Good

Over: Conchas Creek

6.1Mi SE Of Jct. NM-419, San Miguel, NM

Built 2010 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 171

IRR BIA RTE N475

Good

Over: TORREON WASH

1.4MI E OJO ENCINO SCHOOL, McKinley, NM

Built 1988 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 341

IRR BIA ROUTE 24

Good

Over: SEAMA WASH

0.3KM EAST OF SEAMA, Cibola, NM

Built 1974 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 300

IRR BIA RTE N36

Good

Over: WASH

1MI E 1.8MI S KIRTLAND NM, San Juan, NM

Built 1988 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 4,450

Caja Del Rio Road

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

1.12 M N of Jct. 599, Santa Fe, NM

Built 1998 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 500

US-64/84

Good

Over: RIO CHAMITA

0.2 MI W OF NM-17/CHAMA, Rio Arriba, NM

Built 1977 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 1,744

US-64

Good

Over: VERMEJO CANAL

12.5 MI E OF JCT NM-21, Colfax, NM

Built 1985 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 513

US-54

Good

Over: Union Pacific Railroad

0.4 Mi E Of Jct. NM-39_, Quay, NM

Built 2001 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 2,992

US-550

Good

Over: ANIMAS RIVER

US 550 MM 169.5, San Juan, NM

Built 2002 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 10,819

US-550

Good

Over: ANIMAS RIVER

US 550 mm 169.5, San Juan, NM

Built 2002 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 10,819

NM-101

Good

Over: I-25 NB and SB

Jct of I-25 and NM-101, Doña Ana, NM

Built 2022 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 20,593

IRR BIA RTE 2

Good

Over: CHAVEZ WASH

7.2 KM E OF AZ STATE LINE, Cibola, NM

Built 1962 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 100

I-40 EBL

Good

Over: Rio Grande River

29.2 M E Jct I-40/NM-6, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1995 Load: 36.4 t ADT: 147,882

I-40 WBL

Good

Over: Rio Grande River

29.2 Mi E of NM-6/I-40, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1995 Load: 36.4 t ADT: 147,882

NM-117

Good

Over: BNSF RAILROAD

3.7 MI E. JCT NM122/NM117, Cibola, NM

Built 1999 Load: 36.4 t ADT: 1,742

IRR BIA RTE 30

Good

Over: SAN JOSE RIVER

W EDGE OF MCCARTYS, Cibola, NM

Built 2010 Load: 36.5 t ADT: 1,675

I-40 EBLS

Good

Over: 4th Street

Jct I-40 & 4th St/Al, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1969 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 134,078

I-40 WBLS

Good

Over: 4th Street

Jct I-40 & 4th St/Albuq, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1969 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 134,078

NM-404

Good

Over: I-10 EBL and WBL

Junction I-10/NM-404, Doña Ana, NM

Built 1985 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 9,696

US-491 NBL

Good

Over: Captain Tom Wash

9.7 miles North of NM 134, San Juan, NM

Built 2012 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 5,862

NM-240

Good

Over: RIO PUEBLO DE TAOS

NM 240 MM 2.5, Taos, NM

Built 1997 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 1,271

I-40 EB

Good

Over: BNSF Railroad

0.2 Mi E Jct I-40/NM-118, McKinley, NM

Built 1966 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 23,377

I-40 WBL

Good

Over: BNSF Railroad

0.2 Mi E Jct I-40/NM-118, McKinley, NM

Built 1966 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 25,224

NM-169

Good

Over: RIO SALADO

30.75 MI N OF JCT US-60, Socorro, NM

Built 1983 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 811

NM-68

Good

Over: RIO DE TRUCHAS

12.3 m N of Jct US84/285, Rio Arriba, NM

Built 2023 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 5,897

NM-344

Good

Over: CANADA DE LAS NORRIAS

13.3 MI N OF I-40, Santa Fe, NM

Built 2023 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 423

IRR BIA RTE N7055

Good

Over: CHURCH CAMP WASH

2MI N & 1MI W OF PINEDALE, McKinley, NM

Built 1988 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 102

IRR/I-40 WBL

Good

Over: RIO SAN JOSE

2.5 MI E OF EXIT-117, Cibola, NM

Built 1959 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 26,590

IRR/I-40 EBL

Good

Over: RIO SAN JOSE

2.5 MI E OF EXIT-117, Cibola, NM

Built 1959 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 26,590

45-Z001

Good

Over: STEVENS ARROYO

0.7 MI S US-64/FRUITLAND, San Juan, NM

Built 1975 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 1,620

US-285

Good

Over: MIDDLE SEVENS RIVERS

18 M S JCT US82/285, Eddy, NM

Built 1998 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 13,243

NM-31

Good

Over: PECOS RIVER

3.7 M E JCT US-285/NM-31, Eddy, NM

Built 2003 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 6,055

NM-126

Good

Over: CLEAR CREEK

11.1 Mi. E. Jct. US 550/N, Sandoval, NM

Built 2003 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 50

NM-68 NB

Good

Over: CANADA ANCHA

11.6 mi N of Jct US 84/28, Rio Arriba, NM

Built 2023 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 8,802

I-40 EBL

Good

Over: I-25 NB Frontage Road

I-25 and I-40 Interchange, Bernalillo, NM

Built 2002 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 203,637

I-40 WBL

Good

Over: I-25 NB Frontage Road

I-25 and I-40 Interchange, Bernalillo, NM

Built 2002 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 203,637

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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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