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

Good

Over: RIO BONITO

0.1 M W OF US-70/380 HOND, Lincoln, NM

Built 2005 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 3,609

I-10 EBL

Good

Over: UNION AVENUE

1.8 M E Jct I-10/NM-26, Doña Ana, NM

Built 1971 Load: 44.6 t ADT: 19,786

US-54

Good

Over: TULAROSA CREEK

0.68 MI N OF US-70/TULARO, Otero, NM

Built 1989 Load: 44.6 t ADT: 4,503

NM-12

Good

Over: STARKWEATHER CANYON

5.4 MI NE OF US-180, Catron, NM

Built 2016 Load: 44.6 t ADT: 923

I-25 SBL

Good

Over: NM-14 Cerrillos Rd

1.5 M N Jct I-25/NM-599, Santa Fe, NM

Built 2017 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 33,451

NM-456

Good

Over: CIMARRON RIVER

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

Built 2015 Load: 45.1 t ADT: 62

US-54

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

17.1 MI N OF US-70/TULARO, Otero, NM

Built 2014 Load: 45.2 t ADT: 2,708

NM-434

Good

Over: COYOTE CREEK

19.3 MI N OF NM-518/MORA, Mora, NM

Built 2019 Load: 45.2 t ADT: 1,172

NM-434

Good

Over: COYOTE CREEK

19.4 MI N OF NM-518/MORA, Mora, NM

Built 2019 Load: 45.2 t ADT: 1,172

US-70 EBL & WBL

Good

Over: DEVILS CANYON

10.1 M W JCT US-380 HONDO, Lincoln, NM

Built 2004 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 3,609

US-491 NB

Good

Over: Pena Blanca Wash

23.6 M S JCt 64/491, San Juan, NM

Built 2014 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 7,679

A-013

Good

Over: Yost Arroya

21.8 M N fo I-25 Ex 32, Sierra, NM

Built 2018 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 230

I-25 SBL

Good

Over: Candelaria Boulavard

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

Built 2002 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 227,819

I-25 South Bound

Good

Over: NM-408

Jct I-25/NM-408 Lemitar, Socorro, NM

Built 2019 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 5,422

I-25 NB

Good

Over: NM-408

Jcr I-25/NM-408, Socorro, NM

Built 2019 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 5,422

NM-28

Good

Over: San Miguel Lateral

19.4 M N OF TEXAS ST LINE, Doña Ana, NM

Built 2017 Load: 45.5 t ADT: 3,180

C1-106

Good

Over: Hondo River

1.0 MI N OF JCT US-380, Chaves, NM

Built 2000 Load: 45.6 t ADT: 1,281

US-54

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

11.7 Mi N Of US-70/Tularo, Otero, NM

Built 2012 Load: 45.6 t ADT: 2,708

I-40 EBL

Good

Over: NM-118

12.7 M E of NM/Ariz Line, McKinley, NM

Built 2007 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 23,872

FL-4001

Good

Over: I-40 WB Off to Coors SB

Coors Interchange, Bernalillo, NM

Built 2007 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 22,197

US-54

Good

Over: Rinconada Creek

7.0 Mi N Jct US 70/Tularo, Otero, NM

Built 2011 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 2,708

US-54/70 NBL

Good

Over: La Luz Canyon

3.11 M N of US-82, Otero, NM

Built 2016 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 14,067

US-54/70 SBL

Good

Over: La Luz Canyon

3.11 M N of US-82, Otero, NM

Built 2016 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 14,067

I-25 NBL

Good

Over: NM-14 MP 46.6

1.5 M N Jct I-25/NM-599, Santa Fe, NM

Built 2017 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 33,451

FL-5724

Good

Over: HONDO RIVER

0.7 M S JCT US-380/ROSWEL, Chaves, NM

Built 2022 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 3,274

43-Z009

Good

Over: RITO LECHE

0.1 MI N NM-197 IN CUBA, Sandoval, NM

Built 2021 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 81

I-40 WB

Good

Over: NM-118

12.7 Mi E of NM/AZ Line, McKinley, NM

Built 2007 Load: 45.9 t ADT: 23,872

I-40 WB

Good

Over: County Road 20

15.3 Mi E of NM/AZ Line, McKinley, NM

Built 2007 Load: 45.9 t ADT: 23,872

I-40 EB

Good

Over: County Road 20

15.3 Mi E of NM/Ariz Line, McKinley, NM

Built 2007 Load: 45.9 t ADT: 23,872

Gravel Road

Good

Over: Low Flow Cannel

San Acacia, Socorro, NM

Built 1995 Load: 46.0 t ADT: 20

US 64

Good

Over: Amargo Creek

US 64 @ mp144.8, Rio Arriba, NM

Built 2013 Load: 46.0 t ADT: 724

US-54

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

6.6 Mi S of US-380/Carriz, Lincoln, NM

Built 2012 Load: 46.0 t ADT: 2,708

45-7150

Good

Over: GALLEGOS WASH

6.74 MI SW OF JCT US 550, San Juan, NM

Built 2015 Load: 46.0 t ADT: 642

NM-12

Good

Over: S.U. Wash

3.12 MI N JCT NM12&US, Catron, NM

Built 2014 Load: 46.0 t ADT: 923

FDR 225

Good

Over: ROCK SPRINGS CYN

10 MI N/O MONTICELLO, Socorro, NM

Built 1950 Load: 46.0 t ADT: 40

FR4047

Good

Over: I-40WBL/EBL

13.6 M E Jct I-40/NM6, Bernalillo, NM

Built 1969 Load: 46.2 t ADT: 4,036

IRR/NM-602

Good

Over: RIO NUTRIA

1.6 Mi N of NM-53, McKinley, NM

Built 2007 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 1,109

NM-518

Good

Over: MORA RIVER

7.3 MI N MORA/SAN MIGUEL, Mora, NM

Built 2021 Load: 46.4 t ADT: 1,684

L-00016

Good

Over: CIMARRON RIVER

0.6 M N OF I-25/S SPRINGR, Colfax, NM

Built 2014 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 754

NM-209

Good

Over: TEJANO CREEK

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

Built 2015 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 588

NM-249

Good

Over: Pecos River

3.4 M E Jct NM-2/NM-249, Chaves, NM

Built 2013 Load: 46.9 t ADT: 1,472

NM-41

Good

Over: San Cristobal Arroyo

6.3 M S Jct US-285/NM-41, Santa Fe, NM

Built 2016 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 1,087

IA-2226

Good

Over: EBL & NBL Frontage R

Big I Interchange SE sect, Bernalillo, NM

Built 2002 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 18,139

Ranch Road

Good

Over: NMRX

0.1 M E of Thompson Fnt, Santa Fe, NM

Built 2009 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 340

US-70/380 EBL

Good

Over: Blackwater Draw

12.7 M W Jct US285/Roswel, Chaves, NM

Built 1983 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 3,595

US-70/380 WBL

Good

Over: Blackwater Draw

12.7 M W Jct US-70/US-380, Chaves, NM

Built 1983 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 3,595

US-70 EBL

Good

Over: Brahman Road

9.6 Mi E of I-25 Exit-6, Doña Ana, NM

Built 2003 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 14,175

I-25 NBL/SBL

Good

Over: GREEN CANYON

1.75 M N OF NM-546, Sierra, NM

Built 2003 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 7,049

NM-228

Good

Over: I-10 WBL/EBL Mesquite

Jct of I-10/NM-228, Doña Ana, NM

Built 2015 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 502

NM-90

Good

Over: SAN VICENTE ARROYO/ROAD

41.4 MI E OF JCT US-70, Grant, NM

Built 2016 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 8,207

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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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