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

49-072A

Good

Over: BIG CREEK

E OF NM 590 @ MM 4.10, Santa Fe, NM

Built 2020 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 270

43-4301

Good

Over: NM-347

1.1 M W Jct NM-528, Sandoval, NM

Built 2014 Load: 47.5 t ADT: 11,200

Atrisco Vista Blvd

Good

Over: I-40 MP 149.7

12 Mi W of I-25/I-40, Bernalillo, NM

Built 2010 Load: 47.7 t ADT: 12,300

I-25 NBL

Good

Over: Tijeras Arroyo

1.35 M S Jct Rio Bravo, Bernalillo, NM

Built 2016 Load: 47.7 t ADT: 48,000

I-25 SBL

Good

Over: Tijeras Arroyo

1.35 M S Jct Rio Bravo, Bernalillo, NM

Built 2016 Load: 47.7 t ADT: 48,000

IRR/NM-124

Good

Over: I-40 EBL/WBL

McCartys I/C I-40 MP 96.5, Cibola, NM

Built 2018 Load: 47.8 t ADT: 336

FR-2116

Good

Over: Pecos River

0.3 MI W I-25 FRNTGE/NM 3, San Miguel, NM

Built 2021 Load: 47.8 t ADT: 701

27-B018

Good

Over: RUIDOSO RIVER

0.25 MI S US-70 @MP-284.3, Lincoln, NM

Built 1991 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 325

I-25 NBL

Good

Over: NM-500 ( Rio Bravo Blvd)

Junction I-25/NM-500, Bernalillo, NM

Built 2018 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 85,959

L00013/Main St.

Good

Over: BNSF Railroad

0.9 M N NM-309, Valencia, NM

Built 2017 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 16,819

NM-104

Good

Over: PINO CREEK

17.3 MI SE OF JCT NM-419, San Miguel, NM

Built 2016 Load: 48.5 t ADT: 181

US-60

Good

Over: Matanza Channel

2.82 M W Jct US-60/I-25, Socorro, NM

Built 2016 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 1,761

IT-2226

Good

Over: I40 EB Frtg I40 EB Rmp

Big I Interchange NE Sect, Bernalillo, NM

Built 2002 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 21,397

BIA ROUTE 85

Good

Over: PERALTA WASH

S COCHITI PUEBLO, Sandoval, NM

Built 2016 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 284

TRAINING AREA RD

Good

Over: HWY 54 7 RR

HWY 54 OVERPASS, Doña Ana, NM

Built 2013 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 100

FR-4032

Good

Over: I-40 EBL & WBL

I-40 EXIT 104 SEAMA INTCH, Cibola, NM

Built 2008 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 564

NM-4

Good

Over: Church Canyon

18.0 M North JCT US-550, Sandoval, NM

Built 2016 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 5,056

NM-187

Good

Over: MONTOYA ARROYO

4.9 MI N OF DONA ANA C/L, Sierra, NM

Built 2021 Load: 49.1 t ADT: 1,022

I-10 EBL

Good

Over: NM-28

5.7 M E of I-10 exit 135, Doña Ana, NM

Built 2015 Load: 49.2 t ADT: 23,859

I-10 WBL

Good

Over: NM-28 Avenida De Mesilla

5.7 M E of I-10 exit 135, Doña Ana, NM

Built 2015 Load: 49.2 t ADT: 23,186

NM-159

Good

Over: Deadwood Gulch

8.59 M N of US 180, Catron, NM

Built 2017 Load: 49.2 t ADT: 100

NM-159

Good

Over: South Fork

8.8 Miles N of US-180, Catron, NM

Built 2017 Load: 49.2 t ADT: 180

I-25 SBL

Good

Over: Menaul Boulavard

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

Built 2002 Load: 49.2 t ADT: 205,807

US-54

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

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

Built 1948 Load: 49.3 t ADT: 2,708

NM-377

Good

Over: MIMBRES RIVER

1.9 MI N OF NM-549, Luna, NM

Built 2009 Load: 49.3 t ADT: 318

US-54

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

9.4 MI N OF US-380/CARRIZ, Lincoln, NM

Built 2015 Load: 49.3 t ADT: 2,191

US-54

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

13.0 MI N OF US-380/CARRZ, Lincoln, NM

Built 2013 Load: 49.4 t ADT: 2,266

NM-556

Good

Over: Edith Blvd

1.2 M W Jct 1-25/NM-556, Bernalillo, NM

Built 2016 Load: 49.4 t ADT: 5,982

NM-6

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

5.5 MI S JCT I40 & NM6, Valencia, NM

Built 2018 Load: 49.4 t ADT: 1,279

Fairground Road

Good

Over: Unnamed Water way

.8 miles east of US 70/54, Otero, NM

Built 2014 Load: 49.6 t ADT: 3,019

FS Road 478

Good

Over: RIO CHIQUITO

0.15 mi E/O JCT FSR 437, Taos, NM

Built 2021 Load: 49.6 t ADT: 20

US 64

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

3.5 mi. w Jct.84/64@mp145, Rio Arriba, NM

Built 2013 Load: 49.8 t ADT: 724

US-54

Good

Over: Unnamed Waterway

10 M N OF US-380/CARR, Lincoln, NM

Built 2015 Load: 49.8 t ADT: 2,191

South Florida Ave

Good

Over: Mckinley Ditch

700 s of 1 st. S. Fl, Otero, NM

Built 2013 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 8,016

NM-419

Good

Over: ARROYO MESTENO

13.1 MI N OF JCT NM-104, San Miguel, NM

Built 2016 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 43

Gibson Blvd

Good

Over: Amole Channel

0.30 m east of 98th st., Bernalillo, NM

Built 2016 Load: 50.1 t ADT: 7,000

US-54

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

20.7 MI S OF US-380/CARRI, Lincoln, NM

Built 2015 Load: 50.1 t ADT: 2,708

Mountain Mead. Rd

Good

Over: Sabinata Flat Arroyo

1.4 M N of US-54/70, Otero, NM

Built 2015 Load: 50.1 t ADT: 225

FL-5946

Good

Over: GRANTS CANYON

0.032 Mi East of Bradley, Cibola, NM

Built 2020 Load: 50.1 t ADT: 123

33-B014

Good

Over: MORA RIVER

0.2 MI E NM-518 @ MP-35.1, Mora, NM

Built 1990 Load: 50.2 t ADT: 178

Blake Road SW

Good

Over: Amole Channel

0.30 M E of 98th Street, Bernalillo, NM

Built 2007 Load: 50.2 t ADT: 7,500

NM-566

Good

Over: NMRX RAILROAD

1.3 M W Jct I-25/NM-556, Bernalillo, NM

Built 2016 Load: 50.2 t ADT: 5,982

IO-2226

Good

Over: SB & WB Frontage Roads

Big I Interchange NW Sect, Bernalillo, NM

Built 2002 Load: 50.2 t ADT: 18,566

IH2226

Good

Over: NB & WB Frontage Roa

Big I Interchange, Bernalillo, NM

Built 2002 Load: 50.2 t ADT: 21,614

I-10 EB off Ramp

Good

Over: I-25

I-10/I-25 Interchange, Doña Ana, NM

Built 2013 Load: 50.3 t ADT: 2,215

I-10 EB off Ramp

Good

Over: I-10

I-10/I-25 Interchange, Doña Ana, NM

Built 2013 Load: 50.3 t ADT: 2,215

US 64

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

3.4 mi. W Jct. 84/64mp145, Rio Arriba, NM

Built 2013 Load: 50.3 t ADT: 724

IRR/US-491

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

7.6 MI N OF TOHATCHI, McKinley, NM

Built 2018 Load: 50.3 t ADT: 5,746

IRR/US-491

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

3.7 MI N OF TOHATCHI, McKinley, NM

Built 2018 Load: 50.3 t ADT: 5,746

NM-187

Good

Over: UNNAMED WATERWAY

4.5 MI N OF DONA ANA C/L, Sierra, NM

Built 2021 Load: 50.3 t ADT: 1,022

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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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