State profile · Above median Poor share

New York 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 York.

17,642
Public bridges
35.4%
Good condition
9.4%
Poor condition

New York holds 17,642 public highway bridges (#13 of 52 by inventory) with a 9.43% Poor share (#11 of 52 by Poor share).

That is 9.4% 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 42 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

17,642

Public highway bridges in New York

Good Condition

35.4%

6,247 bridges rated 7-9

-14.6pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

9.4%

1,664 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

1.9pp vs national avg 7.5%

New York vs national bridge condition

New York - Good condition share 35.4%
National avg

Share of bridges rated 7-9 on the FHWA 0-9 scale (deck, superstructure, substructure all good).

New York - Poor-condition share 31.4%
National avg

Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.5%.

New York 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 York has 17,642 bridges and a 9.4% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #42 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 (%) NY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 17.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.43%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%NM, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.51%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 York has 17,642 bridges and a 9.4% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #42 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 York 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

17,642 13th of 54 higher than 41 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 York

The highlighted point is New York: 17,642 bridges and 9.43% in Poor condition, rank #42 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The five jurisdictions immediately above and below New York on that same Poor-share ordering:

  • Missouri: 24,618 bridges · 8.95% Poor
  • Illinois: 26,928 bridges · 9.35% Poor
  • New York: 17,642 bridges · 9.43% Poor
  • North Dakota: 4,255 bridges · 10.98% Poor
  • Michigan: 11,371 bridges · 11.27% Poor

The full national sortable table lives on the rankings page.

Material families in New York

Exclusive FHWA material families across all 17,642 bridges in this state; continuous variants fold into the parent family. Orthogonal to the Poor-share scatter above.

Who maintains New York’s inventory

State agency holds 48.7% of the 17,642 public highway bridges filed under New York in the 2024 NBI, the agency-of-record split for this state, not a condition verdict.

When New York’s bridges were built

Pre-1950 construction accounts for 21.0% of the 17,642 bridges with a recorded original year in New York. Era bands are orthogonal to the Poor-share ranking above.

Condition Distribution

New York35.4%55.2%9.4%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - New York (FHWA NBI)

Counties (62)

Albany 343 Allegany 402 Bronx 311 Broome 468 Cattaraugus 484 Cayuga 148 Chautauqua 559 Chemung 256 Chenango 256 Clinton 201 Columbia 243 Cortland 189 Delaware 450 Dutchess 332 Erie 906 Essex 256 Franklin 189 Fulton 98 Genesee 162 Greene 227 Hamilton 88 Herkimer 248 Jefferson 316 Kings 242 Lewis 167 Livingston 165 Madison 175 Monroe 615 Montgomery 205 Nassau 328 New York 247 Niagara 268 Oneida 496 Onondaga 472 Ontario 178 Orange 472 Orleans 136 Oswego 233 Otsego 266 Putnam 104 Queens 514 Rensselaer 269 Richmond 164 Rockland 248 Saratoga 228 Schenectady 115 Schoharie 174 Schuyler 100 Seneca 60 St. Lawrence 312 Steuben 627 Suffolk 369 Sullivan 365 Tioga 220 Tompkins 192 Ulster 392 Warren 141 Washington 189 Wayne 97 Westchester 774 Wyoming 136 Yates 55

New York 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 York on the same metric.

MO

Missouri

8.95% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$24,618

IL

Illinois

9.35% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$26,928
Selected

NY

New York

9.43% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$17,642

ND

North Dakota

10.98% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$4,255

MI

Michigan

11.27% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$11,371

Bridges Needing Most Attention in New York

Six lowest-condition bridges in New York, ranked by the portal's composite display score. Inspection intervals are risk-based under current NBIS rules.

RTE 984

Poor

Over: DOCK STREET RONDOUT CRE

12.5MI N JCT RTS 9W+299, Ulster, NY

Built 1921 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 5,634

RTE 26

Poor

Over: ROARING BROOK

3.1 MI SOUTH OF LOWVILLE, Lewis, NY

Built 1978 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 1,961

Kempshall Mountain

Poor

Over: Fishing Brook

8 miles East of Long Lake, Hamilton, NY

Built 2016 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 10

SECOND AVENUE

Poor

Over: MILL CREEK

CITY OF RENSSELAER, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1935 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 113

HARVEY BRIDGE RD

Poor

Over: WEST CANADA CREEK

E TIP OF HINCKLEY RESERVR, Herkimer, NY

Built 1895 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 239

GOSSNER ROAD

Poor

Over: FALL BROOK

8 MI NORTH OF TABERG, Oneida, NY

Built 1965 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 32

All Bridges in New York

RTE 120A

Fair

Over: 907W 907W87025043 RTE 9

JCT SH 120A & HRP, Westchester, NY

Built 1937 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 11,428

THAYER RD

Fair

Over: TERWILLEGER CREEK

.2 MI SE JCT CR149 &CR16, Montgomery, NY

Built 1934 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 639

RTE 531

Fair

Over: West Branch Northrup Cre

.2 MI W JCT SH259 & SH531, Monroe, NY

Built 1994 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 18,963

RTE 182

Fair

Over: CSXT

0.5 MI W JCT RTS 182+I190, Niagara, NY

Built 1962 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 9,546

HALEY RD

Fair

Over: BIG STREAM

1.9 MI.NE JCT RT230, Yates, NY

Built 1985 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 27

BALLARD ROAD

Fair

Over: MNRR PJ LINE

4 MILES NW OF GOSHEN, Orange, NY

Built 1981 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 7,075

WOODS ROAD

Fair

Over: BEAVER BROOK

.6 MI WEST OF YULAN, Sullivan, NY

Built 1930 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 132

BRONX BLVD S.B.

Fair

Over: BRONX RIVER

AT WILLIAMS BRIDGE, Bronx, NY

Built 1920 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 1,860

BRONX BLVD N.B.

Fair

Over: BRONX RIVER

AT WILLIAMS BRIDGE, Bronx, NY

Built 1920 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 1,860

CARYL AVE

Fair

Over: PARKING GARAGE

2.0 MI SW OF DUNWOODIE, Westchester, NY

Built 1904 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 5,023

DRY BRIDGE ROAD

Fair

Over: CSX TRANSPORTATION

JUST SOUTH OF NORWOOD, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 1900 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 526

HANSEN ROAD

Fair

Over: POSSER HOLLOW BROOK

2 MI E OF DEL & OSTEGO C, Delaware, NY

Built 1979 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 34

SOUTHWORTH ROAD

Fair

Over: VIRGIL CREEK

1.7 MI SE DRYDEN, Tompkins, NY

Built 1985 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 132

BACHUS ROAD

Fair

Over: KINDERHOOK CREEK

1.1 MI NE OF MALDEN BRIDG, Columbia, NY

Built 1950 Load: 18.1 t

SOUTH ROAD

Fair

Over: BASHER KILL

0.2 MI S OF WURTSBORO, Sullivan, NY

Built 1992 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 157

POST LANE

Fair

Over: QUOGUE CANAL

SOUTH OF QUOGUE, Suffolk, NY

Built 1940 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 1,791

RIVER ROAD

Fair

Over: COXSACKIE CREEK

1 MI N VILLAGE COXSACKIE, Greene, NY

Built 1968 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 410

KRUEGER ROAD

Fair

Over: COEYMANS CREEK

1.5 MI SE S BETHLEHEM, Albany, NY

Built 1970 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 85

GARFIELD RD (CR137

Fair

Over: QUACKEN KILL

1.4 MI NW OF POESTENKILL, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1939 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 1,004

BROCKETT ROAD

Fair

Over: GILLETT CREEK

1.7 MI SW OF DOLGEVILLE, Herkimer, NY

Built 1935 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 171

SPRAKERS ROAD

Fair

Over: FLAT CREEK

1.5MI SE OF ST RT I-87/5S, Montgomery, NY

Built 1939 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 64

COUNTY ROAD 140

Fair

Over: GLENWOOD CREEK

2.6 MI ESE OF JACKSONVLLE, Tompkins, NY

Built 1949 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 830

COUNTY ROAD 11

Fair

Over: MARSH CREEK

1.5 MI SOUTH OF KENT, Orleans, NY

Built 1940 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 465

COUNTY ROAD 54

Fair

Over: JACKSON CREEK

6.5 MI NW OF VAN ETTEN, Chemung, NY

Built 1938 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 229

CR 1

Fair

Over: BOLTER CREEK

2.9 MI NW OF PERRY CITY, Schuyler, NY

Built 1938 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 955

COUNTY ROAD 21

Fair

Over: SPAULDING HOLLOW

0.4 MI E OF INT. OF NYS R, Steuben, NY

Built 1971 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 250

GALLOP ROAD

Fair

Over: LITTLE SALMON RIV

0.7 MILES NW WEST BANGOR, Franklin, NY

Built 1963 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 209

LAURA STREET

Fair

Over: BLACK RIVER

0.36 m E of State Rte 12, Lewis, NY

Built 1965 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 1,710

BELFORT ROAD

Fair

Over: MURMUR CREEK

1.1 MI NE OF CROGHAN, Lewis, NY

Built 1957 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 734

EDDY PYRITES ROAD

Fair

Over: HARRISON CREEK

2.0 MI NW OF PYRITES, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 1935 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 620

BOODLE HOLE ROAD

Fair

Over: ROCHESTER CREEK

2.7 MILES NE OF PATAUKUNK, Ulster, NY

Built 1997 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 242

CROTON GORGE PARK

Fair

Over: CROTON RIVER

2.0 MI NE CROTON ON HUDS., Westchester, NY

Built 1940 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 183

RTE 907G

Fair

Over: 907GX RTE 907G

0.2 MI N JCT RTS BRP+CCP, Westchester, NY

Built 1941 Load: 18.1 t

Smith Drive

Fair

Over: MAD BROOK

IN VILLAGE OF SHERBURNE, Chenango, NY

Built 1965 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 249

CR 62

Fair

Over: STONE MILL BROOK

250 ft W of Campbell Rd., Madison, NY

Built 1954 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 523

KING ROAD

Fair

Over: BEAVER CREEK

4 MI EAST OF DUNKIRK, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1987 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 538

COUNTY FAIR SOUTH

Fair

Over: WISCOY CREEK

in Wyoming Co Fairgrounds, Wyoming, NY

Built 2022 Load: 18.1 t

FORT MILLER ROAD

Fair

Over: CHAMPLAIN CANAL

0.1mi W of Rt 4 JCT, Washington, NY

Built 1907 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 57

RTE I87

Fair

Over: County Road 23

1 MI E JCT I87 & PIP, Rockland, NY

Built 1954 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 116,471

CR 90

Fair

Over: 87IX RTE I87

1.0 MI.NW OF LAKE KATRINE, Ulster, NY

Built 1952 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 3,497

RTE I295

Fair

Over: Cross Island Parkway Cr

295I OVER EAST RIVER, Queens, NY

Built 1961 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 92,348

NORTH BUS PRKG BR

Fair

Over: BROADWAY

AT JCT US 9 & I95, New York, NY

Built 1962 Load: 18.1 t

GRAND CONCOURSE

Fair

Over: EAST 174TH STREET

IN TREMONT, Bronx, NY

Built 1923 Load: 18.2 t ADT: 27,900

SCHWARTZ ROAD

Fair

Over: CAYUGA CREEK

1.5 MI W JCT US20&TN L RD, Erie, NY

Built 1921 Load: 18.2 t ADT: 4,532

KINGS HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: SPARKILL CREEK

1.0 MI SW OF SPARKILL, Rockland, NY

Built 1931 Load: 18.3 t ADT: 4,830

EASTCHESTER ROAD

Fair

Over: NYCTA-DYRE AVE LN

IN BAYCHESTER, Bronx, NY

Built 1906 Load: 18.4 t ADT: 10,374

NELSON HILL ROAD

Fair

Over: WASSAIC CREEK

1.3 MI NW OF S.AMENIA, Dutchess, NY

Built 1925 Load: 18.4 t ADT: 206

CAUGHDENOY ROAD

Fair

Over: ONEIDA RIVER

3.3 MI SW OF CENTRAL SQ, Oswego, NY

Built 1900 Load: 18.4 t ADT: 1,291

FRANK LACY ROAD

Fair

Over: RTE I81

2.3 MI N EXIT 34 OF I81, Oswego, NY

Built 1961 Load: 18.5 t ADT: 173

RTE 282

Fair

Over: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RR SU

JCT RTE 282 + SUSQUEHANNA, Tioga, NY

Built 1966 Load: 18.5 t ADT: 3,816

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