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 I690

Fair

Over: CSX TRANSPORTATION

.2 MI W EXIT 16 OF I690, Onondaga, NY

Built 1971 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 28,819

RTE I84

Fair

Over: COUNTY ROAD 49

2 MI W JCT US 6 & I84, Orange, NY

Built 1967 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 14,398

RTE 100

Fair

Over: POCANTICO RIVER

.2 MI N JCT RTE 100+9A, Westchester, NY

Built 1967 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 340

RTE I81

Fair

Over: NORTH STATE STREET JAME

JCT OF I-81 NB + RTE 290, Onondaga, NY

Built 1968 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 37,201

RTE I295

Fair

Over: 73RD AVE

.5 MI SE I495+I78, Queens, NY

Built 1963 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 66,042

RTE 917A

Fair

Over: 87I 87I17101110 RTE I87

0.7 MI N JCT I87 & 9N, Warren, NY

Built 1964 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 284

RTE 25B

Fair

Over: RTE 25

NY25 & NY25B, Nassau, NY

Built 1968 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 10,326

RTE 960J

Fair

Over: SUSQUEHANNA RIVER PARK

0.1 MI N OWEGOINTERCHANGE, Tioga, NY

Built 1968 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 5,018

AMES STREET

Fair

Over: 490I490I43022015 RTE I4

1.9MI E JCT RTS I490+ROL, Monroe, NY

Built 1971 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 7,266

RTE 390

Fair

Over: LEXINGTON AVENUE

2.0MI S JCT ROL NB + 104, Monroe, NY

Built 1971 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 44,533

RTE I86

Fair

Over: WESTERN NY & PENN

0.9 MI W KENNEDY INT, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1968 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 4,926

RTE 27

Fair

Over: MANOR LANE

2 MI NE JCT SH 231 & SH 2, Suffolk, NY

Built 1972 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 95,936

RTE 907M

Fair

Over: UTOPIA PKWY

2.0 MI E RTE 678+GCP, Queens, NY

Built 1963 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 131,123

RTE I678

Fair

Over: 907A907AX5M21189 RTE 90

2.1 MI NE JCT I678 & SH 2, Queens, NY

Built 1939 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 183,587

RTE I278

Fair

Over: Bruckner Blvd Westbound

JCT I278 & I87, Bronx, NY

Built 1959 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 99,705

RTE I87

Fair

Over: BROOK AVENUE

3.0 MI S JCT I87+I95, Bronx, NY

Built 1959 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 99,705

RTE I390

Fair

Over: PLAZA DRIVE

AT NW LI VIL OF DANSVILLE, Livingston, NY

Built 1979 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 7,139

RTE 5

Fair

Over: West Lake Drive

0.8MI SW JCT RT21&RTS5&20, Ontario, NY

Built 1980 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 13,650

RTE I88

Fair

Over: PANGBURN ROAD

1.4 MI SW JCT I88 & I90, Schenectady, NY

Built 1981 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 7,111

FR I90WB TO I87NB

Fair

Over: Six Mile Waterworks Bike

.2 MI N JCT I90 + I87, Albany, NY

Built 1986 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 24,927

RTE 910F

Fair

Over: FR I90E TO I87N

JCT I87 OVER I90, Albany, NY

Built 1987 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 21,865

FROM I790 SB

Fair

Over: CSX TRANS/AMTRAK NY SUS

JCT SH 5 & SH 5S, Oneida, NY

Built 1990 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 8,174

RTE 922

Fair

Over: CSX TRANS/AMTRAK

.1 MI N SH 69 IN ORISKANY, Oneida, NY

Built 1991 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 3,610

GILLETT ROAD

Fair

Over: 531 531 43012041 RTE 53

1.6 MI E JCT RTS 259& 531, Monroe, NY

Built 1993 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 3,261

QUAY STREET

Fair

Over: HUDSON RIVER SHRE

GREEN- BROADWAY-QUAY CONN, Albany, NY

Built 1969 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 4,645

RTE 17

Fair

Over: EDWARDS ISLAND RD Never

SH 17 & Neversink River, Sullivan, NY

Built 2013 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 15,696

RELOCATED HART ROA

Fair

Over: RTE I86

1 MI SW JCT I86 & SH 76, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1973 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 874

RTE I86

Fair

Over: RIVER STREET OLEAN CREE

ON RTE 17 IN OLEAN N.Y., Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1973 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 5,845

NORTH MANNING BLVD

Fair

Over: 9 9 1108 1024 RTE 9

0.9 MI NE JCT RTS 9 & 5, Albany, NY

Built 1971 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 2,830

RTE 940T

Fair

Over: RTE 940T

0.1MI N JCT I490WB W MAIN, Monroe, NY

Built 1974 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,832

RTE 80

Fair

Over: TIOUGHNIOGA CREEK

02MI S JCT RTS 13+80, Madison, NY

Built 1930 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,301

RTE 29

Fair

Over: WHITTAKER BROOK

.1 MI N JCT SH29 & BTKILL, Washington, NY

Built 1946 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 3,379

RTE 52

Fair

Over: NORTH GULLY CREEK

0.9 MI SE JCT RTS 52&209, Ulster, NY

Built 1981 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 2,691

BROADWAY

Fair

Over: CSX TRANS/ AMTRAK AMTRA

0.25 Miles North of Alban, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1975 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 4,018

CONGRESS STREET

Fair

Over: CSX TRANSPORTATION/AMTRA

.25 mi S of GE Plant, Schenectady, NY

Built 1953 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 5,652

AMBERG ROAD

Fair

Over: MILL CREEK

3 MI NE OF GRAY, Herkimer, NY

Built 1920 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 5

PINES ROAD

Fair

Over: CUMMINGS CREEK

3 MI NE OF BOONVILLE, Oneida, NY

Built 1975 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 257

AYERS ROAD

Fair

Over: COLD BROOK

3.0 MILES N OF HOMER, Cortland, NY

Built 1987 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 15

RICH ST

Fair

Over: ONONDAGA CREEK

IN LOWER ONONDAGA PARK, Onondaga, NY

Built 1977 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 595

SOUTH AURORA ST

Fair

Over: RTE 79 SIX MILE CREEK

0.8 MI E JCT RTS 79 + 13, Tompkins, NY

Built 1957 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 7,332

RTE 79

Fair

Over: RELIEF CHANNEL CAYUGA W

.2 MI W JCT NY 13 SB, Tompkins, NY

Built 1968 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 13,463

GREENMAN ROAD

Fair

Over: W BR FRENCH CREEK

1.7 MI NW OF FINDLEY LAKE, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1965 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 118

MAGEE ROAD

Fair

Over: CANISTEO RIVER

1.5 MI NW OF CANISTEO, Steuben, NY

Built 1975 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 306

PROCTOR AVENUE

Fair

Over: OGDN PORT AUTH RR

NE SIDE OF OGDENSBURG, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 1989 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 2,625

FINGAR ROAD

Fair

Over: MUD CREEK

2.1 MI SW OF CLAVERACK, Columbia, NY

Built 1915 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 143

BATES LANE

Fair

Over: DWAAR KILL

2 MI NW TOWN OF WALLKILL, Ulster, NY

Built 1992 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 256

STATION PLAZA

Fair

Over: MAMARONECK RIVER

3 MI W OF HUTCHINSON PKWY, Westchester, NY

Built 1987 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,675

FRONT STREET

Fair

Over: BIG CHOCONUT CRK

250 ft E of Town Hall Rd, Broome, NY

Built 1929 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,517

RTE 908B

Fair

Over: PEDES-EQUEST PATH

1.2MI SW 25+INTERBRO PKWY, Queens, NY

Built 1937 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 101,689

UNION TURNPIKE

Fair

Over: 908B908BX5M23039 RTE 90

.4MI.SW RTE25&INTRBORO PK, Queens, NY

Built 1987 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 22,672

Showing 5,251-5,300 of 17,642 bridges

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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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