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 7

Fair

Over: BEVIER STREET

0.3 MI N JCT RTS 7 & I-81, Broome, NY

Built 1994 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 8,213

RTE 8

Fair

Over: PISECO LAKE OUTLT

1.3 MI W JCT SH 10 & SH 8, Hamilton, NY

Built 1950 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,092

RTE 8

Fair

Over: SACANDAGA LK OUTL

2.7 MI SW JCT SH 8 & SH30, Hamilton, NY

Built 1993 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,980

RTE 9H

Fair

Over: CLAVERACK CREEK

3.3 MI N JCT RTS 9 9H& 23, Columbia, NY

Built 1996 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 7,362

RTE 9W

Fair

Over: COXSACKIE CREEK

1.0 MI S JCT RTS 9W & 81, Greene, NY

Built 1996 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 7,023

RTE 10

Fair

Over: IRVING POND OUTLT

1.5 MI N JCT SH10 & SH29A, Fulton, NY

Built 1941 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,309

RTE 11

Fair

Over: POTATO CREEK

.4 MI S EXIT 7 I81 ON US, Broome, NY

Built 1974 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,314

RTE 11

Fair

Over: CSX TRANSPORTATION

3.9 MI N JCT US11 & SH342, Jefferson, NY

Built 1963 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 13,313

RTE 11

Fair

Over: SALMON RIVER

JCT US 11 & SALMON RIVER, Franklin, NY

Built 1947 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 18,077

RTE 415

Fair

Over: COHOCTON RIVER

0.1 MI S OF WALLACE, Steuben, NY

Built 2003 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,150

RTE 86I

Fair

Over: 86I 17 62051130 RTE 86I

.5 MI SE JCT SR17& SR352, Chemung, NY

Built 2002 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 9,847

RTE 363

Fair

Over: EXCHANGE STREET

0.2 MI E JCT RTS 363+434, Broome, NY

Built 1963 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 18,568

RTE 17

Fair

Over: SERVICE ROAD

19 MI SE EXIT 96 RTE 17, Sullivan, NY

Built 1963 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 9,910

RTE 17

Fair

Over: MID MONGAUP RIVER

07 MI S JCT RTS 17 + 52, Sullivan, NY

Built 1956 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 14,651

RTE 17

Fair

Over: SHAWANGUNK KILL

4 MI W JCT RTE 17 AND 209, Sullivan, NY

Built 1958 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 36,449

RTE 21

Fair

Over: GRIMES CREEK

0.3 MI NE JCT RTS 21 & 53, Ontario, NY

Built 1992 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 5,581

RTE 22

Fair

Over: RYE LAKE OUTLET

3.7 MI N JCT SH 22 & I287, Westchester, NY

Built 1910 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 12,022

RTE 22

Fair

Over: GREEN RIVER

1.9 MI N JCT RTES 22 & 71, Columbia, NY

Built 1992 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 2,686

RTE 23

Fair

Over: SUTTON HOLLOW CRK

RT 23 2.5 MI W OF WINDHAM, Greene, NY

Built 1944 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 2,441

RTE 23

Fair

Over: ROELIFF JANSEN KL

.9 MI E JCT SH 22 & SH 23, Columbia, NY

Built 1993 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 4,133

RTE 23A

Fair

Over: KISKATOM CREEK

0.5 MI NE JCT RTS 23A &32, Greene, NY

Built 2000 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 4,644

RTE 28

Fair

Over: KENYON CREEK

0.5 MI N JCT RTS 29 & 28, Herkimer, NY

Built 1997 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 3,612

RTE 28N

Fair

Over: KELSO BK

28N 1.3 MI N WARREN CO L, Essex, NY

Built 1938 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 820

RTE 30A

Fair

Over: COBLESKILL CREEK

0.1 MI N JCT SH 30A & SH, Schoharie, NY

Built 1997 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,548

RTE 36

Fair

Over: BEARDS CREEK

0.2MI N JCT RTS 36 + 20A, Livingston, NY

Built 1939 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 3,175

RTE 36

Fair

Over: RTE I490

JCT RTS36+EB I490, Monroe, NY

Built 1963 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 3,702

RTE 37

Fair

Over: RTE 970E

JCT RTES 37 & 812 (970E), St. Lawrence, NY

Built 1958 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 9,859

RTE 46

Fair

Over: ONEIDA CREEK

7.8 MI S JCT RTS 5 & 46, Madison, NY

Built 1965 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 3,658

SEVENTH NORTH STRE

Fair

Over: 81I 81I33033009 RTE I81

0.3 MI.SW JCT.81I & 90I, Onondaga, NY

Built 1986 Load: 42.6 t

SHERMAN AVE

Fair

Over: 87I 87I17101033 RTE I87

JCT I87 & SHERMAN AVE, Warren, NY

Built 1960 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 4,550

RTE 97

Fair

Over: VIADUCT ROAD BASKET BRO

7.3MI N.INTERS RTS 97&17B, Sullivan, NY

Built 1989 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 813

RTE 104

Fair

Over: LITTLE SALMON RIVER

.2 MI E JCT SH 104 & SH 3, Oswego, NY

Built 1992 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 3,439

RTE 127

Fair

Over: 95IX RTE I95

JCT SH 127 & I95, Westchester, NY

Built 1996 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 9,292

RTE 145

Fair

Over: POTTER HOLLOW CRK

JCT RTS 81 & 145, Albany, NY

Built 1932 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,829

RTE 146

Fair

Over: BLACK CREEK

.2 MI W JCT RTS 146 & 158, Albany, NY

Built 1994 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 5,706

RTE 193

Fair

Over: SOUTH SANDY CREEK

.2 MI. E JCT193&289, Jefferson, NY

Built 1937 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 536

RTE 198

Fair

Over: RELIEF

JCT SH 198 & I190, Erie, NY

Built 1963 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,663

RTE 242

Fair

Over: GREAT VALLEY CRK

1.1 MI SW JCT RTS 242+240, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1955 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,988

RTE 266

Fair

Over: 190IX RTE I190

0.1 MI S JCT RTS 266 +325, Erie, NY

Built 1960 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 5,904

CORP - PARK DRIVE

Fair

Over: 287IX RTE I287 MAMARON

.5 MI W JCT I287 & HRP, Westchester, NY

Built 1961 Load: 42.6 t

KENILWORTH ROAD

Fair

Over: 287IX RTE I287

0.3 MI E JCT RTE I287+HRP, Westchester, NY

Built 1960 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 2,838

RTE 305

Fair

Over: DEER CREEK

1.9 MI NE PORTVILLE N Y, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1945 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 2,597

RTE 305

Fair

Over: DODGE CREEK

6.5 MI NE SR305 & CO LINE, Allegany, NY

Built 2000 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,312

RTE 427

Fair

Over: BOYLES CREEK

2.3 MI E JCT RTS 367 &427, Chemung, NY

Built 1989 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 875

RONKONKOMA AVE

Fair

Over: 495I 495I 07031178 RTE

6 MI W JCT I495 & SH 112, Suffolk, NY

Built 1967 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 13,845

RTE 5S

Fair

Over: CR 81- REESE ROAD

IN FRANKFORT, Herkimer, NY

Built 1968 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 7,229

RTE 8

Fair

Over: PINNACLE RD

5.5 MI S JCT SH 8 & SH 12, Oneida, NY

Built 1969 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 5,110

RTE I490

Fair

Over: GARNSEY ROAD

1 MI NW JCT I490 & SH 96, Monroe, NY

Built 1969 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 20,745

CR 135

Fair

Over: 684I684I87011045 RTE I6

0.5 MI S JCT RTS I684+120, Westchester, NY

Built 1969 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 10,555

COUNTY ROAD 24

Fair

Over: 87I 87I12111048 RTE I87

JCT I87 & CR 24, Essex, NY

Built 1965 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 673

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