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 I90

Fair

Over: MENDON CENTER RD

5.8 MI W EXIT 45 OF I90, Monroe, NY

Built 1952 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 15,060

CR 78

Fair

Over: 90IX RTE I90

3.8 MI SW OF DUNKIRK INT, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1957 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 1,457

RTE I190

Fair

Over: PUMP STATION ACCESS RD

0.4 MI S PEACE BRIDGE, Erie, NY

Built 1994 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 77,564

EXIT 33 RAMP

Fair

Over: 90IX RTE I90

I-90 AT EXIT 33 OVERPASS, Oneida, NY

Built 1954 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 4,622

EXIT 31 RAMP

Fair

Over: 90IX RTE I90

INTERCHANGE 31 OF I-90, Oneida, NY

Built 1995 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 3,015

WOODWARD ROAD

Fair

Over: RTE I90

1.15MI E INTER.B1 ON 90I, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1957 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 198

ROCKLAND AVENUE

Fair

Over: 95IX RTE I95

2.7 MI SW JCT RTS I95+127, Westchester, NY

Built 1954 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 4,041

87IX EXIT 16 RAMP

Fair

Over: METRO NORTH RR

1.1 MI S OF CENTRAL VLLEY, Orange, NY

Built 1953 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 2,598

TREATMENT PLANT RD

Fair

Over: QUEENSBORO BROOK

1.8 MI SW JCT RTS 6+9W, Orange, NY

Built 1955 Load: 42.6 t

RTE I278

Fair

Over: RELIEF

278I BRONX TO MANHATTAN, Queens, NY

Built 2001 Load: 42.6 t

SERVICE ROAD J18

Fair

Over: JFK Expressway JFK Expr

JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Queens, NY

Built 1988 Load: 42.6 t

BRIDGE STREET

Fair

Over: MNRR HU LINE Irvington

0.5 MI W JCT US9+MAIN ST, Westchester, NY

Built 1913 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 2,730

RTE 36

Fair

Over: LODER STREET NORFOLK SO

0.3 miles S of intersecti, Steuben, NY

Built 1968 Load: 42.7 t ADT: 15,580

RTE 27

Fair

Over: SQUIRETOWN RD SQUIRETOW

1 MI E EXIT 65 OF S.H.27, Suffolk, NY

Built 1963 Load: 42.8 t ADT: 19,591

RTE 220

Fair

Over: GENEGANSLET CREEK

7.9 MI NE JCT RT 220 & 41, Chenango, NY

Built 1992 Load: 42.8 t ADT: 628

WASHINGTON AVENUE

Fair

Over: ACCESS ROAD B

0.2 MI NW JCT 85 & 910D, Albany, NY

Built 1963 Load: 42.8 t ADT: 18,683

WEBBER ROAD

Fair

Over: PRENDERGAST CREEK

1.1 MI NW OF STEDMAN, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1993 Load: 42.8 t ADT: 199

LINCOLN AVENUE

Fair

Over: YACHT CANAL

SOUTHWEST OF AMITYVILLE, Nassau, NY

Built 1995 Load: 42.8 t ADT: 316

EARL SEATON ROAD

Fair

Over: COLD SPRING CREEK

1.6 MI SW OF NAPOLI, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1995 Load: 42.8 t ADT: 45

VETOSKY ROAD

Fair

Over: INDIGOT CREEK

.6 MI NE OF S CENTERVILLE, Orange, NY

Built 1932 Load: 42.8 t ADT: 566

DECATUR RD

Fair

Over: WEST CREEK

.5 MI S OF DORLOO, Schoharie, NY

Built 1936 Load: 42.8 t ADT: 309

RTE 6

Fair

Over: WEST BRANCH CROTON RIVER

1.2 MI W JCT US 6 & SH 52, Putnam, NY

Built 2004 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 12,864

EAST THIRD STREET

Fair

Over: N Y & ATLANTIC/LI

AT KENSINGTON, Kings, NY

Built 1906 Load: 43.0 t

RTE 104

Fair

Over: Canal View Dr OSWEGO RI

JCT OF RTE 104 + OSWEGO R, Oswego, NY

Built 1969 Load: 43.0 t ADT: 16,450

RTE 5S

Fair

Over: UNNAMED CREEK

31MI E JCT RTS 160+5S, Montgomery, NY

Built 1928 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 2,421

RTE 132

Fair

Over: 987G987G87011163 RTE 98

0.4 MI S JCT RTE 6+TSP, Westchester, NY

Built 2007 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 5,578

RTE 987F

Fair

Over: PAYNE ST

0.6MI N INT 287I & SBSP, Westchester, NY

Built 1981 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 38,693

RTE I678

Fair

Over: RTE I678

.2 MI S RTE 678+RTE 27, Queens, NY

Built 1967 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 69,010

PECKVILLE ROAD

Fair

Over: ORISKANY CREEK

1.8 MI SE OF WESTMORELAND, Oneida, NY

Built 1966 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 379

FLUSHING MEADW PK

Fair

Over: MEADOW LAKE

IN FLUSHING MEADOWS PARK, Queens, NY

Built 1963 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 272

BURRITT ROAD

Fair

Over: SALMON CREEK

1.8 MI SE OF HILTON, Monroe, NY

Built 1993 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 792

BOICE MILL RD

Fair

Over: FALLS MILL BROOK

1.6 MI E OF PATAUKUNK, Ulster, NY

Built 1962 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 607

RTE 119

Fair

Over: 907G BRP 907G BRP BRON

JCT HAMILTON AVE & BRP, Westchester, NY

Built 1987 Load: 43.1 t

RTE 907G

Fair

Over: MNRR HA LINE BRONX RIVE

1.5 MI S JCT RTS BRP+287, Westchester, NY

Built 1922 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 14,760

PATCH-MT SINAI SB

Fair

Over: SOUTH BICYCLE PATH NW/B

1 MI E OF FARMINGVILLE, Suffolk, NY

Built 1973 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 22,914

RTE 90

Fair

Over: NY 76 TRIB TO LAKE ERIE

0.6 MI NNW RIPLEY, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1957 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 16,056

RTE 981U

Fair

Over: NORTH AVE

0.5MI N JCT RTE1+NORTH AV, Westchester, NY

Built 1965 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 16,971

MIDLAND AVENUE

Fair

Over: MNRR HA LINE

0.8 MI SW OF BRONXVILLE, Westchester, NY

Built 2003 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 8,381

RTE I81

Fair

Over: RTE 11 LINDSEY CREEK

3.7 MI S JCT RTS 193 +I81, Jefferson, NY

Built 1961 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 6,559

RTE 26

Fair

Over: TRIB OTSELIC CRK

4.3 MI SW JCT CR42 & SH26, Chenango, NY

Built 1955 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 920

RTE I495

Fair

Over: RTE 112

JCT RTS 112+495, Suffolk, NY

Built 1970 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 38,189

RTE I495

Fair

Over: RTE 112

JCT RTS 112+495, Suffolk, NY

Built 1970 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 54,808

RTE 7

Fair

Over: MICKLE CREEK

2 MI SW OF COBLESKILL, Schoharie, NY

Built 1979 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 4,976

RTE 28

Fair

Over: SCHENEVUS CR OVEL

.4MISJTN7+28COLLIERSVILLE, Otsego, NY

Built 1985 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 5,104

BEDFORD PARK BLVD

Fair

Over: METRO NO COMMUTER

IN FORDHAM, Bronx, NY

Built 1889 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 20,781

FORDEMOOR ROAD

Fair

Over: TRIBUTARY to RONDOUT CRE

1.1 MI SW OF KERHONKSON, Ulster, NY

Built 1976 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 314

SQUADRON BLVD

Fair

Over: DEMAREST KILL

3.8MI N INT MAIN ST & 287, Rockland, NY

Built 1995 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 7,181

PINE ISLAND TRNPK

Fair

Over: RUTGERS CREEK

0.3 MI N OF WESTTOWN, Orange, NY

Built 1977 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 2,568

RTE I90

Fair

Over: VALATIE KILL

0.4 MI NW INT RTS 90I<203, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1957 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 11,451

RTE I90

Fair

Over: VALATIE KILL

0.4 MI NW JCT RTS 90I<203, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1957 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 12,236

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