State profile · Near median Poor share

New York bridge safety

Condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition data for every public highway bridge in New York, based on the FHWA National Bridge Inventory.

19,132
Public bridges
26.5%
Good condition
6.9%
Poor condition

Data updated May 2026

Total Bridges

19,132

Public highway bridges in New York

Good Condition

26.5%

5,061 bridges rated 7-9

-23.5pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

6.9%

1,320 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

-0.1pp vs national avg 7.0%

New York vs national bridge condition

New York - Good condition share 26.5%
National avg

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

New York - Poor-condition share 23.0%
National avg

Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.0%.

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.

HI

Hawaii

6.47% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$1,206

MT

Montana

6.70% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$5,122
Selected

NY

New York

6.90% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$19,132

KY

Kentucky

7.06% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$14,554

NH

New Hampshire

7.08% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$2,542

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.

All Bridges in New York

RTE 21

Fair

Over: Tributary of Red Creek

21 21 37061072, Wayne, NY

Built 1960 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 3,546

RTE 31

Fair

Over: BLACK CREEK

3.1 MI SE JCT RTS 31 +414, Wayne, NY

Built 1965 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 2,571

RTE 31

Fair

Over: BLACK CREEK

1.0 MI W JCT RTS 31 + 89, Wayne, NY

Built 1965 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 2,571

RTE 1

Fair

Over: BYRAM RIVER

JCT RTE 1+N Y+CONN ST LN, Westchester, NY

Built 1888 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 14,570

RTE 9

Fair

Over: POCANTICO RIVER

2.1 MI N JCT RTS 9+I87, Westchester, NY

Built 1933 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 13,998

RTE 9A

Fair

Over: POCANTICO RIVER

2.1 MI N JCT RTS 9A+117, Westchester, NY

Built 1931 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 35,998

RTE 987D

Fair

Over: SAW MILL RIVER

2.1 MI N JCT SMRP & CCP, Westchester, NY

Built 1960 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 61,032

RTE 987G

Fair

Over: WASHBURN CREEK

.5MI S OF PLESVIL RO/TSP, Westchester, NY

Built 1994 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 65,331

EAST ARCADE ROAD

Fair

Over: CATTARAUGUS CREEK

2 MILES NE OF ARCADE, Wyoming, NY

Built 1981 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 621

CR31

Fair

Over: STONY BROOK

0.2 MI N ORANGEVILL CTR., Wyoming, NY

Built 1980 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 212

TIMES SQUARE ROAD

Fair

Over: S BR VANCAMPEN CK

IN NILE, Allegany, NY

Built 1988 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 1

RTE 8

Fair

Over: PECKHAMS CREEK

1 MI N JCT SH 8 & SH 7, Chenango, NY

Built 1938 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 6,067

RTE 26

Fair

Over: GLENN BROOK

1.2 MI SW JCT CR42 & SH26, Chenango, NY

Built 1924 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 920

COUNTY ROAD 21

Fair

Over: SPROUT CREEK

2.2 MI NW OF ARTHURSBURG, Dutchess, NY

Built 1940 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 13,615

72ST ENT TO W DR.

Fair

Over: BRIDLE PATH

IN CENTRAL PARK, New York, NY

Built 1920 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 811

PUMPKIN SWAMP RD

Fair

Over: QUAKER CREEK

1 MILE NW OF FLORIDA, Orange, NY

Built 1973 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 3,433

MYERS MILLS ROAD

Fair

Over: STONY CREEK

0.3 MI NW OF NEW LISBON, Otsego, NY

Built 1973 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 87

MT. PLEASANT ROAD

Fair

Over: WING CREEK

2.3 MI SE OF SUMMERDALE, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1988 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 145

COUNTY ROAD 43

Fair

Over: GOOSE CREEK

0.1 MI S OF ASHVILLE, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1989 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 2,914

LUCE ROAD

Fair

Over: CASSADAGA CREEK

1.8 MI S OF CASSADAGA, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1969 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 121

COUNTY ROAD 3

Fair

Over: WYNCOOP CREEK

1.6 MI N OF CHEMUNG, Chemung, NY

Built 1956 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 1,092

CR13

Fair

Over: LANGFORD CREEK

1.0 N OF VAN ETTEN, Chemung, NY

Built 1934 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 471

SOUTH OXFORD BRDGE

Fair

Over: CHENANGO RIVER

3.1 MI SO OF OXFORD, Chenango, NY

Built 1980 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 317

HIGH BRIDGE ROAD

Fair

Over: STONY KILL

1.9 MI NW OF CHATHAM, Columbia, NY

Built 1941 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 169

SHAKER MUSEUM ROAD

Fair

Over: TRIBUTARY KINDERHOOK CRE

1.8 MI S OF MALDEN BRIDGE, Columbia, NY

Built 1941 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 182

TWIN BRIDGES ROAD

Fair

Over: ROELIFF JANSEN KL

.3 MI W INT TWIN BR &FARM, Columbia, NY

Built 1939 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 487

ROCK CITY ROAD

Fair

Over: STONY KILL

.9 MI WEST OF EAST CHATHM, Columbia, NY

Built 1985 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 1,421

MILL STREET

Fair

Over: VLY CREEK

IN MARGRETVILLE MAIN ST., Delaware, NY

Built 1935 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 7

POPLAR HILL ROAD

Fair

Over: CARRS CREEK

4.5 MI E OF SIDNEY, Delaware, NY

Built 1961 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 61

COUNTY ROAD 22

Fair

Over: EAST BROOK

3.5 MILES NE OF WALTON, Delaware, NY

Built 1953 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 386

COUNTY ROAD 105

Fair

Over: TEN MILE RIVER

1.8 MI SW OF S.AMENIA, Dutchess, NY

Built 1939 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 994

CANOE HILL ROAD

Fair

Over: EAST BRANCH WAPPINGER CR

2.0 MI NW OF MILLBROOK, Dutchess, NY

Built 1968 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 43

CO Road 19

Fair

Over: SALMON RIVER

0.1 MILES SOUTH of JCT. 3, Franklin, NY

Built 1969 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 553

FISHER ROAD

Fair

Over: OAK ORCHARD CREEK

4.2 MI NE OAKFIELD, Genesee, NY

Built 1930 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 229

LONG POND ROAD

Fair

Over: W B OSWEGATCHIE R

6.4 MILES NE OF BELFORT, Lewis, NY

Built 1952 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 116

FISHER ROAD

Fair

Over: AURIES CREEK

.7 MILE NW OF GLEN, Montgomery, NY

Built 1923 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 193

ELEVENTH STREET

Fair

Over: CSX TRANS/AMTRAK

1 MI SW JCT RTS 31 & 61, Niagara, NY

Built 1980 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 5,498

GENUNG STREET

Fair

Over: MONHAGEN BROOK

AT MIDDLETOWN, Orange, NY

Built 1949 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 4,136

CORNWALL HILL ROAD

Fair

Over: MUDDY BROOK

1.3 MI NW OF PATTERSON, Putnam, NY

Built 1990 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 1,057

41ST AVENUE

Fair

Over: CSX TRANS/CPR&P&W

AT ELMHURST, Queens, NY

Built 1916 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 3,848

VETERANS AVENUE

Fair

Over: COHOCTON RIVER

0.1 MI W OF BATH VILLAGE, Steuben, NY

Built 1938 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 2,082

RTE 908J

Fair

Over: FIRE ISLAND INLET

AT FIRE ISLAND INLET, Suffolk, NY

Built 1962 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 2,691

MIDDLE ROAD

Fair

Over: COREYS CREEK

AT BLUEPOINT, Suffolk, NY

Built 1947 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 2,605

PENNSYLVANIA AVE

Fair

Over: APALACHIN CREEK

5.1 MI SE OF APALACHIN, Tioga, NY

Built 1938 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 2,166

SALMON CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: SALMON CREEK

.4 MILE N OF LUDLOWVILLE, Tompkins, NY

Built 1961 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 317

RTE 212

Fair

Over: SILVER HOLLOW

4.4 MI E JCT SH28 & SH212, Ulster, NY

Built 1984 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 1,234

WEST ROAD

Fair

Over: MOSES KILL

VILLAGE OF ARGYLE, Washington, NY

Built 1958 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 763

OWL KILL ROAD

Fair

Over: OWL KILL

0.8 MI N CENT WHITE CREEK, Washington, NY

Built 1943 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 380

N BARRY AVE EXT

Fair

Over: MAMARONECK RIVER

IN MAMARONECK, Westchester, NY

Built 1957 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 7,948

CROTON FALLS ROAD

Fair

Over: CROTON RIVER

AT CROTON FALLS, Westchester, NY

Built 1908 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 8,119

Showing 6,701-6,750 of 19,132 bridges

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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