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

CROOKED BROOK RD

Fair

Over: NINE MILE CREEK

3.0 MI.E.OF RTE.8 & 12, Oneida, NY

Built 1949 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 180

PALMER ROAD

Fair

Over: BUTTERNUT CREEK

2 MI SE JCT OF US20<US11, Onondaga, NY

Built 1955 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 192

VER PLANK ROAD

Fair

Over: MUD CREEK

.5 M N SH 31 IN EUCLID, Onondaga, NY

Built 1996 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 1,085

BLACK CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: ERIE CANAL CUT

3.4 MI W JCT 11 + BARGE C, Onondaga, NY

Built 1908 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 227

S LHOMMEDIEU STR

Fair

Over: DECKERTOWN CREEK

0.4mi S of ST RT 224, Schuyler, NY

Built 1937 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 464

HORTONVILLE ROAD

Fair

Over: N BR CALLICOON CK

IN HORTONVILLE, Sullivan, NY

Built 1951 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 212

RTE 55

Fair

Over: HALFWAY BROOK

1.3 MI S OF ELDRED, Sullivan, NY

Built 1989 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 429

RTE I87

Fair

Over: ESOPUS CREEK

IN THE CITY OF KINGSTON, Ulster, NY

Built 1953 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 35,755

RTE 238

Fair

Over: TONAWANDA CREEK

0.1MI E JCT RTS 238 + 98, Wyoming, NY

Built 1948 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 4,457

ALBANY CITY STREET

Fair

Over: BEAVER RELIEF SEWER

.8 MI NE JCT SH 32 & I787, Albany, NY

Built 1900 Load: 22.0 t

WESTCHESTER AVE

Fair

Over: Abandoned CSX TRANS/P MR

AT MELROSE, Bronx, NY

Built 1904 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 8,075

LAFAYETTE AVENUE

Fair

Over: AMTRAK/CSXT/P&W

AT HUNTS POINT, Bronx, NY

Built 1906 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 3,657

RTE 987G

Fair

Over: SPROUT CREEK

0.4 MI SE OF FREEDOM PLNS, Dutchess, NY

Built 1937 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 18,211

WEST TENTH AVE

Fair

Over: CAYADUTTA CREEK

CITY OF GLOVERSVILLE, Fulton, NY

Built 1914 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 292

COUNTY ROAD 110

Fair

Over: HANS CREEK

6 MILES NE OF BROADALBIN, Fulton, NY

Built 1929 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 1,383

TRANSIT ROAD

Fair

Over: WHITE CREEK

1.2 MI E OF E.BETHANY, Genesee, NY

Built 1955 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 688

RTE 27

Fair

Over: MASSAPEQUA CREEK

1.5 MI E JCT RTS 27+135, Nassau, NY

Built 1927 Load: 22.0 t

SANDS POINT ROAD

Fair

Over: MAINT FACILITY

NW OF PORT WASHINGTON, Nassau, NY

Built 1911 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 3,343

EAST DRIVE

Fair

Over: PED WALK OPP 73ST

CENTER OF CENTRAL PARK, New York, NY

Built 1862 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 220

GASPORT ROAD

Fair

Over: EIGHTEEN MILE CRK

1.6 MI SOUTH OF GASPORT, Niagara, NY

Built 1916 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 4,212

RTE 31

Fair

Over: STONY CREEK

07MI W JCT RTS 365+31, Oneida, NY

Built 1932 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 4,369

MARTLING AVENUE

Fair

Over: RICHMOND LAKE DAM

IN CLOVE LAKES PARK, Richmond, NY

Built 1929 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 11,255

BOZENKILL ROAD

Fair

Over: BOZEN KILL

1.9MI SE OF DUANESBURG, Schenectady, NY

Built 1889 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 23

WELCH ROAD

Fair

Over: WHITE CREEK

1.0 MI SW OF RICHVILLE, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 1917 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 165

HOADLEY ROAD

Fair

Over: TROUT BROOK

1.5 MI NW OF WEST POTSDAM, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 1925 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 17

RTE 96

Fair

Over: TRUMANSBURG CREEK

0.8 MI SE SENECA CL;RTE96, Tompkins, NY

Built 1865 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 8,994

OSBORN ROAD

Fair

Over: BEAVER SWAMP BRK

1.5 MI NE MAMARONECK RYE, Westchester, NY

Built 1929 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 2,190

STATE PARK ROAD

Fair

Over: DEHGAYASOH CREEK

AT LETCHWORTH STATE PARK, Wyoming, NY

Built 1930 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 868

COCKRAM ROAD

Fair

Over: BLACK CREEK

1 MILE SOUTH OF BYRON, Genesee, NY

Built 1967 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 454

COUNTY ROAD 14

Fair

Over: COWASELON CREEK

2.0 MI SW OF ONEIDA, Madison, NY

Built 1931 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 1,826

GRAND CONCOURSE

Fair

Over: METRO NO COMMUTER

AT MORRISANIA, Bronx, NY

Built 1906 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 19,360

UNION PORT ROAD

Fair

Over: AMTRAK/CSXT/P&W

AT WESTCHESTER HEIGHTS, Bronx, NY

Built 1906 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 4,623

LAKE ROAD

Fair

Over: MURDER CREEK

3.0 MI SW INDIAN FALLS, Genesee, NY

Built 1930 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 1,022

COUNTY ROAD 9

Fair

Over: NORTH CREEK

2.4 MI SW OF GHENT, Columbia, NY

Built 1940 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 1,362

RTE 17

Fair

Over: TWADELL BROOK

0.8 MI E JCT RTS 17 + 30, Delaware, NY

Built 1961 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 5,984

CAMPBELL BROOK RD

Fair

Over: CAMPBELL BROOK

3.6 MI S OF DOWNSVILLE, Delaware, NY

Built 1963 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 44

LAWSON BOULEVARD

Fair

Over: POWELL CREEK

0.5 MI SE E ROCKAWAY, Nassau, NY

Built 1961 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 27,281

WEST DRIVE

Fair

Over: FEEDER TO LAKE

IN CENTRAL PARK, New York, NY

Built 1860 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 231

BOON STREET

Fair

Over: STEUBEN CREEK

AT BARNEVELD, Oneida, NY

Built 1915 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 628

RTE 357

Fair

Over: SUSQUEHANNA RIVER

JCT RTE 357+SUSQUEHANNA R, Otsego, NY

Built 1935 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 1,790

RTE 28

Fair

Over: BANNER CREEK

2.0 MI N JCT RTS 28 + 7, Otsego, NY

Built 1925 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 5,391

CROTON ROAD

Fair

Over: CATHARINE CREEK

3.4 S OF MONTOUR FALLS, Schuyler, NY

Built 1988 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 35

BALLYHACK ROAD

Fair

Over: OSBORN CREEK

3 MI E OF CHENANGO BRIDG, Broome, NY

Built 1939 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 1,103

RTE 14

Fair

Over: KASHONG CREEK

6.8MI S JCT RTS 14 + 5+20, Ontario, NY

Built 1925 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 4,950

RTE 100

Fair

Over: EX-NYCRR (PUTNAM)

1.7 MI S JCT SH100 &US202, Westchester, NY

Built 1951 Load: 22.6 t ADT: 7,608

LOBDELL MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: BASIC CREEK

1.5 MI SE OF WESTERLO, Albany, NY

Built 1980 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 14

CRAWFORD CREEK ROA

Fair

Over: CRAWFORD CREEK

3.9 MI W OF BELFAST, Allegany, NY

Built 1959 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 115

Proctor Road

Fair

Over: TRAPPING BROOK

1.5 MI NE OF WELLSVILLE, Allegany, NY

Built 1973 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 124

BARTELL ROAD

Fair

Over: LITTLE CHOCONUT

AT INT BARTEL/AIRPORT RD, Broome, NY

Built 1987 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 148

POWDERHOUSE ROAD

Fair

Over: SUGAR CREEK

.9 MI NE OF VESTAL CENTER, Broome, NY

Built 1982 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 899

Showing 6,901-6,950 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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