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

CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: LITTLE SALMON CREEK

2 MILES SW OF GENOA, Cayuga, NY

Built 1989 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 75

COUNTY ROAD 30

Fair

Over: WESTERN NY & PENN

1.1 MI SOUTH OF ASHVILLE, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1976 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 3,600

POTTER ROAD

Fair

Over: WING CREEK

3.9 MI SW OF RTE 394, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1989 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 111

HARRIS HOLLOW RD

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF CLEAR CREEK

2 MILES NW OF ELLINGTON, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1941 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 54

RTE 7

Fair

Over: YALEVILLE BROOK

1 MI NE JCT SH 7 & SH 206, Chenango, NY

Built 1910 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 2,965

ROBINSON ROAD

Fair

Over: GUILFORD CREEK

2.1 MI SE OF GUILFORD CTR, Chenango, NY

Built 1978 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 31

FURMAN MILLS ROAD

Fair

Over: PLEASANT BROOK

0.2 MI E OF SH 12, Chenango, NY

Built 1992 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 257

WILLIAMS ROAD

Fair

Over: CHENANGO RIVER

1.2 MI SO OF EARLVILLE, Chenango, NY

Built 1933 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 465

HARLEMVILLE ROAD

Fair

Over: GNAT CREEK

1.7 MI SE OF GHENT, Columbia, NY

Built 1938 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 936

COUNTY ROAD 8

Fair

Over: DOVER KILL

1.2 MI NW OF SNYDERVILLE, Columbia, NY

Built 1951 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 704

RTE I81

Fair

Over: TIOUGHNIOGA RIVER

JCT RTE 81I+TIOUGHNIOGA R, Cortland, NY

Built 1966 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 9,431

RTE 23

Fair

Over: MIDDLE BROOK

10.4 MI NW JCT SH23 &SH10, Delaware, NY

Built 1940 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 3,108

COUNTY ROAD 36

Fair

Over: BATAVIA KILL

0.4 MI E OF KELLY CORNERS, Delaware, NY

Built 1952 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 582

MAIN STREET

Fair

Over: MNRR HUDSON LINE

0.2MI N JCT US9+US44+NY52, Dutchess, NY

Built 1930 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 6,254

MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: SAW KILL

1.0 MI N OF RED HOOK, Dutchess, NY

Built 1940 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 915

DANN ROAD

Fair

Over: BLACK CREEK

1.3 MILES N OF SWORMVILLE, Erie, NY

Built 1960 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 631

FRENCH ROAD

Fair

Over: SLATE BOTTOM CRK

.8 MI N JCT US 20 & SH354, Erie, NY

Built 1967 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 12,785

SCANLON ROAD

Fair

Over: LITT SALMON RIVER

1.9 MILES SOUTH OF BOMBAY, Franklin, NY

Built 1976 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 82

SABATTIS ROAD

Fair

Over: OUTLET LITTLE TUPPER LAK

NE END LITTLE TUPPER LAKE, Hamilton, NY

Built 1939 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 60

BINGHAM MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: TRAMMEL CREEK

.9 MI NW OF STRATFORD, Herkimer, NY

Built 1982 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 148

MARTHA STREET

Fair

Over: Erie Canalway Trail, ERI

0.2MI W JCT BARGE C + 259, Monroe, NY

Built 1908 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 721

WEST AMES ROAD

Fair

Over: BRIMSTONE CREEK

.4 MI NW OF AMES, Montgomery, NY

Built 1936 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 457

BROOKFIELD ROAD

Fair

Over: FOSTERS BROOK

1.5 MI S VALLEY STR, Nassau, NY

Built 1951 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 12,413

RTE 104

Fair

Over: RBT MOSES PWRPLNT

0.5 MI N JCT RTS 104 & 61, Niagara, NY

Built 1960 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 6,614

POWELL ROAD

Fair

Over: NINE MILE CREEK

2 MI SW STITTVILLE, Oneida, NY

Built 1957 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 140

RTE 980W

Fair

Over: HIGHLAND BROOK

1.2 MI E JCT RTE 218+9W, Orange, NY

Built 1945 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 2,656

KOHLER ROAD

Fair

Over: SHAWANGUNK KILL

3.6 MILES SW OF OTISVILLE, Orange, NY

Built 1959 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 365

NORWAY ROAD

Fair

Over: SANDY CREEK

2.0 MI NE MURRAY, Orleans, NY

Built 1956 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 270

KNOWLESVILLE ROAD

Fair

Over: ERIE CANAL

4.3 MI E JCT BG CNL &SH63, Orleans, NY

Built 1910 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 1,618

CIMARRON ROAD

Fair

Over: CANOPUS CREEK

6.1 MI NE OF PEEKSKILL, Putnam, NY

Built 1955 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 1,000

DUNHAM HOLLOW RD

Fair

Over: TAKAWASICK CREEK

2.3 MI NW OF STEVETWN CTR, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1949 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 402

PASCACK ROAD

Fair

Over: PASCACK BROOK

3.4 MI S OF SPRING VALLEY, Rockland, NY

Built 1950 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 2,779

COUNTY RD 6

Fair

Over: CAYUTA LAKE OUTLT

2.6 MI WE OF ODESSA, Schuyler, NY

Built 1982 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 200

WYERS POINT ROAD

Fair

Over: NIVEK CREEK

6.7 MI E OF OVID, Seneca, NY

Built 1966 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 105

TOWD POINT ROAD

Fair

Over: DAVIS CREEK

NORTHEAST OF NORTH SEA, Suffolk, NY

Built 1941 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 381

TROLLEY LINE RD

Fair

Over: ARGYLE CREEK

AT BABYLON, Suffolk, NY

Built 1937 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 5,820

PULASKI ROAD

Fair

Over: LIRR PT JEFF BRCH

1.5 MI E OF E NORTHPORT, Suffolk, NY

Built 1928 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 14,168

SMITH CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: SMITH CREEK

1.9 MI E OF TIOGA CENTER, Tioga, NY

Built 1986 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 137

PARK SETTLEMNT RD

Fair

Over: OWEGO CREEK

2.4 MILES E OF CATATONK, Tioga, NY

Built 1976 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 410

WILSON CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: WILSON CREEK

1.7 MI NE NEWARK VALLEY, Tioga, NY

Built 1976 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 951

RED MILLS ROAD

Fair

Over: DWAAR KILL

0.7 MI SE OF DWAARKILL, Ulster, NY

Built 1963 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 1,458

CAPE AVENUE

Fair

Over: BEER KILL

AT ELLENVILLE, Ulster, NY

Built 1940 Load: 22.7 t

RTE 119

Fair

Over: SAW MILL RIVER

.1 MI E JCT SH 119 & SMRP, Westchester, NY

Built 1938 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 32,042

WESTERLEIGH ROAD

Fair

Over: BLIND BROOK

1.7 MI NW OF PORT CHESTER, Westchester, NY

Built 1983 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 160

RTE 907W

Fair

Over: MAMARONECK RIVER

0.3 MI S HRP SB INT 14, Westchester, NY

Built 1991 Load: 22.7 t

RTE 364

Fair

Over: FLINT CREEK

S END OF POTTER, Yates, NY

Built 1976 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 1,607

RTE 23

Fair

Over: RANSFORD CREEK

1.4 MI NE JCT RTS 23 + 12, Chenango, NY

Built 1938 Load: 22.8 t ADT: 4,100

SALT SPRINGVILLE R

Fair

Over: BOWMANS CREEK

3.0 MI SE OF STARKVILLE, Montgomery, NY

Built 1936 Load: 22.8 t ADT: 196

WEST 33RD STREET

Fair

Over: AMTRAK W SIDE CON

IN WEST MANHATTAN, New York, NY

Built 1939 Load: 22.8 t ADT: 4,977

RTE 981G

Fair

Over: MNRR PJ LINE

IN SLOATSBURG, Rockland, NY

Built 1950 Load: 22.8 t ADT: 4,320

Showing 6,951-7,000 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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