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

COUNTY ROAD 23C

Fair

Over: EAST KILL FEEDER

0.6 MI NW EAST JEWETT, Greene, NY

Built 2001 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 370

SPRINGHOUSE ROAD

Fair

Over: VIRGIL CREEK

ON DRYDEN VILLAGE WEST LN, Tompkins, NY

Built 1991 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 2,055

LOUKES ROAD

Fair

Over: BOQUET RIVER

7MI N WESTPORT, Essex, NY

Built 1910 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 79

MORRISONS ROAD

Fair

Over: BOQUET RIVER

2 MI N OF WESTPORT, Essex, NY

Built 1999 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 75

PATTERSON ROAD

Fair

Over: MOSES KILL

4.5 MI S OF FORT EDWARD, Washington, NY

Built 1928 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 396

KING RD

Fair

Over: MIDDLE SPRITE CRK

4.0 MI NW OF OPPENHEIM, Fulton, NY

Built 1970 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 62

GLENMORE ROAD

Fair

Over: FLORENCE CREEK

4 MI N OF TABERG, Oneida, NY

Built 1953 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 71

SHEPHERD ROAD

Fair

Over: PUTNAM BROOK

1 MILE EAST OF WEEDSPORT, Cayuga, NY

Built 1964 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 431

PEAVINER ROAD

Fair

Over: TONAWANDA CREEK

2.2 MI NE ALEXANDER, Genesee, NY

Built 1960 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 223

COUNTY ROAD 24

Fair

Over: GATES CREEK

1.8 MILES WEST OF ELGIN, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1985 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 263

ALLEGHANY ROAD

Fair

Over: SILVER CREEK

1.7 MI SE OF SMITH MILLS, Chautauqua, NY

Built 2003 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 324

CEDAR STREET

Fair

Over: BRANCH MURDER CRK

3.6 MILES NORTH OF AKRON, Erie, NY

Built 1937 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 1,173

NEW OREGON ROAD

Fair

Over: S BR 18 MILE CRK

.1 MILE N OF NEW OREGON, Erie, NY

Built 2002 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 254

HUNTER CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: HUNTER CREEK

3.4 MI E OF SOUTH WALES, Erie, NY

Built 1932 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 824

COUNTY ROAD 6

Fair

Over: NEILS CREEK

1.2 MI E OF HASKINVILLE, Steuben, NY

Built 1998 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 206

COUNTY ROAD 80

Fair

Over: TRACY CREEK

2.8 MI SE OF CAMERON, Steuben, NY

Built 2001 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 172

STETSON ROAD

Fair

Over: CORBEAU CREEK

.7MI SW COOPERSVILLE, Clinton, NY

Built 1967 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 391

CR 49 HOPKINTON-

Fair

Over: E BR ST REGIS RVR

0.5 MI SE OF WINTHROP, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 1932 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 305

COUNTY ROAD 28

Fair

Over: VALATIE KILL

2.1 MI N OF VALATIE, Columbia, NY

Built 2004 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 2,535

CRUM ELBOW ROAD

Fair

Over: FALL KILL

1.9 MI.E.OF EAST PARK, Dutchess, NY

Built 2010 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 4,350

SARAH WELLS TRAIL

Fair

Over: OTTER KILL

3.4 MI NE JCT RTS 17+207, Orange, NY

Built 1983 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 2,444

PIERCE CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: PIERCE CREEK

1 MILE S OF BINGHAMTON, Broome, NY

Built 1985 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 1,417

COUNTY ROAD 32

Fair

Over: EDDY BROOK

3.6 MILES SOUTH OF OXFORD, Chenango, NY

Built 1938 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 1,286

COUNTY ROAD 33

Fair

Over: CENTER BROOK

IN WEST HARPERSFIELD, Delaware, NY

Built 1995 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 907

STANTON CORNRS RD

Fair

Over: MIDDL MONGAUP RVR

2.2 MILES SW OF FERNDALE, Sullivan, NY

Built 1935 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 1,118

FREMONT RD

Fair

Over: CSX RR / AMTRAK CSX RR

1.5 MI NE JCT I481 & SH 2, Onondaga, NY

Built 1971 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 10,813

SHELVING ROCK RD

Fair

Over: SHELVING ROCK BK

3.1 MILES FROM HOGTOWN RD, Washington, NY

Built 1995 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 28

COUNTY ROAD 20

Fair

Over: MILL CREEK

0.5 mi N of Edmeston, Otsego, NY

Built 1999 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 535

BOATYARD ROAD

Fair

Over: CANAL FEEDER

1 MILE NORTH OF NYS RTE 5, Madison, NY

Built 1927 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 100

ESTRADA RD

Fair

Over: 87IX RTE I87

1.6 MI N INT US-6 and I87, Orange, NY

Built 1953 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 702

RTE 987D

Fair

Over: 9A 9A 870321026 RTE 9A

JCT SMRP&RTE 9A HAWTHORNE, Westchester, NY

Built 1972 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 24,084

RTE 987D

Fair

Over: SAW MILL RIVER EX-NYCRR

1.9 MI N JCT SMRP & CCP, Westchester, NY

Built 1928 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 30,516

RTE 907K

Fair

Over: 100 X 100X NB to CCP-WB

JCT OF RTS CCP < I87, Westchester, NY

Built 1970 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 11,665

COUNTY ROAD 11

Fair

Over: 987G 987G81041169 RTE 9

1.4 MI N OF MARTINDALE, Columbia, NY

Built 1956 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 1,286

YOUNGS RD

Fair

Over: 90IX RTE I90

3.8 MI W JCT I90 < RTE 78, Erie, NY

Built 1953 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 15,092

RTE I190

Fair

Over: ERIE LACK RR (ABD)

2.9 MI WNW JCT RTSI190<16, Erie, NY

Built 1959 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 70,601

SANTANONI PRES RD

Fair

Over: FISHING BROOK

.1 MI N OF RT 28N-MP 1047, Essex, NY

Built 1996 Load: 50.8 t

RTE 417

Fair

Over: BUTTERNUT BROOK

7.9 MI SE JCT RTS 417+ 16, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1951 Load: 50.9 t ADT: 6,406

RTE 395

Fair

Over: NORMANS KILL

RTE 395 IN DELANSON, Schenectady, NY

Built 1968 Load: 50.9 t ADT: 1,235

RAMP TO HRP SB

Fair

Over: SHELDRAKE RIVER

.1M W.JCT RT 125 & HRP, Westchester, NY

Built 1990 Load: 50.9 t

RED BRIDGE RD

Fair

Over: ORCHARD NECK CRK

AT CENTER MORICHES, Suffolk, NY

Built 1957 Load: 50.9 t ADT: 1,280

ECHO LAKE ROAD

Fair

Over: CHEECHUNK CREEK

2.4 MI W OF GOSHEN, Orange, NY

Built 1995 Load: 50.9 t ADT: 1,604

MILL BROOK ROAD

Fair

Over: MILL BROOK

3.0 MI E OF GRANT MILLS, Ulster, NY

Built 2001 Load: 50.9 t ADT: 51

MAMARONECK AVENUE

Fair

Over: MAMARONECK RIVER

1.4 MI NW MAMARONECK RYE, Westchester, NY

Built 1963 Load: 50.9 t ADT: 24,846

WOODSIDE AVE

Fair

Over: IRS ROAD

2 MI S OF HOLTSVILLE, Suffolk, NY

Built 1975 Load: 50.9 t ADT: 5,524

ELLISON PARK ROAD

Fair

Over: IRONDEQUOIT CREEK

1 MI NW OF PENFIELD, Monroe, NY

Built 1990 Load: 50.9 t ADT: 703

RTE 90IX

Fair

Over: 90IX RTE I90 290IX EB

1.5 MI SW JCT I90 & SH277, Erie, NY

Built 1953 Load: 50.9 t ADT: 35,871

RTE 28

Fair

Over: MILL CREEK

0.2 MI SE JCT 8 & 28, Warren, NY

Built 2008 Load: 51.0 t ADT: 2,838

RTE 9N

Fair

Over: D&H RR (MP 37.27)

1.3 MI W JCT RTS 9 & 9N, Saratoga, NY

Built 1959 Load: 51.2 t ADT: 12,175

RTE 135

Fair

Over: BROADWAY

1.9 MI S JCT RTE 135+SSP, Nassau, NY

Built 1962 Load: 51.2 t ADT: 86,312

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