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 209

Fair

Over: KRIPPLEBUSH CREEK

8.9 MI N JCT RTS 209+44, Ulster, NY

Built 1963 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 9,421

RTE 243

Fair

Over: INDIAN CREEK

0.2 MI NW OF RUSHFORD, Allegany, NY

Built 1965 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 2,475

RTE 119

Fair

Over: MAMARONECK RIVER

JCT I287 WB RAMP & RTE119, Westchester, NY

Built 1961 Load: 99.9 t

RTE I287

Fair

Over: BLIND BROOK

1.9 MI E JCT RTE I287+HRP, Westchester, NY

Built 1960 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 79,177

RTE I290

Fair

Over: ELLICOTT CRK

0.5 MI W JCT RT 263 +I290, Erie, NY

Built 1965 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 97,735

RTE I84

Fair

Over: HARVEY ROE BROOK

2.5 MI E JCT RTS 17+I84, Orange, NY

Built 1969 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 20,910

RTE 100

Fair

Over: POCANTICO RIVER

.5 MI S JCT SH 100 & TSP, Westchester, NY

Built 1967 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 6,307

RTE 7

Fair

Over: SMALL CREEK

1.6 MI E OF WORCESTER, Otsego, NY

Built 1940 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,192

RTE 17

Fair

Over: HUNTS CREEK

3.8 MI NE JCT SH417&SH275, Tioga, NY

Built 1968 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 7,883

RTE 17

Fair

Over: HUNTS CREEK

3.8 MI NE JCT SH417&SH275, Tioga, NY

Built 1968 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 7,883

RTE I81

Fair

Over: CASTLE CREEK

1.2 MI W OF EXIT 7 I-81, Broome, NY

Built 1967 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 24,619

RTE 201

Fair

Over: FINCH HOLLOW CRK

.2 MI N JCT SH 201 & SH 1, Broome, NY

Built 1971 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 29,825

RTE 957A

Fair

Over: GILL CREEK

1.8 MI W JCT RT 957A&190I, Niagara, NY

Built 1962 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 18,070

RTE 987C

Fair

Over: LOWER SPARKILL CREEK

.2 MI NW JCT PIP & SH 340, Rockland, NY

Built 1954 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 42,928

RTE I295

Fair

Over: MOTOR PKWY (PED)

0.7 MI S JCT I295 & I495, Queens, NY

Built 1961 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 66,042

RTE 440

Fair

Over: OLD PLACE CREEK

JCT OF RTS I-278 & I-440, Richmond, NY

Built 1968 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 5,688

DOCK STREET

Fair

Over: MILL BROOK

PORT HENRY OVER MILL CK, Essex, NY

Built 1915 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 734

RTE I86

Fair

Over: PARK CREEK

.1 MI W OF KIRKWOOD TN LI, Broome, NY

Built 1948 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 12,921

RTE 59

Fair

Over: N BR PASCACK BRK

1000FT NW OF JCT 59 & 87I, Rockland, NY

Built 1997 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 19,772

RTE 177

Fair

Over: FISH CREEK

3.1 MI W JCT RT177 &CR189, Jefferson, NY

Built 1959 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 2,346

RTE 440

Fair

Over: CRK AT STA 182+70

0.5 MI S OF FRESH KILLS, Richmond, NY

Built 1968 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 114,439

RTE 36

Fair

Over: FOWLER CREEK

0.1 M S RT20, Livingston, NY

Built 1958 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 2,875

RTE 36

Fair

Over: Browns Creek

36 36 42021282_CREEK, Livingston, NY

Built 1956 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 2,875

RTE I684

Fair

Over: BROAD BROOK

1.7 MI N RTE I684 INT 4, Westchester, NY

Built 1968 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 29,529

RTE 28

Fair

Over: LITT BEAVER KILL

1.5 MI S JCT SH28 & SH212, Ulster, NY

Built 1966 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 6,498

RTE I84

Fair

Over: STUMP POND STREAM

0.2 MI E JCT I84 INT 17, Putnam, NY

Built 1968 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 21,372

RTE I90

Fair

Over: MILL CREEK

0.1 MI S JCT RT I90 & 151, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1971 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 41,076

RTE I90

Fair

Over: North Branch of Moordene

1.8 MI N JCT I90 & US 9, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1971 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 41,076

RTE I90

Fair

Over: North Branch Moordener K

.9 MI N JCT I90 & US9, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1972 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 36,499

RTE I81

Fair

Over: CASTLE CREEK

0.2 MI N OF EXIT 7 I-81, Broome, NY

Built 1969 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 12,949

RTE I81

Fair

Over: CASTLE CREEK

0.2 MI N OF EXIT 7 I-81, Broome, NY

Built 1969 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 12,310

LEBANON HILL ROAD

Fair

Over: EATON BROOK

4.0 MI SE OF MORRISVILLE, Madison, NY

Built 1985 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 184

WENTWORTH ROAD

Fair

Over: W BR CONEWANGO CK

1.3 MI WEST OF HAMLET, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1988 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 30

NEW GREENVLLE TPK

Fair

Over: CLOVE BROOK

.7 MILE S OF PORT JERVIS, Orange, NY

Built 1967 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 708

WEST FOLEY ROAD

Fair

Over: SHERWOOD HOLLOW CK

1.5 MI E FIVE MILE POINT, Broome, NY

Built 1962 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 920

47TH ST

Fair

Over: RTE 907M RTE 907M

JCT I278 & G C PKWY, Queens, NY

Built 1937 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 2,137

THIRD AVENUE

Fair

Over: GOWANUS CANAL

OVER GOWANUS CANAL, Kings, NY

Built 1889 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 11,199

Sixth Avenue

Fair

Over: NY & Atlantic/L NYCTA S

IN BOROUGH PARK, Kings, NY

Built 1912 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 11,475

LEFFERTS BLVD

Fair

Over: LIRR MAIN LINE

IN KEW GARDENS, Queens, NY

Built 1908 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 6,225

SANDS POINT PARK

Fair

Over: DRY STREAM BED

EAST OF SANDS POINT, Nassau, NY

Built 1900 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 265

ROBERTS ROAD

Fair

Over: WRIGHT BROOK

1.8 MI N OF BLOOMVILLE, Delaware, NY

Built 1971 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 148

LAUREN TICE ROAD

Fair

Over: SAWYER KILL

1.0 MI NE OF KATSBAAN, Ulster, NY

Built 1948 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 540

ROCKLAND AVENUE

Fair

Over: SHELDRAKE RIVER

AT MAMARONECK, Westchester, NY

Built 1955 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 4,041

WINTERBOTTOM LANE

Fair

Over: MILL RIVER

8.0 MI E OF MT KISCO, Westchester, NY

Built 1975 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 111

MAIN STREET

Fair

Over: CATHEDRAL GLEN

0.5 MI NW INT RT 28-MAIN, Ulster, NY

Built 1988 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 278

TAR HOLLOW ROAD

Fair

Over: TAR HOLLOW CREEK

2 MI NW OF FISHS EDDY, Delaware, NY

Built 1957 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 125

WATER ST

Fair

Over: ORISKANY CK

4 MI E JCT RTS 20 < 46, Madison, NY

Built 1954 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 97

RTE 240

Fair

Over: SPENCER BROOK

5.4 MI N JCT SH240 & SH39, Erie, NY

Built 2002 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,913

ALL PEAT BEDS ROAD

Fair

Over: GRAPEVILLE CREEK

0.8 MI E OF NY81, Greene, NY

Built 1984 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 83

COUNTRYMAN ROAD

Fair

Over: SAGE CREEK

2.0 MI N OF MEXICO, Oswego, NY

Built 1948 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 193

Showing 9,651-9,700 of 17,642 bridges

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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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