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

KRANZ ROAD

Fair

Over: SAGE CREEK

3.0 MI N OF MEXICO, Oswego, NY

Built 1904 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 263

DALY BOULEVARD

Fair

Over: SIMONSONS CHANNEL

1.0 MI SE E ROCKAWAY, Nassau, NY

Built 1961 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 22,162

COUNTY ROAD 30

Fair

Over: BLACK CREEK

5 MILES NNW OF SALEM, Washington, NY

Built 1928 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,148

CR 113

Fair

Over: UNKNOWN STREAM

2.2 MI NE JCT RTS 4 + 67, Washington, NY

Built 1930 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,165

COUNTY ROAD 59

Fair

Over: HALL BROOK

3.5 MI SW OF CAMBRIDGE, Washington, NY

Built 1930 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 259

TOWNSEND ROAD

Fair

Over: BIG CREEK

2 MI W OF HARTFORD, Washington, NY

Built 1930 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 134

BLIND BUCK ROAD

Fair

Over: WHITE CREEK

0.2mi SE of RT153 JCT, Washington, NY

Built 1942 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 239

HANKS ROAD

Fair

Over: WHITE CREEK

0.1mi N of RT22 JCT, Washington, NY

Built 1942 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 577

LEY CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: OX CREEK

3.5 MI S OF FULTON, Oswego, NY

Built 1999 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 541

CR16DEVILS DEN RD

Fair

Over: GREAT CHAZY RIVER

.6MI S HAMLET ALTONA, Clinton, NY

Built 1965 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,618

OSCEOLA ROAD

Fair

Over: POINT ROCK CREEK

4.5 MI W OF WEST LEYDEN, Lewis, NY

Built 1964 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 455

OLD OXFORD ROAD

Fair

Over: SEELY BROOK

1 MILE EAST OF CHESTER, Orange, NY

Built 1937 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 694

PARADISE ROAD

Fair

Over: NEVERSINK RIVER

3.5 MI NW CUDDEBACKVILLE, Orange, NY

Built 1997 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 50

CONGERS ROAD

Fair

Over: LAKE DE FOREST

1.4 MI SE JCT NY304+US9W, Rockland, NY

Built 1954 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 10,634

HUGUENOT STREET

Fair

Over: TRIBUTARY 13

VILLAGE OF NEW PALTZ, Ulster, NY

Built 1983 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 249

COUNTY ROAD 69

Fair

Over: LITTLE CHOCONUT CK

.3 MILE N OF JOHNSON CITY, Broome, NY

Built 1975 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 8,263

WESTCHESTER AV WB

Fair

Over: MAMARONECK RIVER

4.3 MI NW OF PORT CHESTER, Westchester, NY

Built 1955 Load: 99.9 t

W MIDDLEBURY ROAD

Fair

Over: MIDDLEBURY BROOK

AT WEST MIDDLEBURY, Wyoming, NY

Built 1989 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 554

WHITEHAVEN ROAD

Fair

Over: SPICER CREEK

3.4 MI E OF I190 EXIT N19, Erie, NY

Built 1970 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 2,295

ENSMINGER ROAD

Fair

Over: TWO MILE CREEK

.9 MILE E JCT I190 & I290, Erie, NY

Built 1957 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,577

907G NB-907K RAMP

Fair

Over: BRONX RIVER

2.2 MI NW OF PELHAM, Westchester, NY

Built 1970 Load: 99.9 t

FOREST BROOK ROAD

Fair

Over: PASCACK BROOK

1 MI NE JCT SH 59 & CR 45, Rockland, NY

Built 1993 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 1,954

RTE 987G

Fair

Over: SAW MILL RIVER

4.1 MI NE OF TARRYTOWN, Westchester, NY

Built 1972 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 94,345

RTE 987G

Fair

Over: KLINE KILL

1.3 MI SE OF CHATHAM, Columbia, NY

Built 1959 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 3,745

RTE I90

Fair

Over: TRIB TO LAKE ERIE

4 MI NE OF EXIT 60 - I90, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1957 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 9,423

RTE I90

Fair

Over: TRIB TO LAKE ERIE

4 MI NE OF EXIT 60 - I90, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1957 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 8,444

RTE I90

Fair

Over: BEAVER CREEK

3.2 MI SW OF DUNKIRK INT, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1957 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 9,423

RTE I90

Fair

Over: BEAVER CREEK

3.2 MI NE OF DUNKIRK INT, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1956 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 22,749

RTE I90

Fair

Over: RUSH CREEK

1.9 MI NORTH OF INT 57, Erie, NY

Built 1956 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 31,490

RTE I87

Fair

Over: ORANGE LAKE TRIBUTARY

.1 MI N JCT I87 & SH 52, Orange, NY

Built 1953 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 35,222

ENTRANCE ROAD

Fair

Over: KROMA KILL

1.0 MILES FROM U.S. ROUTE, Saratoga, NY

Built 1971 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 310

STILLWELL LAKE TR.

Good

Over: BROOKS HOLLOW BROOK

SOUTH OF CAMP BUCKNER, Orange, NY

Built 2021 ADT: 200

RTE 947A

Good

Over: 948A948A45011001 RTE 94

2.3MI W JCT WB LOSP+RTE98, Orleans, NY

Built 1971 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 317

CAMPGROUND ROAD

Good

Over: FORKED LAKE OUTLT

FORKED LAKE OUTLET, Hamilton, NY

Built 1954 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 10

RTE 951

Good

Over: PHIL CREEK

1.7 m SW I-86 Exit, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 2014 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 486

EAST HOOK ROAD

Good

Over: Wiccopee Creek

1 MI So 84, Dutchess, NY

Built 2021 Load: 0.0 t

MORRELL ROAD

Good

Over: PONY HOLLOW CREEK

0.6 MILES NE CAYUGA, Tompkins, NY

Built 2018 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 18

EMERYVILLE ROAD

Good

Over: OSWEGATCHIE RIVER

1.5 MI NE OF FOWLER, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 1995 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 149

CR 55

Good

Over: SCHROON RIVER

1 MI NW OF EXIT 25 - I87, Warren, NY

Built 2005 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 955

EAST LAKE ROAD

Good

Over: INDIAN CREEK

3.3 MI NW OF OVID, Seneca, NY

Built 2013 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 108

MILLER STREET

Good

Over: CAYADUTTA CREEK

IN CITY OF JOHNSTOWN, Fulton, NY

Built 1930 Load: 4.5 t ADT: 862

PRISON ROAD

Good

Over: MNRR HU LINE

AT OSSINNING, Westchester, NY

Built 2014 Load: 4.5 t

RTE 78

Good

Over: ELLICOTT CREEK

0.1 MI N JCT RTS 78 & 33, Erie, NY

Built 1959 Load: 7.5 t ADT: 27,606

BRIDGE LANE

Good

Over: LONG ISLAND-ML

1.1 MILES E OF CUTCHOGUE, Suffolk, NY

Built 1885 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 242

E CENTERVILLE ROAD

Good

Over: TRIB CANEADEA CREEK

2.4 MI NORTH OF RUSHFORD, Allegany, NY

Built 1992 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 136

OSWEGATCHIE TRAIL

Good

Over: LITTLE RIVER

LOCATED IN LOWER OSWEGATC, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 1924 Load: 10.7 t ADT: 284

RIDDLE ROAD

Good

Over: MUD CREEK

1.5 MILES EAST OF RAPIDS, Niagara, NY

Built 1954 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 348

RTE 120

Good

Over: BLIND BROOK

06 MI NW JCT 120 & NETHRY, Westchester, NY

Built 1994 Load: 11.0 t ADT: 4,771

RTE 970B

Good

Over: GRASSE RIVER

JCT RTE 420 + GRASSE R, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 1917 Load: 11.2 t ADT: 7,291

PLAINVILLE RD

Good

Over: SENECA RIVER

4.5 MI S OF PLAINVILLE, Onondaga, NY

Built 2008 Load: 11.3 t ADT: 1,858

Showing 9,701-9,750 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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