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 960H

Good

Over: CATATONK CREEK

RTE 96 OVER CATATONK CK, Tioga, NY

Built 1984 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 2,210

RTE 222

Good

Over: FALL CREEK

1.3 MI NW CORT CL;RTE 222, Tompkins, NY

Built 1959 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 2,813

RTE 277

Good

Over: CAYUGA CREEK

2.3 MI N JCT RTS 277+354, Erie, NY

Built 1989 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 35,528

RTE 8

Good

Over: ELM STREET

4.2 MI S JCT SH 8 & SH 12, Oneida, NY

Built 1969 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 5,329

RTE 17

Good

Over: CASTLE GARDENS RD

2.0 MI W JCT RTS 17 + 26, Broome, NY

Built 1969 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 13,109

RTE 27

Good

Over: BELLOWS POND ROAD

.7 MI W JCT SH 24 & SH 27, Suffolk, NY

Built 1973 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 17,379

RTE 27

Good

Over: BELLOWS POND ROAD

.7 MI W JCT SH 24 & SH 27, Suffolk, NY

Built 1973 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 17,379

495I EB TO NSP EB

Good

Over: RTE 906A

LIE EXIT 42 TO NSP OV SSR, Nassau, NY

Built 1990 Load: 35.4 t

RTE I278

Good

Over: NAVY STREET

3.9 MI SW JCT I278 & I495, Kings, NY

Built 1960 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 129,323

RTE I87

Good

Over: RTE I87 RTE I87 RTE I9

JCT I87 & I95, Bronx, NY

Built 1962 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 25,823

RTE 51

Good

Over: STEELE CREEK

4.2 MI S JCT RTS51&5S, Herkimer, NY

Built 1980 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 451

RAMP TO/FM NS ART

Good

Over: 5S 26011001 RTE 5S

JCT SH 5 & SH 5S, Oneida, NY

Built 1990 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 5,098

86I EB OFFRAMP

Good

Over: OIL CREEK

0.2 MI W JCT RTS 17 + 305, Allegany, NY

Built 1972 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 1,934

RTE I495

Good

Over: 74TH STREET

2.1 MI SE JCT 278I & 495I, Queens, NY

Built 1988 Load: 35.4 t

EAST AVENUE

Good

Over: LIMESTONE CREEK

NE OF VILLAGE OF MINOA, Onondaga, NY

Built 1991 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 794

E ALBANY STREET

Good

Over: CSX TRANSPRTATION

IN OSWEGO, Oswego, NY

Built 2002 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 3,893

SOUTH ALBANY ST.

Good

Over: SIXMILE CREEK

0.34 Miles West of Rte 13, Tompkins, NY

Built 2023 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 2,017

NORTH PEARL ST

Good

Over: SUCKER BROOK

CITY OF CANANDAIGUA, Ontario, NY

Built 1986 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 4,845

LINDEN PLACE

Good

Over: NEWTOWN CREEK

IN CITY OF ELMIRA, Chemung, NY

Built 1992 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 816

TAFT ROAD

Good

Over: MEADS CREEK

.4 MI W OF EAST CAMPBELL, Steuben, NY

Built 1990 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 489

WILLEY RD

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

1 MI W OF SOUTH DANSVILLE, Steuben, NY

Built 1996 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 92

MUTTON HOLLOW RD

Good

Over: TROUT RUN

3.1 MI N OF WHEELER, Steuben, NY

Built 2012 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 57

MAIN STREET

Good

Over: MNRR HA LINE

0.3 MI E of BRP Exit 3, Westchester, NY

Built 1910 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 6,421

BAILEY HOLLOW RD

Good

Over: KETCHUMVILLE BRK

2.5 MI N HAMLET OF MAINE, Broome, NY

Built 2013 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 169

DEAN RATHBUN ROAD

Good

Over: SHADOW BROOK

2. MI SW EAST SPRINGFIELD, Otsego, NY

Built 2002 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 40

NORTH DIVISION ST

Good

Over: ZIMMERMAN CREEK

AT ST.JOHNSVILLE, Montgomery, NY

Built 1985 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 1,286

Military Road

Good

Over: Sand Creek

3.5 mi N of EDINBURG, Saratoga, NY

Built 2022 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 88

RTE 62

Good

Over: CONEWANGO CREEK

1.3 MI E JCT RTS 62 & 60, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1992 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 5,119

RTE 436

Good

Over: KESHEQUA CREEK

0.5 MI E OD INT 408 & 436, Livingston, NY

Built 1991 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 1,255

WOODSTOCK AVENUE

Good

Over: KAATERSKILL CREEK

HAMLET OF PALENVILLE, Greene, NY

Built 1975 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 653

BENJAMIN ROAD

Good

Over: STONEY CLOVE CREEK

5 MI SW VILL TANNERSVILLE, Greene, NY

Built 2012 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 17

WILLIAM STREET

Good

Over: WEST RIVER

IN MIDDLESEX, Yates, NY

Built 2020 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 74

ELM STREET

Good

Over: LITTLE HOOSIC RIVER

IN BERLIN, Rensselaer, NY

Built 2014 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 243

COSBY MANOR RD

Good

Over: WOOD CREEK

1.0 MI NE OF W SCHUYLER, Herkimer, NY

Built 1926 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 751

CR41 Mexico Rd

Good

Over: SAGE CREEK

2.5 MI NE OF MEXICO, Oswego, NY

Built 1989 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 761

COUNTY ROAD 127

Good

Over: BIG INLET CREEK

IN HARTFIELD, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1990 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 2,598

HOPKINS ROAD

Good

Over: RANSOM CREEK

3 MI SW JCT SH78 & SH263, Erie, NY

Built 1990 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 480

HAKE ROAD

Good

Over: CATTARAUGUS CREEK

3 MILES SW OF SARDINIA, Erie, NY

Built 1991 Load: 35.4 t

HILL ROAD

Good

Over: BULL CREEK

2.7 MI N OF N TONAWANDA, Niagara, NY

Built 1990 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 1,915

MILL STREET

Good

Over: NEWTOWN CREEK

IN HORSEHEADS, Chemung, NY

Built 1976 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 360

TRAVERS ROAD

Good

Over: LAKE TITUS STREAM

3.6 MILES SOUTH OF MALONE, Franklin, NY

Built 2020 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 242

STONY CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: STONY CREEK

3.5 MI SW OF HENDERSON, Jefferson, NY

Built 2018 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 304

BRP EXIT 10A RAMP

Good

Over: Bronx River

100 SW JCT 907G & 984E, Westchester, NY

Built 2009 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 10,000

GENEGANTSLET ROAD

Good

Over: INDIAN BROOK

2.5 MI SO WEST OF GREENE, Chenango, NY

Built 2002 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 782

COUNTY ROAD 11

Good

Over: W BR OTEGO CREEK

2.6 MILES N OF LAURENS, Otsego, NY

Built 2007 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 156

CRAIGIE CLAIR RD

Good

Over: BEAVER KILL

2.5 MI SW OF BEAVERKILL, Sullivan, NY

Built 2007 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 60

RTE 206

Good

Over: SPRING BROOK

4.5 MILES N OF ROCKLAND, Delaware, NY

Built 2010 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 1,775

COUNTY ROAD 229

Good

Over: SUSQUEHANNA RIVER

3 MI SOUTH OF NINEVEH, Broome, NY

Built 1990 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 1,054

RTE 4

Good

Over: GLENS FALLS FEEDER CANAL

0.5 MI. N. RTE. 196 INTER, Washington, NY

Built 2017 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 10,279

MILL ST

Good

Over: ERIE BARGE CANAL

OVER BARGE CANAL S ROME, Oneida, NY

Built 1992 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 4,713

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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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