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

LIBERTY STREET

Good

Over: SANDY CREEK

0.04 MI E JCT RT178, Jefferson, NY

Built 2001 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 450

JONES ROAD

Good

Over: W BR ST REGIS RVR

5 MI SE OF PARISHVILLE, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 2022 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 11

CR133

Good

Over: HALFWAY BROOK

7.0 MI.SE WHITNEY POINT, Broome, NY

Built 1953 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 156

HILL STREET

Good

Over: PAPER MILL BROOK

0.03 M SW of West St, Chenango, NY

Built 1930 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 357

COUNTY ROAD 19

Good

Over: WHARTON CREEK

1.2 MI N BURLINGTON FLATS, Otsego, NY

Built 2004 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 256

MARY SMITH HLL RD

Good

Over: BEAVER KILL

0.1 MI N OF CR152 IN LEWB, Sullivan, NY

Built 1989 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 80

WILFRED KING ROAD

Good

Over: KING BROOK

1 MI SW KING RD & SH 374, Clinton, NY

Built 2003 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 426

LELAND AVE

Good

Over: NYS CANAL TRAIL ERIE BA

LELAND AVE IN UTICA (CNL), Oneida, NY

Built 1990 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 4,796

WINTON ROAD

Good

Over: Canal Maintenance Roadwa

2 MI W JCT BRG CNL & SH65, Monroe, NY

Built 1967 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 15,781

RTE 287

Good

Over: RTE 59 NEW JERSEY TRANS

JCT SH 17N & I87 & SH 59, Rockland, NY

Built 1995 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 19,277

RTE I90

Good

Over: VINE ST

2.1 MI NW JCT I90 & I81, Onondaga, NY

Built 2019 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 35,968

RTE I90

Good

Over: BIG SISTER CREEK

2.6 MI.SW OF I-90 INT 57A, Erie, NY

Built 1957 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 12,209

RTE 20

Good

Over: RTE 11A

JCT OF RTS 20 & 11A, Onondaga, NY

Built 2001 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 4,296

RTE 20

Good

Over: CAYUGA CREEK

1.3 MI E JCT US20 & NY130, Erie, NY

Built 2002 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 14,642

RTE 219

Good

Over: RTE 20A

JCT RTS 219 + 20A, Erie, NY

Built 1972 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 14,517

NEWFIELD DEPOT RD

Good

Over: CAYUGA INLET

2MI NE OF NEWFIELD, Tompkins, NY

Built 2011 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 1,686

COUNTY TOURING RTE

Good

Over: CONEWANGO CREEK

1.9 MI S OF KENNEDY, Chautauqua, NY

Built 2012 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 546

ANSTEAD ROAD

Good

Over: TROUT BROOK

1.5 MI N OF EVANS MILLS, Jefferson, NY

Built 1942 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 89

CR16

Good

Over: PLATNER BROOK

2.2 MILES NW OF FRASER, Delaware, NY

Built 2006 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 598

NORTH COURT ST

Good

Over: CSX TRANS/ AMTRAK

1 MI W OF CANASTOTA, Madison, NY

Built 2015 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 5,627

TIORATI BROOK RD.

Good

Over: TIORATI BROOK

5.0 MI NW W HAVERSTRAW, Rockland, NY

Built 2016 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 189

RTE I278

Good

Over: GULF AVENUE OLD PLACE C

I278 NJ/NY BORDER, Richmond, NY

Built 2017 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 85,763

MILL STREET

Good

Over: SALMON CREEK

VILLAGE OF PULTNEYVILLE, Wayne, NY

Built 1998 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 916

WISSEMAN ROAD

Good

Over: JACKSON CREEK

3 MILES NW OF CLOVE VALLE, Dutchess, NY

Built 2011 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 676

AMBOY ROAD

Good

Over: LEMON CREEK

1.0 MILE SOUTH OF 909C, Richmond, NY

Built 1995 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 8,620

DOLSONTOWN ROAD

Good

Over: MONHAGEN BROOK

1.9 MI S OF MIDDLETOWN, Orange, NY

Built 2000 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 11,520

COUNTY ROAD 16

Good

Over: HOLLOWVILLE CREEK

0.6mi E Jct CR27B & CR16, Columbia, NY

Built 2008 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 493

RTE 440

Good

Over: Gertrude Street Juliett

NORTH OF BAYONNE BR, Richmond, NY

Built 2018 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 30,008

RTE 9N

Good

Over: NORTON BROOK

RT 73 2.8 MI N KEENE V., Essex, NY

Built 2012 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 5,986

RTE 66

Good

Over: KLINE KILL

1.8 MI S JCT RTS 66 & 203, Columbia, NY

Built 1980 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 7,167

MIDDLE LAKE RD

Good

Over: M BR TIOUGHNIOGA RIVER

1 MI S DERUYTER RES., Madison, NY

Built 2017 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 794

LOGTOWN ROAD

Good

Over: YATESVILLE CREEK

4.5 MI S OF RANDALL, Montgomery, NY

Built 2014 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 303

ERRON HILL ROAD

Good

Over: OWASCO INLET

.2 MI NE JCT SH 38 & SH 9, Cayuga, NY

Built 2012 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 150

NORTH VOLNEY ROAD

Good

Over: CATFISH CREEK

5.1 MI NW OF MEXICO, Oswego, NY

Built 2018 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 292

GROTON CITY ROAD

Good

Over: FALL CREEK

4.2 MILES NORTH OF MCLEAN, Tompkins, NY

Built 2016 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 165

LOCKPORT ROAD

Good

Over: BERGHOLTZ CREEK

1.3 MI SOUTH OF SANBORN, Niagara, NY

Built 2014 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 11,716

DENNING ROAD

Good

Over: E BR NEVERSINK RIVER

6.6 MILES NE OF CLAYVILLE, Ulster, NY

Built 2018 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 277

CR 23

Good

Over: COLLINS BROOK

2.5 MI NE MALONE ON CR 23, Franklin, NY

Built 2000 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 1,280

CR27

Good

Over: SCHOHARIE CREEK

.1 MI SOUTH OF SLOANSVILL, Schoharie, NY

Built 2006 Load: 37.0 t ADT: 1,554

RTE 5

Good

Over: SLIPPERY ROCK CRK

1.6 MILES NW OF BROCTON, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1991 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 2,561

RTE 5

Good

Over: EIGHTEEN MILE CR

5.2 MI NE JCT RTS 5 + 323, Erie, NY

Built 1931 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 12,501

RTE 5

Good

Over: FRENCH ROAD RAMPS

1.8 MI S JCT SH 5 & SH 5S, Oneida, NY

Built 1960 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 36,237

RTE 15

Good

Over: LIMEKILN CREEK

0.3MI S JCT RTS 15A + 15, Livingston, NY

Built 1951 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 3,162

RTE 30

Good

Over: KENNYETTO CREEK

0.7 MI N JCT RTS 29 & 30, Fulton, NY

Built 1991 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 7,464

RTE 63

Good

Over: GENESEE RIVER

JCT RTE 63 + GENESEE R, Livingston, NY

Built 2020 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 5,431

RTE I81

Good

Over: 17 17 91072017 17 17 91

JCT I81 & CHENANGO RIVER, Broome, NY

Built 2014 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 34,547

RTE I81

Good

Over: 17 17 9107 06D1 RTE 11

JCT I81 & CHENANGO RIVER, Broome, NY

Built 2014 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 26,001

LIMEKILN RD

Good

Over: 84I84I 82021101 RTE I84

4.1 MI E JCT RTS I84+9, Dutchess, NY

Built 1963 Load: 37.2 t

RTE 180

Good

Over: MULLET CREEK

1 MI NW OF OMAR, Jefferson, NY

Built 1980 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 985

RTE 209

Good

Over: GUMAER BROOK

30 MI NE JCT RTS 209 + 17, Sullivan, NY

Built 1956 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 6,304

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