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 69

Good

Over: RTE 26

08MI W JCT RTS 233+69, Oneida, NY

Built 2013 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 17,327

ROBERTS RD

Good

Over: LITTLE BLACK CREEK

3 MI E OF BARDWELL MILL, Oneida, NY

Built 1927 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 104

WATER STREET

Good

Over: EAST VALLEY CREEK

IN ANDOVER, Allegany, NY

Built 2004 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 233

MYERS ROAD

Good

Over: MUD CREEK

1.7 MI SW OF BRADFORD, Steuben, NY

Built 2010 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 115

LYONS HOLLOW ROAD

Good

Over: LYONS CREEK

4.2 MI W OF PRATTSBURG, Steuben, NY

Built 2019 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 14

DERBY HILL ROAD

Good

Over: N B TUSCARORA CRK

2 MILES SOUTH OF RATHBONE, Steuben, NY

Built 2011 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 114

SPAULDING ROAD

Good

Over: TENMILE CREEK

2.7 MI NE OF WALLACE, Steuben, NY

Built 1988 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 8

WALES AVENUE

Good

Over: CSX TRANS/P MRRIS

AT MOTT HAVEN, Bronx, NY

Built 1905 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,080

HIGHLAWN AVENUE

Good

Over: NYCTA SEA BEACH LINE

IN BENSONHURST, Kings, NY

Built 1997 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 2,393

JEFFREY BOULEVARD

Good

Over: RUSH CREEK

0.8 MI SW OF BLASDELL, Erie, NY

Built 1992 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 2,547

GULF ROAD

Good

Over: HYDE CREEK

1.5 MI W OF RT 28, Otsego, NY

Built 2007 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 33

VALLEY MILLS ST

Good

Over: ONEIDA CREEK

0.1MI E INTERS RT46& CR30, Madison, NY

Built 1990 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 864

RTE 62

Good

Over: BR CONEWANGO CRK

1 MILE N JCT US 62 & I86, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1950 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 2,293

CARR ROAD

Good

Over: SCHOHARIE CREEK

2 MI SE HMLT JEWETT CENTR, Greene, NY

Built 2015 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 106

DODGE ROAD

Good

Over: CASCADILLA CREEK

1 MI EAST OF ITHACA, Tompkins, NY

Built 2018 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 72

SOUTH HAMMOND RD

Good

Over: BLACK CREEK

0.5 MI S OF SOUTH HAMMOND, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 1998 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 115

County Road 12

Good

Over: Hudson Valley Rail Trail

4.0 MI E OF NEW PALTZ, Ulster, NY

Built 2011 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 3,543

PEPPER HOLLOW ROAD

Good

Over: WEST MILL BROOK

4.5 MI NE OF NORTH HUDSON, Essex, NY

Built 1996 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 15

GROVE ROAD

Good

Over: E B AUSABLE RIVER

IN AU SABLE FORKS, Essex, NY

Built 2015 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 447

PRINCETOWN ROAD

Good

Over: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RR POE

1 MILE N OF SCHENECTADY, Schenectady, NY

Built 1983 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,145

VANDEUSENVILLE RD

Good

Over: CANAJOHARIE CREEK

4 MI WEST OF AMES, Montgomery, NY

Built 1988 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 188

ROUND BARN ROAD

Good

Over: IRISH CREEK

2.0 MI W OF GLEN, Montgomery, NY

Built 2010 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 203

WILDCAT ROAD

Good

Over: WILDCAT GULLY

1 MILE SE OF TUSCARORA, Livingston, NY

Built 2012 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 225

BARNUM ROAD

Good

Over: PICKETT BROOK

1.1 MI SE OF CASSADAGA, Chautauqua, NY

Built 2012 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 267

COUNTY ROUTE 18

Good

Over: PRENDERGAST CRK

0.5 MI W OF STEDMAN, Chautauqua, NY

Built 2020 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 430

SOUTH WORK STREET

Good

Over: WESTERN NY & PENN

S.WORK ST VIL OF FALCONER, Chautauqua, NY

Built 2004 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 6,533

LUTHER STREET

Good

Over: BERGHOLTZ CREEK

1.4 MI NW OF ST JOHNSBURG, Niagara, NY

Built 1947 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 436

COUNTY ROAD 19

Good

Over: TRIB SPRING MILLS CREEK

.7 MILE SE OF WHITESVILLE, Allegany, NY

Built 2003 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 258

GREATSINGER ROAD

Good

Over: BALDWIN CREEK

4.0 MI SE OF ELMIRA, Chemung, NY

Built 2009 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 45

COUNTY ROAD 24

Good

Over: HELMER CREEK

1.3 MI NE CAMERON MILLS, Steuben, NY

Built 1990 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 288

GASKILL ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE NANTICOKE CREEK

4.3 MI NE OF OWEGO, Tioga, NY

Built 1963 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,233

CR 43

Good

Over: PIKE CREEK

2.4MI W FORT COVINGTON, Franklin, NY

Built 1963 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 265

MAIN STREET

Good

Over: BLACK RIVER

0.4 mi North of RTE. 3, Jefferson, NY

Built 2005 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,819

COUNTY ROAD 52

Good

Over: N BR SUGAR RIVER

2 MI W OF CONSTABLEVILLE, Lewis, NY

Built 2020 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 431

COUNTY ROAD 11

Good

Over: OSWEGATCHIE RIVER

4 MILES N OF GOUVERNEUR, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 1929 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 580

CR35 CraryMillsRd

Good

Over: GRANNIS BROOK

LOCATED IN CRARY MILLS, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 2006 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,127

COUNTY ROAD 5

Good

Over: STONY KILL

AT CANAAN, Columbia, NY

Built 2014 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 523

CHURCH STREET

Good

Over: COBLESKILL CREEK

CENTRAL BRIDGE, Schoharie, NY

Built 1914 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 378

COUNTY ROAD 152

Good

Over: SHIN CREEK

IN LEWBEACH, Sullivan, NY

Built 1952 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 376

BLAUVELT ROAD

Good

Over: NAURAUSHAUN BROOK

4.4 MI NW OF PIERMONT, Rockland, NY

Built 1974 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 4,898

COUNTY ROAD 14

Good

Over: BEARDSLEY CREEK

0.5 MI E OF CATHARINE, Schuyler, NY

Built 1993 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,012

County Route 123

Good

Over: Wyomanock Creek

2 MI N of RT 7 INT., Rensselaer, NY

Built 2021 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 330

Bay Road

Good

Over: Glen lake outlet Brook

North of Old Bay Rd, Warren, NY

Built 2022 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 3,493

BUCKLEY RD

Good

Over: 90IX RTE I90

0.1 MI W I90 EXIT 36 RAMP, Onondaga, NY

Built 2009 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 10,269

NY Route 400 Ramp

Good

Over: 90IX RTE I90

JCT OF RTS I90 AND 400, Erie, NY

Built 1998 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 4,513

RIDGE HILL BLVD.

Good

Over: 87I RTE I87

0.8 MI N JCT 87I & TUCKAH, Westchester, NY

Built 2011 Load: 39.9 t

WOLF BK ACCESS RO

Good

Over: WOLF BROOK

2.6 MI SO OF ROCK HILL, Sullivan, NY

Built 1988 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 195

RTE 214

Good

Over: UNKNOWN CREEK

1.1 MI S JCT SH23A &SH214, Greene, NY

Built 2004 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 990

RTE 112

Good

Over: 27 27 07051233 RTE 27

JCT RTE 112 & 27-SUNRISHW, Suffolk, NY

Built 1992 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 24,482

CR95

Good

Over: PLEASANT BROOK

2 MI E POOLEVILLE POND, Madison, NY

Built 2017 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 279

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