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 78

Good

Over: HUNTER CREEK

3.4 MI SE JCT RTS 78 +400, Erie, NY

Built 1964 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 4,627

RTE I81

Good

Over: JOHNSON ROAD

2.1 MI N EXIT 1 RTE I-81, Broome, NY

Built 1960 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 14,451

RTE I81

Good

Over: RTE 232

JCT I81 & SH 232, Jefferson, NY

Built 2014 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 10,968

RTE I87

Good

Over: N BRANCH BOUQUET RIVER

1.5 MI N EXIT 32 OF I87, Essex, NY

Built 2010 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 4,405

RTE 392

Good

Over: GRIDLEY CREEK

1.6 MI W JCT RTS 90 & 11, Cortland, NY

Built 1996 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 1,504

RTE 96

Good

Over: FALL BROOK

3.6 MI E JCT RTS 96 & 21, Ontario, NY

Built 1995 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 8,994

RTE 209

Good

Over: LEUREN KILL

1.7 MI S JCT RTS 209 + 52, Ulster, NY

Built 1993 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 5,788

RTE 225

Good

Over: CATON CREEK

3.0 MI S OF CORNING, Steuben, NY

Built 2014 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 1,726

RTE 233

Good

Over: WILLOW BROOK

0.7 MI N OF RTE 5 & 233, Oneida, NY

Built 1999 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 6,569

RTE 100

Good

Over: 287I287I87011025 RTE I2

JCT RTDS I287 & RT 100, Westchester, NY

Built 2001 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 14,398

RTE I690

Good

Over: CROUSE AVENUE

.7 MI W JCT I690 & TEALL, Onondaga, NY

Built 1968 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 2,977

RTE I278

Good

Over: Renwick Ave.

3.9 Mi W Jct I278 & Belt, Richmond, NY

Built 2014 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 142,609

SPRING AVENUE

Good

Over: POESTEN KILL

.3 MI E of RT 4, Rensselaer, NY

Built 2015 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 3,842

DEWEY AVENUE

Good

Over: EASTMAN KODAK RAILROAD

CITY OF ROCHESTER, Monroe, NY

Built 1998 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 12,509

RTE I278

Good

Over: 31 AVE

.3 MI N I278+25A, Queens, NY

Built 2004 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 77,891

15TH AVENUE

Good

Over: N Y & ATLANTIC/LI

AT NEW UTRECHT, Kings, NY

Built 1907 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 7,635

ARTHUR KILL RD

Good

Over: SIRT SOUTH SHORE

AT WEST NEW BRIGHTON, Richmond, NY

Built 1939 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 12,799

PURLING ROAD

Good

Over: SHINGLE KILL

1 MI SW HAMLET CAIRO, Greene, NY

Built 2002 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 2,246

COUNTY ROAD 16

Good

Over: HALFWAY CREEK

1 MILE NW OF FORT ANN, Washington, NY

Built 2014 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 684

CR164

Good

Over: SPRUCE CREEK

1.3 MI N OF DOLGEVILLE, Herkimer, NY

Built 2021 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 461

COUNTY ROAD 310

Good

Over: GANARGUA CREEK

0.2 MI S OF MACEDON, Wayne, NY

Built 2008 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 1,916

BAY STATE ROAD

Good

Over: BAY STATE BROOK

4.9 MI SW OF SALAMANCA, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1993 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 64

COUNTY ROAD 322

Good

Over: TRIB FRENCH CREEK

AT FRENCH CREEK-CO RD 322, Chautauqua, NY

Built 2017 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 304

NEW OREGON ROAD

Good

Over: S BR 18 MILE CRK

3.4 MI NW OF NEW OREGON, Erie, NY

Built 1994 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 351

CR51 LATTA BROOK R

Good

Over: NEWTOWN CREEK

IN NE ELMIRA HEIGHTS, Chemung, NY

Built 1990 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 2,628

MAIN STREET

Good

Over: CAYUTA CREEK

0.02 M W of NY-34, Tioga, NY

Built 1960 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 529

CR 3

Good

Over: DEAN CREEK

1.9 MI E OF VAN ETTEN, Tioga, NY

Built 2012 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 246

COUNTY ROAD 27

Good

Over: MID BR GRASSE RVR

1 MILE NORTH OF DEGRASSE, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 2013 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 490

COUNTY ROAD 52

Good

Over: OUAQUAGA CREEK

2.2 MI SW HARPURSVILLE, Broome, NY

Built 2009 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 977

COLD BROOK ROAD

Good

Over: COLD BROOK

.3MI N RIVERVIEW, Clinton, NY

Built 2018 Load: 62.6 t ADT: 219

CUNNINGHAM CRK RD

Good

Over: CUNNINGHAM CREEK

2.7 MILES EAST OF HORNELL, Steuben, NY

Built 2014 Load: 62.9 t ADT: 147

COUNTY RD 19A

Good

Over: LAKE CREEK

2 MI N OF LIVINGSTONVILLE, Schoharie, NY

Built 1999 Load: 62.9 t ADT: 216

RTE 79

Good

Over: HECTOR FALLS CREEK

0.9 MI E OF BURDETT, Schuyler, NY

Built 2006 Load: 63.0 t ADT: 3,417

RTE I86

Good

Over: GRAND CENTRAL

.7 MI W JCT RTE 86I & 13, Chemung, NY

Built 2007 Load: 63.0 t ADT: 17,289

15TH AVENUE

Good

Over: NYCTA SEA BEACH L

AT NEW UTRECHT, Kings, NY

Built 2005 Load: 63.0 t ADT: 4,379

ROCK RD

Good

Over: INDIAN RIVER

BTW TRN AREAS 20 & 14B, Jefferson, NY

Built 1996 Load: 63.2 t ADT: 10

RTE 20

Good

Over: KINDERHOOK CREEK

0.1 MI W JCT RTS 20 & 66, Rensselaer, NY

Built 2017 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 4,931

RTE 22

Good

Over: Flat Brook CSX TRANSPOR

1.1 MI N JCT SH 22 & I90, Columbia, NY

Built 2003 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 3,309

RTE 36

Good

Over: ROCK SPRING CREEK

3 MI SE JCT RTE 36 & 258, Livingston, NY

Built 2011 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 1,367

RTE 42

Good

Over: SHINGLE KILL

.7 MI N JCT SH 42 & SH 97, Orange, NY

Built 2016 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 2,875

RTE 52

Good

Over: LAUNDRY BROOK

AT JEFFERSONVILLE, Sullivan, NY

Built 2018 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 3,345

RTE 77

Good

Over: MURDER CREEK

0.3 MI N JCT RTS 77+33, Genesee, NY

Built 1992 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 5,538

RTE I81

Good

Over: JOHNSON ROAD

2.1 MI N EXIT 1 RTE I-81, Broome, NY

Built 1960 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 11,798

RTE 414

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

0.7 MI SW JCT RTS 96A&414, Seneca, NY

Built 1993 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 2,334

RTE I690

Good

Over: CROUSE AVENUE

.7 MI W JCT I690 & TEALL, Onondaga, NY

Built 1968 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 45,784

RTE I495

Good

Over: 108TH STREET

IN CORONA, Queens, NY

Built 1963 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 214,103

RAMP I-278 WB Exit

Good

Over: E. 156TH STREET Shared

I-278 WB Exit 48 Off Ramp, Bronx, NY

Built 2022 Load: 63.5 t

RTE 987C

Good

Over: 87IX RTE I87

NB P. I. P. over I-87, Rockland, NY

Built 2002 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 31,381

RTE 15A

Good

Over: 390I390I43031142 RTE I3

JCT RTS I-390 & 15A, Monroe, NY

Built 1981 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 26,697

RTE I990

Good

Over: RTE 270

JCT.990I + AUDUBON PARKWY, Erie, NY

Built 1984 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 16,753

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