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 I495

Fair

Over: COUNTY ROUTE 58 COUNTY

0.3 MI NE RTE 495+RTE 25, Suffolk, NY

Built 1972 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 9,469

RTE 908J

Fair

Over: 908M 908M 03011134 WB Se

1.8 MI E JCT RTS 231+SSP, Suffolk, NY

Built 1951 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 49,577

RTE 908G

Fair

Over: GLEN COVE ROAD

.1 MI E JCT SH 25 & NSP, Nassau, NY

Built 1938 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 82,668

RTE I278

Fair

Over: HAMILTON AVE.

JCT PROSPECT EXPY & I278, Kings, NY

Built 1963 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 181,470

WARD AVENUE

Fair

Over: MAMARONECK RIVER

AT MAMARONECK, Westchester, NY

Built 1937 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 356

WEST 239TH STREET

Fair

Over: RTE 907V RTE 907V

1.1 MI NE H.HUDSON BR+9A, Bronx, NY

Built 1937 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 10,347

WEST 34TH STREET

Fair

Over: AMTRAK W SIDE CON

W34TH ST-30TH ST O/AMTRAK, New York, NY

Built 1934 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 12,079

ANN STREET

Fair

Over: SAW MILL RIVER

1.6 MI W OF DUNWOODIE, Westchester, NY

Built 1950 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 2,003

PEARL STREET

Fair

Over: MILL RIVER

1.0 MI NE EAST ROCKAWAY, Nassau, NY

Built 1932 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 8,786

WALTS ROAD

Fair

Over: S B OTSQUAGO CRK

3.0 MI SW OF FORT PLAIN, Montgomery, NY

Built 1936 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 59

COUNTY ROAD 91

Fair

Over: N BR CONEWANGO CK

1.4 MILES NORTH OF BALCON, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1995 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 694

COUNTY ROAD 32A

Fair

Over: CHENANGO RIVER

CITY OF NORWICH, Chenango, NY

Built 1986 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 5,387

HORTON BROOK ROAD

Fair

Over: HORTON BROOK

1 MI N OF HORTON, Delaware, NY

Built 1957 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 158

READBURN ROAD

Fair

Over: READ CREEK

AT READBURN, Delaware, NY

Built 1964 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 102

NEWMAN HILL ROAD

Fair

Over: HANKINS CREEK

0.8 MI E OF MILESES, Sullivan, NY

Built 1965 Load: 25.3 t ADT: 179

RTE 5

Fair

Over: 290I290I53011093 RTE I2

JCT RTS 5 + I-290, Erie, NY

Built 1963 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 34,971

RTE 9

Fair

Over: RTE 9J AMTRAK POST ROAD

JCT US 20/US 9 & SOUTH ST, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1930 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 16,845

RTE 10

Fair

Over: KIFF BROOK

10 MI SW JCT RTS 10 & 23, Delaware, NY

Built 1999 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,455

RTE 10

Fair

Over: UNKNOWN CREEK

1.9 MI SW JCT RTS 10 + 23, Delaware, NY

Built 1951 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,382

RTE 11

Fair

Over: STRATTON MILL CREEK

0.7 MI E OF E BING CTY LI, Broome, NY

Built 1947 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 11,647

RTE 11

Fair

Over: TIOUGHNIOGA RIVER

JCT US11 & TIOUGHNIOGA RV, Broome, NY

Built 1947 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 9,205

RTE 13

Fair

Over: CHAFFEE CREEK

1.0 MI NE 13 +SCHUYLER CL, Tompkins, NY

Built 1959 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 7,214

RTE 23

Fair

Over: HOLLOWVILLE CREEK

1.1 MI E JCT RTS 23+217, Columbia, NY

Built 1935 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 5,658

RTE 26

Fair

Over: TRIB OTSELIC RVR

.9 MI N JCT SH 26 & SH221, Cortland, NY

Built 1936 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,231

RTE 38

Fair

Over: CSX TRANS/ AMTRAK

1.3 MI N JCT SH31 & SH38, Cayuga, NY

Built 1978 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,481

RTE 52

Fair

Over: KROM HOLLOW

56 MI W JCT RTS 52 + 17, Sullivan, NY

Built 1953 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 4,153

RTE 62

Fair

Over: MUD CREEK

3.4 MI NE JCT RTS 62 + 83, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1944 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,489

RTE 198

Fair

Over: WEST AVENUE SCAJAQUADA

JCT.RTS.198 & I-190, Erie, NY

Built 1963 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 29,169

RTE 228

Fair

Over: CATLIN MILL CREEK

0.2 MI NE JCT RTS 224&228, Schuyler, NY

Built 1982 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,078

RTE 248

Fair

Over: BENNETT CREEK

0.9 MI S OF GREENWOOD, Steuben, NY

Built 1985 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 718

RTE 274

Fair

Over: BIG BROOK

0.9 MI E JCT RTS 46 & 274, Oneida, NY

Built 1931 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 389

69TH ROAD

Fair

Over: RTE 907M RTE 907M RTE

1 MI SE JCT I495 & GCP, Queens, NY

Built 1963 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 13,975

RTE 908K

Fair

Over: PINE AIRE DRIVE

4.9 MI S JCT RTS 454+25, Suffolk, NY

Built 1951 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 97,012

RTE 219

Fair

Over: 90I X RTE I90 FISHER R

1.1 MI S JCT RTE 219 +I90, Erie, NY

Built 1972 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 20,676

RTE 434

Fair

Over: TRACY CREEK

3.4 MI W JCT RTS 434 + 26, Broome, NY

Built 1946 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 11,163

RTE 14

Fair

Over: CHEMUNG RIVER

ELMIRA PENNAVE-NASHAVE, Chemung, NY

Built 1979 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 12,757

EAST 174TH STREET

Fair

Over: RTE 907H RTE 907H

.1 MI S I95+BX RIVER PKWY, Bronx, NY

Built 1948 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 9,728

RTE 907M

Fair

Over: RTE 907A

JCT GCP+CROSS ISLAND PKWY, Queens, NY

Built 1972 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 15,447

86-I WB ON-RAMP

Fair

Over: OIL CREEK

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

Built 1972 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 1,831

RTE 354

Fair

Over: FENTON CREEK

1.4MI E JCT RTS 354 + 77, Wyoming, NY

Built 1958 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,554

LEWIS HOLLOW RD

Fair

Over: LITTLE HOOSIC RIVER

1.0 MI NE PETERSBURG, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1948 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 77

COLD SPRINGS ROAD

Fair

Over: FALLS ROAD RR

2.1 MILES NE OF LOCKPORT, Niagara, NY

Built 1986 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 5,132

RTE 907V

Fair

Over: W 135 ST

3 MI NE ROUTE 9A+79 ST, New York, NY

Built 1939 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 7,814

RTE 907C

Fair

Over: BEDFORD AVENUE

IN SHEEPSHEAD BAY, Kings, NY

Built 1942 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 132,147

SOUTHERN BLVD

Fair

Over: CSX TRANS/P MRRIS

AT MOTT HAVEN, Bronx, NY

Built 1916 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 8,757

E.TREMONT AVENUE

Fair

Over: BRONX RIVER

OVER BRONX RIVER, Bronx, NY

Built 1897 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 18,602

RTE 908B

Fair

Over: LIRR MAIN LINE

AT KEW GARDENS, Queens, NY

Built 1933 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 110,322

ALBEE AVENUE

Fair

Over: SIRT SOUTH SHORE

IN ANNADALE, Richmond, NY

Built 1940 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 2,854

BANCROFT AVENUE

Fair

Over: SIRT SOUTH SHORE

IN NEW DORP, Richmond, NY

Built 1952 Load: 25.4 t

BUTTERMILK FLS RD

Fair

Over: TOMHANNOCK CREEK

10 MI SW SCHAGHTICOKE, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1984 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 279

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