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

GRASSY POINT ROAD

Good

Over: MINISCEONGO CREEK

1.0 MI NE OF W HAVERSTRAW, Rockland, NY

Built 2023 Load: 78.0 t ADT: 2,242

RTE 446

Good

Over: PAINTERLICK CRK

0.9 MI E JCT RTS 119+22, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1969 Load: 78.1 t ADT: 1,765

RTE 32

Good

Over: 87IX RTE I87

JCT RTS 32+I87, Ulster, NY

Built 2017 Load: 78.9 t ADT: 7,161

RTE 33A

Good

Over: BLACK CREEK

JCT RTE33A+BLACK CREEK, Monroe, NY

Built 2020 Load: 78.9 t ADT: 2,560

RTE 79

Good

Over: OUAQUAGA CREEK

4.5 MI N JCT SH 79 & SH 1, Broome, NY

Built 1996 Load: 78.9 t ADT: 1,008

RTE 907W

Good

Over: MAMARONECK RIVER

0.7MI S JCT RT 127 & HRP, Westchester, NY

Built 1991 Load: 78.9 t

BLOOMER ROAD

Good

Over: GOOSEBERRY CREEK

1.3 MI SE of RTE 214 and, Greene, NY

Built 2023 Load: 78.9 t ADT: 418

MILL HOLLOW ROAD

Good

Over: EAST KILL

2 MI NE OF JEWETT CENTER, Greene, NY

Built 2013 Load: 78.9 t ADT: 34

EAST CREEK ROAD

Good

Over: BUFFALO CREEK

2.7 MI SE OF WALES CENTER, Erie, NY

Built 1999 Load: 78.9 t ADT: 241

CR62

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

6.0 MI N OF ADAMS CENTRE, Jefferson, NY

Built 2019 Load: 78.9 t ADT: 1,232

CR62

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

6.0 MI N OF ADAMS CENTRE, Jefferson, NY

Built 2019 Load: 78.9 t ADT: 1,232

LITTLE RIVER ROAD

Good

Over: LITTLE RIVER

3.5 MILES NE OF PYRITES, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 2018 Load: 78.9 t ADT: 186

READBURN ROAD

Good

Over: READ CREEK

AT READBURN, Delaware, NY

Built 2007 Load: 78.9 t ADT: 102

CR 32A

Good

Over: WEST CREEK

2 MI SW OF COBLESKILL, Schoharie, NY

Built 2011 Load: 78.9 t ADT: 1,873

RAMP TO THIRD ST

Good

Over: HUTCHINSON RIVER

0.6 MI NW OF PELHAM MANOR, Westchester, NY

Built 1987 Load: 78.9 t

CARMEN ROAD

Good

Over: JOHNSON CREEK

3.4 MI NW OF JOHNSON CRK, Niagara, NY

Built 2022 Load: 79.7 t ADT: 571

RTE 353

Good

Over: LITTLE VALLEY CRK

1.1 MI S RTE 242 OVERLAP, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1992 Load: 79.8 t ADT: 5,651

RTE 49

Good

Over: 90IX RTE I90

1.5 MI E JCT SH291 & SH49, Oneida, NY

Built 2001 Load: 79.8 t ADT: 16,352

RTE 32

Good

Over: Nininger Road

JCT of Routes 17 & 32, Orange, NY

Built 2019 Load: 79.8 t ADT: 17,871

Eigth Avenue

Good

Over: NY & Atlantic/L NYCTA S

IN BOROUGH PARK, Kings, NY

Built 1912 Load: 79.8 t ADT: 9,168

ISHAM PK VEHICULR

Good

Over: HARLEM RIV INLET

IN ISHAM PARK, New York, NY

Built 1935 Load: 79.8 t ADT: 21

MILL STREET

Good

Over: NINEMILE CREEK

0.2 mi N Route 3, Oswego, NY

Built 1965 Load: 79.8 t ADT: 247

PLANK ROAD

Good

Over: DEEP KILL

1.7 MI NE OF SPEIGLETOWN, Rensselaer, NY

Built 2018 Load: 79.8 t ADT: 841

SUGARTOWN ROAD

Good

Over: FORKS CREEK

1.5 MI NE OF SUGARTOWN, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1973 Load: 79.8 t ADT: 274

DRY BROOK ROAD

Good

Over: DRY BROOK

2.3 MI S OF FLEISHMANNS, Delaware, NY

Built 2012 Load: 79.8 t ADT: 334

NORTH AVENUE

Good

Over: MNRR NH LINE

1.2 MILES EAST OF PELHAM, Westchester, NY

Built 1909 Load: 79.8 t ADT: 17,209

RTE 291

Good

Over: Erie Canal Trail BARGE

.6 MI NE JCT SH69 & SH291, Oneida, NY

Built 2009 Load: 79.8 t ADT: 8,386

RTE 987D

Good

Over: SAW MILL RIVER

0.1 MI N JCT RTS SMRP<I87, Westchester, NY

Built 2019 Load: 79.8 t ADT: 29,010

NORTH ROAD

Good

Over: ELLICOTT CREEK

1 MILE NORTH OF ALDEN, Erie, NY

Built 1995 Load: 80.0 t ADT: 1,480

ALDER BROOK ROAD

Good

Over: TROUT BROOK

6.5 MI NE OF NORTH CREEK, Warren, NY

Built 2010 Load: 80.4 t ADT: 24

RTE 31

Good

Over: CANANDAIGUA OUTLT

.3 MI W JCT SH 31 & SH 14, Wayne, NY

Built 1936 Load: 80.7 t ADT: 10,383

RTE 41

Good

Over: WILKINS BROOK

7.1 MI NW JCT SH 7 & SH 4, Chenango, NY

Built 1998 Load: 80.7 t ADT: 687

RTE 55

Good

Over: JACKSON CREEK

2.8 MI E JCT RTE 55+TSP, Dutchess, NY

Built 2016 Load: 80.7 t ADT: 9,040

RTE 822

Good

Over: 87I 87I15091079 RTE I87

JCT I87 & USHERS ROAD, Saratoga, NY

Built 1999 Load: 80.7 t ADT: 10,136

RTE 343

Good

Over: WEBATUCK CREEK

3.2 MI E JCT RTS343+22+44, Dutchess, NY

Built 1993 Load: 80.7 t ADT: 5,359

WEST COLVIN STR

Good

Over: ONONDAGA CREEK

ONONDAGA CK W COLVIN ST., Onondaga, NY

Built 1982 Load: 80.7 t ADT: 1,651

GLENMORE AVENUE

Good

Over: N Y & ATLANTIC/LI NYCTA

AT WOODHAVEN, Kings, NY

Built 1930 Load: 80.7 t ADT: 1,299

Square Dashnaw Rd.

Good

Over: Cold Brook

0.2 M East of Standish RD, Clinton, NY

Built 2022 Load: 80.7 t

CR 57

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

1/2MI S JCT RTE8 & CR57, Warren, NY

Built 2022 Load: 80.7 t ADT: 448

ANDREWS LANE

Good

Over: INDIAN RIVER

2 M S JCT NY22 & NY149, Washington, NY

Built 2007 Load: 80.7 t ADT: 187

CENTERLINE ROAD

Good

Over: SHELDON CREEK

6.2 MI S FOLSOMDALE, Wyoming, NY

Built 1973 Load: 80.7 t ADT: 526

EAST MAIN STREET

Good

Over: PHILLIPSBURG CREE

900 M SE JCT 84-I & Rt.17, Orange, NY

Built 2015 Load: 80.7 t ADT: 11,159

COLLEGE ROAD

Good

Over: I-87 RTE I87

3.1 MI E JCT RTS I87<202, Rockland, NY

Built 2021 Load: 80.7 t ADT: 10,592

RTE 26

Good

Over: 90IX RTE I90

4 MI N JCT SH 5 & SH 26, Oneida, NY

Built 2000 Load: 81.6 t ADT: 1,630

RTE 29A

Good

Over: PECKS CREEK

4.0MI SE JCT RTS 10 & 29A, Fulton, NY

Built 1998 Load: 81.6 t ADT: 3,054

RTE 67

Good

Over: KAYADEROSSERAS CK

.3 MI N JCT RTS 5 AND 67, Montgomery, NY

Built 1998 Load: 81.6 t ADT: 2,960

RTE 110

Good

Over: RTE 908M

JCT SH 110 & SSP, Suffolk, NY

Built 1939 Load: 81.6 t ADT: 46,801

RTE 864

Good

Over: CADOSIA CREEK

AT EXIT 87A, Delaware, NY

Built 1967 Load: 81.6 t ADT: 2,409

101st Avenue

Good

Over: 678I678IX5M11023 JFK Ai

101st AVE over I678, Queens, NY

Built 2022 Load: 81.6 t ADT: 6,543

EAST BRIGHTON AVE

Good

Over: NY S & W/ONTRACK

JUST N.OF I481 - EXIT 1, Onondaga, NY

Built 1985 Load: 81.6 t ADT: 11,200

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