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

First Ave Ext.

Poor

Over: Trib To McGowan Creek

1 mile E of Frankfort, Herkimer, NY

Built 1965 Load: 19.6 t

RTE 240

Poor

Over: SPRAGUE BROOK

6.3 MI N JCT SH240 & SH39, Erie, NY

Built 1966 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 2,496

DALES BRIDGE RD

Poor

Over: ROELIFF JANSEN KL

1.2 MI S OF LINLITHGO, Columbia, NY

Built 1963 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 731

WHITE CREEK ROAD

Poor

Over: CENTER WHITE CREEK

1.3 MI N JCT SH67 & SH22, Washington, NY

Built 1987 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 741

NORTH ROAD

Poor

Over: ZIMMERMAN CREEK

1 MILE NE OF LASSELLSVILL, Fulton, NY

Built 1964 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 270

LOOP ROAD

Poor

Over: CRANE BROOK

2.8MI SW PORT BYRON, Cayuga, NY

Built 1956 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 331

COUNTY ROAD 114B

Poor

Over: CRANE BROOK

5 MILES NW OF AUBURN, Cayuga, NY

Built 1958 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 328

SILVER ROAD

Poor

Over: LITTLE TONAWANDA

1.9 MILES SW OF BETHANY, Genesee, NY

Built 1952 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 244

COUNTY LINE ROAD

Poor

Over: JEDDO CREEK

0.6 MI SOUTH OF JEDDO, Orleans, NY

Built 1960 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 91

CEMETERY ROAD

Poor

Over: FLAG CREEK

0.6 MI SW OF STOCKTON, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1930 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 111

BARMORE ROAD

Poor

Over: SPROUT CREEK

1.3 MI NE OF FREEDOM PLNS, Dutchess, NY

Built 1985 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 393

ROYALTON CTR ROAD

Poor

Over: MUD CREEK

.1 MI E OF WALCOTTSVILLE, Niagara, NY

Built 1964 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 437

DYKE ROAD

Poor

Over: FERGUSON CREEK FERGUSON

1 MI SW OF WEST SCHUYLER, Herkimer, NY

Built 1965 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 6,235

COUNTY ROAD 43

Poor

Over: DODGE CREEK

1 MILE NW VIL OF MASSENA, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 1983 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 1,155

SCARBOROUGH STARD

Poor

Over: MNRR HU LINE

AT OSSINING, Westchester, NY

Built 1913 Load: 19.6 t

RTE 2

Poor

Over: DAYFOOT BROOK

1.6 MI E PETERSBURG, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1926 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 986

POND ROAD

Poor

Over: WISCOY CREEK

2 MI NORTH OF HUME, Allegany, NY

Built 1987 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 102

RTE I90

Poor

Over: FALL BROOK

3.8 MI E 90I EXIT 43 RAMP, Ontario, NY

Built 1954 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 18,296

RTE 391

Poor

Over: NEUMAN CREEK

1.8 MI N JCT SH391 &SH219, Erie, NY

Built 1923 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 6,659

RTE 149

Poor

Over: RTE I87

2.5 MI N JCT I87 & 254, Warren, NY

Built 1960 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 10,000

FIRST DYKE ROAD

Poor

Over: BURDEN LAKE

2.2 MILES SW OF SAND LAKE, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1950 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 886

FULLER GULF ROAD

Poor

Over: FULLER GULF CREEK

2.8 MI NW OF ELLINGTON, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1955 Load: 20.0 t

CANACADEA STREET

Poor

Over: CANACADEA CREEK

0.11 MI EAST OF SOUTH MAI, Allegany, NY

Built 1973 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 83

SATTERLEE HILL RD

Poor

Over: CANACADEA CREEK

2.4 MI S OF ALMOND, Allegany, NY

Built 1973 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 122

GIBSON ROAD

Poor

Over: TRIB BIG STREAM

1.0 MI W OF DUNDEE, Yates, NY

Built 1926 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 24

CAYUGA AVENUE

Poor

Over: KELSEY CREEK

IN WATERTOWN, Jefferson, NY

Built 1947 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 24

BARBARA ROAD

Poor

Over: WEST BRANCH BEER KILL

1.7 MI E OF GREENFIELD PK, Ulster, NY

Built 1965 Load: 20.0 t

AKIN ROAD

Poor

Over: POWAMPPOKONK CRK

1 MILE N OF JOHNSONVILLE, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1915 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 210

SLATE HILL ROAD

Poor

Over: KLINE KILL

1.3 MI NE OF GHENT, Columbia, NY

Built 1929 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 406

EAST ROAD

Poor

Over: KINDERHOOK CK

3.3 MI N OF STEPHENTOWN, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1935 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 113

ELLINWOOD ROAD

Poor

Over: MURDER CREEK

2.8 MILES EAST OF CORFU, Genesee, NY

Built 1937 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 182

GALEN HILL ROAD

Poor

Over: CLEAR CREEK

1.5 MI W OF FREEDOM, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1980 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 223

COUNTY ROAD 36

Poor

Over: COLD CREEK

4.0 MI NE OF CENTERVILLE, Allegany, NY

Built 1956 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 635

COUNTY ROAD 70A

Poor

Over: BIG CREEK ROAD BIG CREE

2.5 MILES NE OF HORNELL, Steuben, NY

Built 1936 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 2,140

STETSON RD

Poor

Over: LITT CHAZY RIVER

1.4 MI NE OF CHAZY, Clinton, NY

Built 1971 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 399

CON ROAD

Poor

Over: NBR GREAT CHAZY R

0.3 MI. E OF ELLENBURG DE, Clinton, NY

Built 1955 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 4

BONNIEVIEW RD

Poor

Over: CATHEDRAL GLEN

AT PINE HILL, Ulster, NY

Built 1930 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 12

O AND W ROAD

Poor

Over: TROUT BROOK

2M SE OF EAST BRANCH, Delaware, NY

Built 1961 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 26

CAIN HOLLOW ROAD

Poor

Over: QUAKER RUN

1.4 MI SE JCT 280 < ASP 3, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1967 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 114

RTE 98

Poor

Over: TONAWANDA CREEK

2.8MI S JCT RTS 98 + 20A, Wyoming, NY

Built 1931 Load: 20.1 t ADT: 1,114

MILL ROAD

Poor

Over: CAZENOVIA CREEK

2.5 MI W JCT SH78 & US20, Erie, NY

Built 1930 Load: 20.1 t ADT: 3,052

BALD MOUNTAIN RD

Poor

Over: W B OSWEGATCHIE R

.2 MI N JCT BLD MT & LP R, Lewis, NY

Built 1945 Load: 20.1 t

SHORE ROAD

Poor

Over: HUTCHINSON RIVER

OVER HUTCHINSON RIVER, Bronx, NY

Built 1906 Load: 20.2 t ADT: 15,262

MAIN STREET

Poor

Over: SUSQUEHANNA RIVER

JCT RTE 8 + SUSQUEHANNA R, Delaware, NY

Built 1936 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 4,373

OWEGO ROAD

Poor

Over: TRACY CREEK

3.0 MI SW OF VESTAL, Broome, NY

Built 1935 Load: 20.5 t ADT: 1,436

GOOLD ROAD

Poor

Over: CSX TRANS/ AMTRAK

2 MILES EAST OF VALATIE, Columbia, NY

Built 1930 Load: 20.6 t ADT: 114

RTE 987E

Poor

Over: QUEENSBORO BROOK

2.5 MI SW JCT RTS 6<9W, Orange, NY

Built 1920 Load: 20.6 t ADT: 869

RTE 30

Poor

Over: E BR DELAWARE RVR

AT MARGARETVILLE, Delaware, NY

Built 1932 Load: 20.7 t ADT: 3,033

RTE 430

Poor

Over: BIG INLET

1.8 MI NE JCT RTS 17 +430, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1938 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 3,602

FOSTER CORNERS RD

Poor

Over: BRANDY BROOK

2 MI SE STATE BRIDGE, Oneida, NY

Built 1940 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 220

Showing 16,451-16,500 of 17,642 bridges

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