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

GEORGE URBAN BLVD

Poor

Over: 90IX RTE I90

3.0 MI N JCT I90 <RTE 130, Erie, NY

Built 1950 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 7,188

GRAMATAN AVENUE

Poor

Over: MNRR NH LINE

1.5 MILES WEST OF PELHAM, Westchester, NY

Built 1894 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 5,838

RTE I90

Poor

Over: KNAPP CREEK

3.6 MI E OF EXIT 31 RAMP, Herkimer, NY

Built 1954 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 20,495

RTE I81

Poor

Over: RTE 11

JCT OF RTS I-81 NB + 11, Onondaga, NY

Built 1963 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 15,922

RTE 22

Poor

Over: EAST CREEK

0.8 MI N JCT RTS 22 & 43, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1939 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 2,200

RTE 30

Poor

Over: TROUT BROOK

8.6 MI N JCT SH 30 & SH 1, Delaware, NY

Built 1949 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 576

EAST UTICA ST

Poor

Over: 33 33 53011032 RTE 33

2.1 MI NE JCT RTS 33 + 5, Erie, NY

Built 1970 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 3,719

RTE 33

Poor

Over: TONAWANDA CREEK

JCT RTE 98, Genesee, NY

Built 1952 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 10,246

RTE 58

Poor

Over: FISH CREEK

0.2 MI SE JCT RTS 58 +184, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 1933 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 522

RTE 66

Poor

Over: GREEN BROOK

1.4 MI N JCT RTE66+I90, Columbia, NY

Built 1913 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 358

COUNTY ROAD 194

Poor

Over: GULF STREAM

0.1 MI NE JCT RTS 177+194, Lewis, NY

Built 1933 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 633

RTE 199

Poor

Over: SAW KILL

2.2 MI W JCT RTS 199+308, Dutchess, NY

Built 1929 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 5,635

RTE 214

Poor

Over: WEST HOLLOW BROOK

RT 214 IN LANESVILLE, Greene, NY

Built 1957 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 990

RTE 240

Poor

Over: CAZENOVIA CREEK

0.1 MI SE JCT RTS 240 +16, Erie, NY

Built 1932 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 15,530

RTE 35

Poor

Over: 684I684I87011178 RTE I6

JCT RTS I684+35, Westchester, NY

Built 1966 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 21,993

RTE 907P

Poor

Over: RTE 907P RTE 907P PARK

4.2 MI NE FDR DR+ROUTE 25, New York, NY

Built 1963 Load: 28.1 t

Abandoned G & W RR

Poor

Over: Fish Creek

GreenfieldWesternRR/FishC, Lewis, NY

Built 1920 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 20

RTE 282

Poor

Over: SACKETTS CREEK

.2 MI SE JCT SH17 & SH282, Tioga, NY

Built 1946 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 5,417

KAUTZ HOLLOW RD

Poor

Over: COUCH HOLLOW

1.8 MI SE OF BOYNTONVILLE, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1950 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 108

DAYFOOT RD

Poor

Over: DAYFOOT BROOK

0.8MI.E.PETERSBURG, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1927 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 40

LAKE ROAD

Poor

Over: PLACE BROOK

3.2 MI NW OF WILLET, Cortland, NY

Built 1936 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 19

CULVER ROAD

Poor

Over: TAUGHANNOCK CREEK

0.2 MI NE OF SMITH VALLEY, Schuyler, NY

Built 1936 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 67

DOCK STREET

Poor

Over: MILL BROOK

PORT HENRY MARINA, Essex, NY

Built 1941 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 734

VOORHEES ROAD

Poor

Over: SPRITE CREEK

1.5 MI SW OF EMMONSBURG, Fulton, NY

Built 1934 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 106

BONE RUN ROAD

Poor

Over: BONE RUN

6.1 MI SW OF STEAMBURG, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1953 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 303

HIBBARD ROAD

Poor

Over: CUTHRIE RUN

1.6 mi NW of I-86/Kahler, Chemung, NY

Built 1979 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 377

COUNTY ROAD 29

Poor

Over: WHETSTONE CREEK

2.6 MILES S OF MARTINSBUR, Lewis, NY

Built 1927 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 619

LAZY RIVER ROAD

Poor

Over: GRASSE RIVER

2.4 MI E OF HERMON, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 1978 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 184

DEPOT LANE

Poor

Over: WAPPINGER CREEK

AT STANFORDVILLE, Dutchess, NY

Built 1929 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 90

BEAVER KILL ROAD

Poor

Over: SCUDDER BROOK

0.8 MI SE OF TURNWOOD, Ulster, NY

Built 1953 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 134

FLUGERTOWN ROAD

Poor

Over: WILLOWEMOC CREEK

1.9 MI NE OF WILLOWEMOC, Sullivan, NY

Built 1950 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 32

County Road 40

Poor

Over: BEAVER KILL

0.6 MI N JCT RTS 28+212, Ulster, NY

Built 1991 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 1,081

RTE 4

Poor

Over: HUDSON RIVER and CANAL

0.2 MI N JCT RTES 4 & 32, Saratoga, NY

Built 1916 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 4,252

DUTCH HILL ROAD

Poor

Over: ALDER POND

FORESTPORT, Oneida, NY

Built 1930 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 430

RTE I90

Poor

Over: RTE 69

3.0MI W INT 31 UTICA NY, Oneida, NY

Built 1954 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 20,466

RTE I90

Poor

Over: FALL BROOK

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

Built 1954 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 18,825

RTE I290

Poor

Over: CR 209

JCT I90 & I290 - EXIT 50, Erie, NY

Built 1954 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 35,622

RTE I90

Poor

Over: N LAKE ST

4 MI W EXIT 33 OF I90, Madison, NY

Built 1953 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 31,294

OLD PISECO ROAD

Poor

Over: COLD STREAM

.1 MILE EAST OF PISECO, Hamilton, NY

Built 1931 Load: 28.9 t ADT: 85

RTE 9

Poor

Over: LAUREL STREET

1.0 MI N JCT RTS 9+376, Dutchess, NY

Built 1965 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 18,826

RTE 9W

Poor

Over: MOODNA CREEK

2.1 MI S JCT RTS 9W+94, Orange, NY

Built 1932 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 18,252

RTE 9W

Poor

Over: CSX TRANS QUASSAICK CRE

JCT US 9W & QUASSAICK CRK, Orange, NY

Built 1952 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 10,809

RTE 19

Poor

Over: Wiscoy Creek

1.6 MI SW JCT SH19 & SH39, Wyoming, NY

Built 1930 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,151

RTE 20

Poor

Over: CAZENOVIA CREEK

0.7 MI S JCT RTS 20 + 16, Erie, NY

Built 1929 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 21,396

RTE 97

Poor

Over: HOOLIHAN BROOK

IN LONG EDDY, Sullivan, NY

Built 1938 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 813

RTE I890

Poor

Over: EDISON WYE ERIE/890 Was

1.6MI NW JCT. 146 & 890I, Schenectady, NY

Built 1966 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 23,418

RTE 967

Poor

Over: QUASSAIC CREEK

0. MIEJCTRTS9W+94 RIV RD, Orange, NY

Built 1929 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 11,671

ATTRIDGE ROAD

Poor

Over: RTE I490

2.1 MI W JCT I490 & SH259, Monroe, NY

Built 1963 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,301

MORRIS AVENUE

Poor

Over: RTE I95 RTE 95I

.9 MI E I87+I95, Bronx, NY

Built 1960 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 8,260

TANNERY ROAD

Poor

Over: WEST STONY CREEK

6.0 MI NE OF BLEECKER, Fulton, NY

Built 1920 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 5

Showing 16,751-16,800 of 17,642 bridges

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