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New York bridge safety

Condition ratings, load ratings, and structural-deficiency data for every public highway bridge in New York — drawn straight from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory.

19,132
Public bridges
26.5%
Good condition
6.9%
Poor condition
6.9%
Structurally deficient

Total Bridges

19,132

Public highway bridges in New York

Good Condition

26.5%

5,061 bridges rated 7-9

-23.5pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

6.9%

1,320 bridges rated 0-4

Structurally Deficient

6.9%

1,320 bridges flagged for repair priority

-0.1pp vs national avg 7.0%

New York vs national bridge condition

New York — Good condition share 26.5%
National avg

Share of bridges rated 7-9 on the FHWA 0-9 scale (deck, superstructure, substructure all good).

New York — Structurally deficient share 23.0%
National avg

Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.0%.

Condition Distribution

Bridge inventory deck-condition mix — New York (FHWA NBI)

New York26.45306293121472%34.5442191093456%6.899435500731759%6.899435500731759%GoodFairPoorStructurally Deficient
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix — New York (FHWA NBI)

Counties (62)

Albany 377 Allegany 400 Bronx 394 Broome 512 Cattaraugus 503 Cayuga 150 Chautauqua 587 Chemung 274 Chenango 258 Clinton 208 Columbia 256 Cortland 185 Delaware 450 Dutchess 341 Erie 1082 Essex 259 Franklin 188 Fulton 97 Genesee 174 Greene 231 Hamilton 88 Herkimer 257 Jefferson 318 Kings 308 Lewis 163 Livingston 175 Madison 175 Monroe 685 Montgomery 208 Nassau 443 New York 299 Niagara 297 Oneida 509 Onondaga 514 Ontario 187 Orange 505 Orleans 137 Oswego 238 Otsego 263 Putnam 113 Queens 755 Rensselaer 280 Richmond 202 Rockland 258 Saratoga 250 Schenectady 157 Schoharie 173 Schuyler 101 Seneca 64 St. Lawrence 326 Steuben 637 Suffolk 436 Sullivan 367 Tioga 228 Tompkins 193 Ulster 406 Warren 145 Washington 193 Wayne 99 Westchester 854 Wyoming 142 Yates 58

New York vs nearby ranks

Adjacent states on the structurally deficient leaderboard (lower share = better)

States are ranked by share of bridges flagged structurally deficient — the FHWA classification for any span where deck, superstructure, or substructure carries a condition rating of 4 or below. Lower percentages indicate stronger maintenance funding and inspection follow-through. States here sit immediately above and below New York on the same metric.

15

Hawaii

6.47% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$1,206

30

Montana

6.70% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$5,122
Selected

36

New York

6.90% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$19,132

21

Kentucky

7.06% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$14,554

33

New Hampshire

7.08% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$2,542

Bridges Needing Most Attention in New York

Six lowest-condition bridges in New York, ranked by composite NBI rating. Each is inspected at least every 24 months.

SKINNERS FALLS NY

Structurally Deficient

Over: DELAWARE RIVER

29 MI S OF COCHECTON, Sullivan, NY

Built 1901 Load: 0.9 t ADT: 355

BAILEY ROAD

Poor

Over: INDEPENDENCE RIVER

1.3 MI NE OF SPERRYVILLE, Lewis, NY

Built 1900 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 2

OLD STATE ROAD

Poor

Over: DEER RIVER

2.3 MI SW OF DEER RIVER, Lewis, NY

Built 1891 Load: 2.6 t ADT: 77

FITCHES BRIDGE RD

Poor

Over: W BR DELAWARE RIVER

2 MI NE OF DELHI, Delaware, NY

Built 1870 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 295

ELM ST EXTENSION

Poor

Over: TROUT BROOK

1 MI S OF RICHFIELD SPRIN, Otsego, NY

Built 1930 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 52

CRANE STREET

Structurally Deficient

Over: CSX TRANS/ AMTRAK

1.8 MI W JCT RT5 & RT7, Schenectady, NY

Built 1976 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 4,964

All Bridges in New York

COUNTY ROAD 13

Good

Over: OTSELIC RIVER

IN SOUTH OTSELIC, Chenango, NY

Built 1991 Load: 71.7 t ADT: 902

EDEN-EVANS CTR RD

Good

Over: BIG SISTER CREEK

.8 MILE NORTH OF ANGOLA, Erie, NY

Built 1975 Load: 71.7 t ADT: 3,097

RICHFIELD STREET

Good

Over: STEELE CREEK

AT VILLAGE OF ILION, Herkimer, NY

Built 2020 Load: 71.7 t ADT: 387

RTE 94

Good

Over: MIDDLETOWN & NJ RAILROAD

2.9 MI E JCT SH94 & SH17M, Orange, NY

Built 1978 Load: 71.7 t ADT: 5,215

RTE 992A

Good

Over: SCHENEVUS CREEK

0.8 MI E OF WORCHESTER, Otsego, NY

Built 1979 Load: 71.7 t ADT: 286

SHORT CLOVE ROAD

Good

Over: CSX TRANSPORTATION

6060' SE JCT 202 & 9W, Rockland, NY

Built 2011 Load: 71.7 t ADT: 7,398

RTE 9N

Good

Over: STURDEVANT CREEK

0.1mi West of Main St, Saratoga, NY

Built 1993 Load: 71.7 t ADT: 4,429

CR 7

Good

Over: SACANDAGA RESERV

3.5 MI SW OF HADLEY, Saratoga, NY

Built 2013 Load: 71.7 t ADT: 643

RTE 11

Good

Over: GRASSE RIVER

VIL CANTON-.1 MI E JCT68W, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 1981 Load: 71.7 t ADT: 15,615

TREMPER ROAD

Good

Over: E BR CALLICOON CK

0.9 MI E OF YOUNGSVILLE, Sullivan, NY

Built 2014 Load: 71.7 t

BURRITT ROAD

Good

Over: BUTTONWOOD CREEK

1.2 MI SE OF HILTON, Monroe, NY

Built 1993 Load: 71.9 t ADT: 2,146

FARNSWORTH ROAD

Good

Over: TRIB GRIFFIN CREE

3 MILES SE OF CUBA, Allegany, NY

Built 1981 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 108

RTE 20

Good

Over: BELL CREEK

4.9 MI NE JCT RTS 20 + 76, Chautauqua, NY

Built 2010 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 2,485

COUNTY ROAD 26

Good

Over: STILLWATER CREEK

.4 MILE SOUTH OF BUSTI, Chautauqua, NY

Built 2017 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 1,457

SHERMAN ROAD

Good

Over: BR CHAUTAUQUA CRK

2.2 MILES W OF SUMMERDALE, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1999 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 499

CRESCENT STREET

Good

Over: CATHARINE CREEK

IN MILLPORT, Chemung, NY

Built 2011 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 305

RTE 80

Good

Over: CHENANGO RIVER

.6 MI W JCT SH 80 & SH 12, Chenango, NY

Built 2002 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 2,550

RTE 5S

Good

Over: SCHOHARIE CREEK

5.1 MI E JCT SH5S & SH30A, Montgomery, NY

Built 1909 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 5,349

BEAR RIDGE ROAD

Good

Over: UNNAMED STREAM

1.7 MI E OF PENDLETON CTR, Niagara, NY

Built 2021 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 3,182

COUNTY ROAD 12

Good

Over: DYKEMAN CREEK

3 MI NE OF CENTRAL SQUARE, Oswego, NY

Built 1996 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 1,499

FAIR ST

Good

Over: MID BR CROTON RVR

1.4 MI E OF CARMEL, Putnam, NY

Built 2006 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 8,588

RTE 912F

Good

Over: NORTH BRANCH MOORDENER K

AT SCHODACK CENTER, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1972 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 6,654

COUNTY ROAD 40

Good

Over: POESTEN KILL

3.3 MI E.OF POESTENKILL, Rensselaer, NY

Built 2007 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 157

COUNTY ROAD 13

Good

Over: BANFIELD CREEK

3.9 MI SE OF CAYUTA, Schuyler, NY

Built 2000 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 229

RTE 3

Good

Over: JENNY CREEK

4.4 MI SW JCT RTS 3 + 58, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 2007 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 1,806

MILES ROAD

Good

Over: ELM CREEK

IN HERMON, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 2000 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 395

COUNTY ROAD 49

Good

Over: PLUM BROOK

LOCATED IN BROOKDALE, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 1938 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 415

HOOS RD

Good

Over: CATTAIL BROOK

0.4 MILES SW OF LIVINGSTO, Sullivan, NY

Built 2012 Load: 72.6 t

COUNTY ROAD 121

Good

Over: FALL CREEK

IN FOREST HOME - ITHACA, Tompkins, NY

Built 2014 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 3,660

RTE 20A

Good

Over: OATKA CREEK

0.2 MI W JCT RTS 20A & 19, Wyoming, NY

Built 1998 Load: 72.6 t ADT: 5,838

RTE 90

Good

Over: PAINES CREEK

8.9 MI S JCT SH90 & SH326, Cayuga, NY

Built 2010 Load: 73.0 t ADT: 1,334

RTE 392

Good

Over: GRIDLEY CREEK

2.0 MI W JCT RTS 90 + 11, Cortland, NY

Built 2005 Load: 73.0 t ADT: 1,504

COUNTY ROAD 306

Good

Over: VLY CREEK

.5 MI E OF VOORHEESVILLE, Albany, NY

Built 1999 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 2,714

MOSHER HOLLOW RD

Good

Over: CONEWANGO CREEK

2.2 MILES S OF EAST LEON, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1992 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 576

TILE KILN ROAD

Good

Over: BIG SALMON CREEK

1.7 MI S OF VENICE CENTER, Cayuga, NY

Built 2022 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 44

RTE 22

Good

Over: ROELIFF JANSEN KL

.2 MI SW JCT CR 63 & SH22, Columbia, NY

Built 2016 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 3,388

RTE 357

Good

Over: HANDSOME BROOK

1.7 MI SW OF FRANKLIN, Delaware, NY

Built 1991 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 1,781

RTE 8

Good

Over: E BR COLD SPRING CREEK

6.3 MI NE JCT SH 8 & SH 1, Delaware, NY

Built 2021 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 1,408

ZOAR OTTO ROAD

Good

Over: CATTARAUGUS CREEK

5.4 MI NW OF EAST OTTO, Erie, NY

Built 1993 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 176

VALLEY ROAD

Good

Over: ORISKANY CREEK

3/4 MI S OF ORISKANY, Oneida, NY

Built 1986 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 1,682

YATES CARLTON TLR

Good

Over: JOHNSON CREEK

1.2 MI N ASHWOOD, Orleans, NY

Built 2022 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 385

WOODCHUCK ALLEY

Good

Over: BALD EAGLE CREEK

1.3 MI. NORTH OF KENDALL, Orleans, NY

Built 2002 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 69

KEITEL ROAD

Good

Over: W BR SANDY CREEK

2.3 MI NE ALBION, Orleans, NY

Built 1997 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 256

CR11

Good

Over: S BR LIL SALMON R

3.7 MI SE OF PARISH, Oswego, NY

Built 2014 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 653

RTE 31

Good

Over: TRIB SENECA RIVER

.8 MI SE JCT SH31&WYNE CL, Seneca, NY

Built 1997 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 1,857

RTE 36

Good

Over: LIMEKILN CREEK

S END OF ARKPORT, Steuben, NY

Built 1967 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 10,927

CLOVE ROAD

Good

Over: COXING KILL

0.6 MI E OF MINNEWASKA, Ulster, NY

Built 2022 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 263

RTE 28

Good

Over: HUDSON RIVER

JCT RTE 28& HUDSON RIVER, Warren, NY

Built 2017 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 2,838

BACK TO SODOM ROAD

Good

Over: CHATIEMAC BROOK

1 MI NE OF SODOM, Warren, NY

Built 2016 Load: 73.5 t ADT: 90

ORCHARD BEACH RD

Good

Over: AMTRAK/CSXT/P&W

AT PELHAM BAY PARK, Bronx, NY

Built 2012 Load: 74.2 t ADT: 4,190

Showing 17,451-17,500 of 19,132 bridges

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Data sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI), latest released cycle. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges Editorial.

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