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

SOUTH 9TH STREET

Fair

Over: RTE I278 RTE I278

2.6 MI SW JCT I278 + I495, Kings, NY

Built 1958 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 280

SOUTH 4TH STREET

Fair

Over: RTE I278 RTE I278

2.4 MI SW JCT I278 + I495, Kings, NY

Built 1958 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,139

GRAND STREET

Fair

Over: RTE I278

2.4 MI SW JCT I278 + I495, Kings, NY

Built 1957 Load: 29.0 t

W TREMONT AVENUE

Fair

Over: RTE I87 RTE I87

.7 MILE N JCT I87 & I95, Bronx, NY

Built 1955 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,715

RTE I878

Fair

Over: RTE 907D SOUTH CONDUIT

1.3 MI W JCT I678 & S PKW, Queens, NY

Built 1967 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 50,787

RTE 907M

Fair

Over: RTE 907A RTE 907A

JCT GCP+CROSS ISLAND PKWY, Queens, NY

Built 1972 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 13,823

HASKELL ROAD

Fair

Over: BIG BROOK

Nobelsboro, Herkimer, NY

Built 2014 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 28

RTE 9

Fair

Over: CSX TRANS/ AMTRAK

JCT US 9 & 20 / SH 9J, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1935 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 23,922

MOOSE RIVER RD

Fair

Over: BLACK RIVER

2.5 MI NE BOONEVILLE, Oneida, NY

Built 1958 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,044

WOOD ROAD

Fair

Over: COHOCTON RIVER

1.8 MI NW OF CAMPBELL, Steuben, NY

Built 1897 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 382

BLIND POND ROAD

Fair

Over: BEAVER BROOK

3.3 MI NW OF ELDRED, Sullivan, NY

Built 1956 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 4

RTE 27

Fair

Over: 278IX FDR DRIVE CHERRY

RTE 27 OVER EAST RIVER, New York, NY

Built 1909 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 43,477

FORT HAMILTON

Fair

Over: NYCTA N Y & ATLANTIC/LI

AT BOROUGH PARK, Kings, NY

Built 1984 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 11,787

ATL AVE SERVICE W

Fair

Over: East New York Ave EAST

AT EAST NEW YORK, Kings, NY

Built 1935 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 6,184

PARSONS BLVD

Fair

Over: LIRR PORT WASH BR.

IN FLUSHING, Queens, NY

Built 1913 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 8,202

ELIOT AVENUE

Fair

Over: CSX TRANS/CPR&P&W

AT MIDDLE VILLAGE, Queens, NY

Built 1938 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 9,273

LORRAINE LANE

Fair

Over: SCAJAQUADA CREEK

1.2 MI SW JCT I90 & RTE33, Erie, NY

Built 1980 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 704

COOMER ROAD

Fair

Over: HOPKINS CK TRIB

2.3 MI SW OF NEWFANE, Niagara, NY

Built 1947 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,504

SOUTH WOODS ROAD

Fair

Over: LIRR PT JEFF BRCH

1 MILE EAST OF SYOSSET, Nassau, NY

Built 1911 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 7,145

SECOND STREET

Fair

Over: STEELE CREEK

AT VILLAGE OF ILION, Herkimer, NY

Built 1890 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 3,490

ROOSEVELT AVENUE

Fair

Over: PARK ROAD NYCTA FLUSHIN

.4 MI S GCP & 678I, Queens, NY

Built 1936 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 14,601

SEAFUSE ROAD

Fair

Over: SLEEPER CREEK

1 mi E from the Rt 14 int, Chemung, NY

Built 2013 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 13

CREAMERY ROAD

Fair

Over: SIXMILE CREEK

.4 MI W SLATERVILLE SPGS., Tompkins, NY

Built 1977 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 263

CAMERON STREET

Fair

Over: COHOCTON RIVER

0.6 mi E I-86 Exit 38, Steuben, NY

Built 1970 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,676

ARCH BRIDGE ROAD

Fair

Over: NORTH CREEK

2.2 MI NE OF MELLENVILLE, Columbia, NY

Built 1959 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 289

PLATTE CLOVE ROAD

Fair

Over: PLATTEKILL CREEK

HAMLET OF PLATTE CLOVE, Greene, NY

Built 1993 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 599

NORTH ROAD

Fair

Over: MIDDLE SPRITE CREEK

5.0 MI NE OF OPPENHEIM, Fulton, NY

Built 1939 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 46

BLACK BRIDGE ROAD

Fair

Over: W BR SACANDAGA RIVER

4.3 MI SW OF WELLS, Hamilton, NY

Built 1991 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 48

OLD STATE ROAD

Fair

Over: WEST CANADA CREEK

IN VILLAGE OF NEWPORT, Herkimer, NY

Built 1853 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,588

CR 38 HASLAUER ROA

Fair

Over: ONEIDA CREEK

1 MI NE MUNNSVILLE, Madison, NY

Built 1934 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 327

NORTH MANLIUS RD

Fair

Over: LIMESTONE CREEK

0.9 MI S SCHEPPS CORNERS, Onondaga, NY

Built 1923 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,829

POAGS HOLE ROAD

Fair

Over: CANASERAGA CREEK

1.3 MI.S.DANSVILLE, Livingston, NY

Built 1885 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 510

IRELAND ROAD

Fair

Over: SALMON CREEK

4 MI SW OF HILTON, Monroe, NY

Built 1998 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,162

MAIN ST FISHERS

Fair

Over: IRONDEQUOIT CREEK

1.4 MILES NW OF VICTOR, Ontario, NY

Built 1991 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,165

UNDERWOOD CORS RD

Fair

Over: COLD SPRING CREEK

2.1 MI SE OF E. RANDOLPH, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1963 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 304

TOWN HILL ROAD

Fair

Over: MUD CREEK

1.0 MI EAST OF LEON, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1951 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 94

UNION VALLEY ROAD

Fair

Over: OLEAN CREEK

2 MILES NORTH OF OLEAN, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1988 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 678

CR 55/CR 317

Fair

Over: CONEWANGO CREEK

1.2 MI N OF FREWSBURG, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1941 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,147

WEST WILLOW ROAD

Fair

Over: CANADAWAY CREEK

0.6 MI SW OF CITY DUNKIRK, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1931 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,292

BUTTERMILK RD

Fair

Over: TRIB CONEWANGO CK

.8 MILE NE OF BALCOM, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1938 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 694

WESTWOOD ROAD

Fair

Over: N BR PLUM BTTM CK

2.2 MI SW JCT US20&T L RD, Erie, NY

Built 1983 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 2,037

DANIELS ROAD

Fair

Over: E B TWELVEMILE CK

1.9 MILES WEST OF WILSON, Niagara, NY

Built 1952 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 222

DRAHT HILL ROAD

Fair

Over: GOLDSMITH CREEK

2.5 MI E OF ELMIRA, Chemung, NY

Built 1933 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 342

CAMDEN AVENUE

Fair

Over: HALDERMAN CREEK

IN ELMIRA HEIGHTS, Chemung, NY

Built 1953 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 284

STEBINS RD

Fair

Over: TROUT RIVER

.5 MI SE OF TROUT RIVER, Franklin, NY

Built 1966 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 83

JOACHIM ROAD

Fair

Over: INDIAN RIVER

6.5 MI S OF THERESA, Jefferson, NY

Built 1931 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 17

PERCH LAKE ROAD

Fair

Over: HYDE CREEK

6 MI SE OF LA FARGEVILLE, Jefferson, NY

Built 1961 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 324

COUNTY ROAD 8

Fair

Over: DOVER KILL

0.9 MI SW OF L TAGHKANIC, Columbia, NY

Built 1948 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 704

COUNTY ROAD 7

Fair

Over: WHALEY LAKE STREAM

1.1 MI NE OF POUGHQUAG, Dutchess, NY

Built 1967 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 1,919

HIBERNIA ROAD

Fair

Over: WAPPINGER CREEK

0.6 MI E OF SALT POINT, Dutchess, NY

Built 1940 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 967

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