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

RTE I81

Fair

Over: EAST WASHINGTON ST EAST

JCT OF RTS I-81 SB + 5, Onondaga, NY

Built 1968 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 114,111

MANHATTAN BLVD

Fair

Over: 908M908M07021141 RTE 90

3.2 MI E JCT SH 111 & HSP, Suffolk, NY

Built 1961 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 6,189

RTE 17

Fair

Over: SUSQUEHANNA RIVER

2.9 MI NE JCT RTS 17 + 34, Tioga, NY

Built 1973 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 8,583

RTE 390

Fair

Over: LATONA RD

0.6MI S JCT ROL SB+104, Monroe, NY

Built 1971 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 42,982

RTE 15

Fair

Over: RTE I490

SOUTH AVE TO EB I490 RAMP, Monroe, NY

Built 1971 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 5,287

RTE I278

Fair

Over: ADELPHI STREET CARLTON

3.9 MI SW JCT I278 & I495, Kings, NY

Built 1960 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 129,323

LEE AVENUE

Fair

Over: RTE I278 RTE I278

2.8 MI SW JCT I278+I495, Kings, NY

Built 1958 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 11,013

SOUTH 3RD STREET

Fair

Over: RTE I278

2.4 MI SW JCT I278 + I495, Kings, NY

Built 1957 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 2,998

RTE I278

Fair

Over: Brush Avenue 95IX (W/B)

JCT I95 & I278 & I678, Bronx, NY

Built 1971 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 79,759

RTE I278

Fair

Over: Bruckner Blvd. W/B RTE

JCT I95 & I878 & I78, Bronx, NY

Built 1971 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 79,759

WEST 234TH STREET

Fair

Over: RTE I87 87I 87IX1M11063

2.8 MI N I87+I95, Bronx, NY

Built 1955 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 1,920

RTE I95

Fair

Over: RTE 907H RTE 907H METC

JCT I95+BRONX RIVER PKWY, Bronx, NY

Built 1947 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 114,236

RTE 233

Fair

Over: WHEELER CREEK

N OF JCT ROME ART&RTE 233, Oneida, NY

Built 1980 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 8,191

COHANCY STREET

Fair

Over: RTE I878

1.8 MI W JCT I678 & I78, Queens, NY

Built 1967 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 7,616

RTE 907H

Fair

Over: BRONX RIVER

4.2 MI N I95+BX RIVER PKY, Bronx, NY

Built 1951 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 104,818

WENTWORTH RD

Fair

Over: RTE I390

2.5 MI S OF COHOCTON, Steuben, NY

Built 1976 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 206

LOUDONVILLE ROAD

Fair

Over: 90I 90I11012011 I 90 WB

0.3 MI N JCT RT32 / N PEA, Albany, NY

Built 1970 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 5,310

RAMP I90WB TO 9SB

Fair

Over: VACANT LAND

RTE 9S & DRY GULLY-QUARRY, Albany, NY

Built 1971 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 6,515

RAMP 787 SB to CLI

Fair

Over: WATER STREET D & H R.R.

0.2 mi E of Broadway, Albany, NY

Built 1970 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 1,643

RTE 9

Fair

Over: RAMP- DUNN TO BROADWAY

0.7 m NE I-787 Exit 3, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1969 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 31,748

RTE 79

Fair

Over: UNKNOWN CREEK

3.8 MI S JCT RTS 79 & 17, Broome, NY

Built 1993 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 629

PETER BRONCK ROAD

Fair

Over: COXSACKIE CREEK

0.5 MI SW COXSACKIE, Greene, NY

Built 1910 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 376

FIDDLETOWN ROAD

Fair

Over: NORTH CREEK

1 MILE NE OF KAST BRIDGE, Herkimer, NY

Built 1970 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 96

GEIGER HOLLOW RD

Fair

Over: FOUR MILE CREEK

2.6 MI SW OF OLEAN, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1955 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 32

ELLICOTT ROAD

Fair

Over: LIT CANADAWAY CRK

1 MI S OF LAMBERTON, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1990 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 493

HARNICK ROAD

Fair

Over: APALACHIN CREEK

4.7 MI SE OF APALACHIN, Tioga, NY

Built 1978 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 108

STILLWATER ROAD

Fair

Over: MUSCOOT RIVER

1.2 MI NW OF BALDWIN PL, Putnam, NY

Built 1930 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 4,888

MILL BROOK ROAD

Fair

Over: MILL BROOK

4.9 MI E OF GRANT MILLS, Ulster, NY

Built 2000 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 51

SIXTH AVENUE

Fair

Over: LONG ISLAND-ATL B

AT PARK SLOPE, Kings, NY

Built 1908 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 5,144

18TH AVE

Fair

Over: N Y & ATLANTIC/LI

NEAR BOROUGH PARK, Kings, NY

Built 1908 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 9,599

GRAND AVE

Fair

Over: LIRR MAIN LINE

IN ELMHURST, Queens, NY

Built 1909 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 7,453

TORRE PLACE

Fair

Over: SAW MILL RIVER

2.8 MI S HASTINGS ON HUD, Westchester, NY

Built 1931 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 5,634

HOGBACK ROAD

Fair

Over: CSX TRANS/AMTRAK

0.7 MI E OF SAVANNAH, Wayne, NY

Built 1992 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 455

PENNSYLVANIA AVE

Fair

Over: Troublesome Brook

1.0 MI N OF TUCKAHOE, Westchester, NY

Built 1950 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 325

CREEK ROAD

Fair

Over: WEBATUCK CREEK

0.5 MI E OF NY RT 22, Dutchess, NY

Built 1930 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 18

MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: E BR ST REGIS RVR

3 MILES E OF NICHOLVILLE, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 1979 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 61

TEN BROECK ROAD

Fair

Over: AGAWAMUCK CREEK

0.8 MI SE OF HARLEMVILLE, Columbia, NY

Built 1965 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 38

BRUCE PORN ROAD

Fair

Over: BEAR KILL

1.8 MI NW OF GRAND GORGE, Delaware, NY

Built 1968 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 209

COUNTY ROAD 68

Fair

Over: BOQUET RIVER

3 MILES SW OF WILLSBORO, Essex, NY

Built 1989 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 304

HEATH ROAD

Fair

Over: STURDEVANT CREEK

1.5 MI SW OF CORINTH, Saratoga, NY

Built 1968 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 1,138

PEACEFUL VALLEY RO

Fair

Over: STRAIGHT BROOK

2MI S NORTH CREEK, Warren, NY

Built 1949 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 996

ERB ROAD

Fair

Over: FOUR MILE BROOK

3.1 MI SW OF HOFFMEISTER, Hamilton, NY

Built 1978 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 4

BROADFIELD ROAD

Fair

Over: W.BR.LIMESTONE CK

1.6 MI S MANLIUS, Onondaga, NY

Built 1990 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 294

COUNTY ROAD 4

Fair

Over: FLINT CREEK

.4 MI NW OF SENECA, Ontario, NY

Built 1955 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 2,061

COUNTY ROAD 21

Fair

Over: ELTON CREEK

.2 MILE WEST OF ELTON, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1989 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 845

BOZARD HILL ROAD

Fair

Over: WRIGHTS CREEK

2.0 MI NE OF HUMPHREY, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1938 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 85

FREWS RUN ROAD

Fair

Over: FREWS RUN

2.4 MI NE OF FENTONVILLE, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1990 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 1,124

CENTRALIA ROAD

Fair

Over: DEWITTVILLE CREEK

2.1 MI E OF HARTFIELD, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1931 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 525

BROWNELL ROAD

Fair

Over: BROWNELL BRANCH

1.6 MI S OF CLYMER CENTER, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1950 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 197

CENTER STREET

Fair

Over: BROKENSTRAW CREEK

AT CLYMER, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1935 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 1,666

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