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

VIALL AVENUE

Fair

Over: ANTHONY KILL

CITY OF MECHANICVILLE, Saratoga, NY

Built 1946 Load: 15.1 t ADT: 4,173

COUNTY ROAD 166

Fair

Over: BRACKEL CREEK

0.8 MI S OF CINCINNATUS, Cortland, NY

Built 1934 Load: 15.1 t ADT: 1,047

RTE I287

Fair

Over: MAMARONECK RIVER

1.9 MI W JCT RTS I287+HRP, Westchester, NY

Built 1961 Load: 15.2 t ADT: 104,391

SHELTER ROCK ROAD

Fair

Over: 908G908G03011026 RTE 90

NSP 2.5 MI NE QUEENS CL, Nassau, NY

Built 2000 Load: 15.2 t ADT: 9,532

BURKE HILL ROAD

Fair

Over: CHASE CREEK

0.7 MI WEST OF INDEX, Otsego, NY

Built 1989 Load: 15.2 t ADT: 466

BROADWAY/37TH AVE

Fair

Over: RTE I278 278I 276IX5M33

.6 MI NW JCT I278 & SH 25, Queens, NY

Built 1955 Load: 15.2 t ADT: 14,053

UNION STREET

Fair

Over: GOWANUS CANAL

OVER GOWANUS CANAL, Kings, NY

Built 1905 Load: 15.2 t ADT: 4,179

SNUFF MILL RD.

Fair

Over: Pedestrian Foot Path BR

IN BRONX PARK, Bronx, NY

Built 1920 Load: 15.2 t ADT: 50

FIFTH AVENUE

Fair

Over: B.Q.E. N Y & ATLANTIC/L

AT BOROUGH PARK, Kings, NY

Built 1914 Load: 15.2 t ADT: 6,017

STATE PARK ROAD

Fair

Over: QUARRY BROOK

AT LETCHWORTH STATE PARK, Wyoming, NY

Built 1925 Load: 15.2 t ADT: 513

RTE 9W

Fair

Over: CATSKILL CREEK

0.6 MI S JCT RTS 9W & 23, Greene, NY

Built 1933 Load: 15.3 t ADT: 13,590

RTE 987D

Fair

Over: PALMER RD - CR33

.8 MI N JCT SMRP & CCP, Westchester, NY

Built 1924 Load: 15.3 t ADT: 33,977

RTE 28

Fair

Over: Trib. BUSH KILL

2.5 MI W ULSTER CL, Delaware, NY

Built 1962 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 3,308

RTE I86

Fair

Over: MCNUTT RUN

0.2 MI NW JCT RTS 17 +333, Steuben, NY

Built 1969 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 9,357

PISECO ROAD

Fair

Over: AYERS CREEK

AT VILLAGE OF STRATFORD, Fulton, NY

Built 1934 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 148

BEMIS ROAD

Fair

Over: BUTTERNUT CREEK

1.0 MI NE OF MORRIS, Otsego, NY

Built 1952 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 72

E 233RD ST

Fair

Over: BRONX RIVER

IN WOODLAWN, Bronx, NY

Built 1904 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 27,165

CARPENTER ROAD

Fair

Over: M BR TIOUGHNIOGA RIVER

6 MILES NE OF DERUYTER, Madison, NY

Built 1938 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 140

WEST SWEDEN ROAD

Fair

Over: BLACK CREEK

3.7 MILES NW OF BERGEN, Genesee, NY

Built 1952 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 1,041

COUNTY ROAD 70A

Fair

Over: BIG CREEK

0.3 MI NE OF N.HORNELL, Steuben, NY

Built 1936 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 2,140

COUNTY ROAD 7

Fair

Over: PUNSIT CREEK

0.7 MI S OF SPENCERTOWN, Columbia, NY

Built 1964 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 815

ARDSLEY ROAD

Fair

Over: 907G BRP 907G BRP

3.9 MI N JCT BRP & SBSP, Westchester, NY

Built 1925 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 10,477

BONTA BRIDGE ROAD

Fair

Over: ERIE CANAL

2.3 MI E JCT SH34 & CANAL, Cayuga, NY

Built 1912 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 412

SOUTH BUS PRKG BR

Fair

Over: BROADWAY

AT JCT US 9 & 95I, New York, NY

Built 1962 Load: 15.4 t

HEMPSTEAD AVENUE

Fair

Over: RTE 908M

3.3 MI E NYC LINE ON SSP, Nassau, NY

Built 1929 Load: 15.5 t ADT: 36,447

RTE 908F

Fair

Over: BRONX RIVER

JCT MOSHOLU PKY+BRONX RIV, Bronx, NY

Built 1905 Load: 15.5 t ADT: 42,363

GERO ROAD

Fair

Over: North Branch of the Grea

1.4MI N HAMLET IRONA, Clinton, NY

Built 1900 Load: 15.5 t ADT: 181

RTE 226

Fair

Over: 86I 17 64044320 RTE I86

JCT RTS 17 + 226, Steuben, NY

Built 1969 Load: 15.6 t ADT: 4,956

RIVERSIDE DRIVE

Fair

Over: W.138TH STREET

WEST MANHATTAN, New York, NY

Built 1920 Load: 15.6 t ADT: 12,338

STICKNEY BR ROAD

Fair

Over: E B AUSABLE RIVER

2 MI S OF AU SABLE FORKS, Essex, NY

Built 1928 Load: 15.6 t ADT: 286

MURRAY AVENUE

Fair

Over: COMMUNITY PARK

0.6 MI NW OF LARCHMONT, Westchester, NY

Built 1929 Load: 15.7 t ADT: 5,000

RTE 1

Fair

Over: BLIND BROOK

0.38 MI N PLAYLAND PKWY, Westchester, NY

Built 1934 Load: 15.8 t ADT: 5,925

BRONX BLVD S.B.

Fair

Over: Pedestrian Walkway BRON

AT WILLIAMSBRIDGE, Bronx, NY

Built 1920 Load: 15.8 t ADT: 1,860

ODELL AVENUE

Fair

Over: SAW MILL RIVER

1.7 MI SE HASTINGS ON HU., Westchester, NY

Built 1930 Load: 15.8 t ADT: 8,892

ROADWAY

Fair

Over: LOCK O2

Lock 02 - Fulton NY, Oswego, NY

Built 1919 Load: 15.8 t ADT: 50

RTE 27

Fair

Over: UDALL RD - CR 82 NB UDA

.6 MI E JCT SH 231 & SH 2, Suffolk, NY

Built 1972 Load: 15.9 t ADT: 85,072

RTE I278

Fair

Over: RELIEF

1.2 MI NE JCT I278 & I495, Queens, NY

Built 1969 Load: 15.9 t ADT: 53,856

PHOENIX ROAD

Fair

Over: SIXMILE CREEK

1.5 MI NE OF PHOENIX, Oswego, NY

Built 2005 Load: 15.9 t ADT: 2,867

MURRAY HILL ROAD

Fair

Over: W B CAZENOVIA CRK

IN GLENWOOD, Erie, NY

Built 1935 Load: 15.9 t ADT: 42

LOWER STELLA IRELA

Fair

Over: LITT CHOCONUT CRK

.5 MILE N OF JOHNSON CITY, Broome, NY

Built 1942 Load: 15.9 t ADT: 1,533

RTE 5

Fair

Over: FLINT CREEK

5.4MI E JCT RTS 5+20 +247, Ontario, NY

Built 1924 Load: 16.1 t ADT: 9,040

MAIN STREET

Fair

Over: GENESEE RIVER

CITY OF ROCHESTER, Monroe, NY

Built 1865 Load: 16.1 t ADT: 10,665

AXMINSTER STREET

Fair

Over: SAW MILL RIVER

3.4 MI S HASTINGS ON HUD, Westchester, NY

Built 1911 Load: 16.1 t ADT: 4,697

RTE 31

Fair

Over: SUBWAY- ABANDONED

ROCHESTER SUBWAY BROAD ST, Monroe, NY

Built 1922 Load: 16.1 t ADT: 15,692

RTE 38

Fair

Over: MCLEAN CREEK

3.1 MI N OF OWEGO, Tioga, NY

Built 1940 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 5,389

RTE 987G

Fair

Over: ANGELL HILL ROAD

1.4 MI NW OF SPENCERTOWN, Columbia, NY

Built 2003 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 1,873

RTE 408

Fair

Over: KESHEQUA CREEK

0.2MI S JCT RTS 408 + 436, Livingston, NY

Built 1966 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 1,912

CAPE HORN ROAD

Fair

Over: CAROGA CREEK

AT NORTHBUSH, Fulton, NY

Built 1968 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 49

BEST ROAD

Fair

Over: E. BR.TIOUGHNIOGA CREEK

2.75 MI.E.OF DERUYTER, Madison, NY

Built 2012 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 2

SUNNYSIDE STREET

Fair

Over: VAN CAMPEN CREEK

IN TOWN OF FRIENDSHIP, Allegany, NY

Built 1985 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 237

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