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

MICHIGAN MILLS RD

Fair

Over: ALDER CREEK

2.1 MI NW OF HIGHMARKET, Lewis, NY

Built 1978 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 35

BEAVER DAM ROAD

Fair

Over: BEAVER DAM CREEK

4.4 MI NE OF MOUNT KISCO, Westchester, NY

Built 1928 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 532

CLARK ROAD

Fair

Over: OQUAGA CREEK

2 MILES NE OF SANFORD, Broome, NY

Built 1950 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 55

TRACY ROAD

Fair

Over: LIMESTONE CREEK

1.1 MI NNE DELPHI, Onondaga, NY

Built 1931 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 141

GREENWAY RD

Fair

Over: STONY CREEK

4 MI SE JCT SH 49 & SH 46, Oneida, NY

Built 1931 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 289

COUNTY ROAD 26

Fair

Over: N BR LIL SALMON R

.8 MILE NE OF PARISH, Oswego, NY

Built 1940 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 1,496

BLUE STREET

Fair

Over: ELTON CREEK

3.0 MI NW OF FARMERSVILLE, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1981 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 121

HOUNDSVILLE ROAD

Fair

Over: TROUT RIVER

1.4 MILES NE OF MALONE, Franklin, NY

Built 1955 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 228

COUNTY ROAD 34

Fair

Over: HOLLOW BROOK

1.2 MI S OF WEST LEBANON, Columbia, NY

Built 1950 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 163

RTE 907G

Fair

Over: BRONX RIVER

3.1 MI N JCT RTS BRP<SBSP, Westchester, NY

Built 1923 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 26,325

PLEASANT VALLEY

Fair

Over: NEGRO HOLLOW CREEK

3.7 MI SE OF SHERBURNE, Chenango, NY

Built 1947 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 145

COUNTY ROAD 43

Fair

Over: CHERRY VALLEY CREEK

.5 MILE NW OF WESTVILLE, Otsego, NY

Built 1958 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 390

CR40

Fair

Over: WEST CREEK

2 MI N OF SEWARD, Schoharie, NY

Built 1929 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 131

BUFFALO STREET

Fair

Over: CHADAKOIN RIVER

AT JAMESTOWN, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1973 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 2,719

PRESBYTERIAN ROAD

Fair

Over: Erie Canal Bike Path ER

4.2MI W JCT BARGE C+RTE98, Orleans, NY

Built 1909 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 217

RTE 987

Fair

Over: SAW MILL RIVER

AT HASTINGS ON HUDSON, Westchester, NY

Built 1927 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 5,979

CR 32

Fair

Over: I-87 RTE I87

3.0 MI SW OF SAUGERTIES, Ulster, NY

Built 1950 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 2,414

RTE 440

Fair

Over: High Street State Stree

ARTHUR KILL, Richmond, NY

Built 1928 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 81,928

HUNTERS CREEK RD

Fair

Over: HUNTER CREEK

.6 MILE S OF WALES CENTER, Erie, NY

Built 1971 Load: 16.5 t ADT: 1,209

COUNTY ROAD 53

Fair

Over: KEYSER KILL CREEK

2 MI EAST OF BREAKABEEN, Schoharie, NY

Built 2005 Load: 16.5 t ADT: 390

RTE 89

Fair

Over: CAYUGA-SENECA CNL

.8 MI SE JCT SH 5 & SH 89, Seneca, NY

Built 1964 Load: 16.5 t ADT: 2,674

WAYNEPORT ROAD

Fair

Over: ERIE CANAL

2.9 MI W JCT RTE 31F + C, Wayne, NY

Built 1912 Load: 16.5 t ADT: 3,155

RTE 987G

Fair

Over: JACKSON CREEK

0.3M N of NB Exit 45 TSP, Dutchess, NY

Built 1937 Load: 16.5 t ADT: 18,211

LOWER MINE ROAD

Fair

Over: EAST BRANCH CROTON RIVER

2.2 MI NE OF CROTON FALLS, Putnam, NY

Built 1908 Load: 16.6 t ADT: 411

COUNTY RD 18

Fair

Over: W BR DELAWARE RVR

3.3 MI SW OF HOBART, Delaware, NY

Built 1900 Load: 16.6 t ADT: 670

RTE 28

Fair

Over: FALLS CREEK

1.7 MI N JCT SH 28 & SH 1, Delaware, NY

Built 1936 Load: 16.7 t ADT: 2,592

E FORDHAM RD

Fair

Over: GRAND CONCOURSE

IN FORDHAM, Bronx, NY

Built 1923 Load: 16.7 t ADT: 26,360

RTE 9

Fair

Over: 87I 87I15091165 RTE I87

JCT.RTE 9 & 87I, Saratoga, NY

Built 1962 Load: 16.8 t ADT: 18,093

HENDRICK AVENUE

Fair

Over: 107 107 03012006 RTE 10

IN GLEN COVE, Nassau, NY

Built 1962 Load: 16.8 t ADT: 3,268

WATER STREET

Fair

Over: CANADAWAY CREEK

2.3 MI NW JCT RTS 83 + 60, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1973 Load: 16.8 t ADT: 4,930

GUN HILL ROAD

Fair

Over: BRONX RIVER

IN NORTH BRONX, Bronx, NY

Built 1918 Load: 16.8 t ADT: 17,624

RIDGE-SPRING STRT

Fair

Over: RAQUETTE RIVER

LOCATED IN NORWOOD, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 1923 Load: 16.8 t ADT: 2,161

CORWIN RD

Fair

Over: IRONDEQUOIT CK TR

3.7 MI SW OF WEST WEBSTER, Monroe, NY

Built 1927 Load: 16.9 t ADT: 172

JEROME AVENUE

Fair

Over: 908FX RAPID TRANSIT

.7 MI S I87+MOSHOLU PKWY, Bronx, NY

Built 1910 Load: 16.9 t ADT: 7,488

EAST DRIVE

Fair

Over: 79TH ST TRANSVERSE

IN CENTRAL PARK, New York, NY

Built 1920 Load: 16.9 t ADT: 220

PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE

Fair

Over: OLD CHAMPLAIN CANAL

JCT TOWPATH RD & CHAMP C, Washington, NY

Built 1911 Load: 16.9 t

50TH STREET

Fair

Over: N Y & ATLANTIC/LI

AT BOROUGH PARK, Kings, NY

Built 1927 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 3,240

OLD STAGE ROAD

Fair

Over: FALL CREEK

3.6 MI NORTH OF MCLEAN, Tompkins, NY

Built 1917 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 513

RTE 26

Fair

Over: WILLET CREEK

0.7 MI E JCT RTS 26 + 221, Cortland, NY

Built 1935 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 1,049

RTE 97

Fair

Over: HANKINS CREEK

50 MI NW JCT RTS 97 + 17B, Sullivan, NY

Built 1937 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 813

RTE 987C

Fair

Over: LAKE TIORATI BRK

.8 MI N JCT PIP & SH 210, Rockland, NY

Built 1951 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 31,679

GLIMMRGLASS PK RD

Fair

Over: SHADOW BROOK

5 MI N OF COOPERSTOWN, Otsego, NY

Built 1966 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 20

WOODSIDE AVENUE

Fair

Over: CSX TRANS/CPR&P&W

IN WOODSIDE, Queens, NY

Built 1916 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 8,756

44TH AVENUE

Fair

Over: CSX TRANS/CPR&P&W

AT WOODSIDE, Queens, NY

Built 1916 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 560

MCGRAW MARATHON RD

Fair

Over: SMITH BROOK

2.1 MI SE OF MCGRAW, Cortland, NY

Built 1932 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 628

RTE 907G

Fair

Over: BRONX RIVER PEDESTRIAN

2.0 MI S JCT RTS BRP+287, Westchester, NY

Built 1923 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 26,325

RTE 9W

Fair

Over: OLD MINE ROAD DOCK BROO

0.6 MI N JCT RTS 9W+6, Orange, NY

Built 1932 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 18,344

KING ROAD

Fair

Over: BUTTERMILK CREEK

AT BUTTERMILK FALLS, Tompkins, NY

Built 1929 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 1,038

RTE 226

Fair

Over: MUD CREEK

0.1 MI NE JCT I-86 +SR226, Steuben, NY

Built 1970 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 4,956

STATION HILL ROAD

Fair

Over: DEANS CREEK

WESTMORLAND, Oneida, NY

Built 1962 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 251

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