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

CR 9

Fair

Over: SWITZ KILL

1.5 MILES SW OF BERNE, Albany, NY

Built 1990 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 203

LANFEAR ROAD

Fair

Over: STONY CREEK

.5 M N STONY CREEK, Warren, NY

Built 1936 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 85

OLD ROUTE 8B

Fair

Over: SACANDAGA RIVER

2.6 MILES E OF SPECULATOR, Hamilton, NY

Built 1920 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 14

CR88 WILLEY ROAD

Fair

Over: SANGERFIELD RIVER

0.5 MI SW POOLEVILLE POND, Madison, NY

Built 1950 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 469

SHERRILL ROAD

Fair

Over: ONEIDA CREEK

1.5 MI NW SHERRILL RSVOIR, Oneida, NY

Built 1939 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 1,696

BROADWAY RD

Fair

Over: RED CREEK

7.0 MI N OF WOLCOTT, Wayne, NY

Built 1950 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 128

MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: JEDDO CREEK

2.6 MI NNE OF JEDDO, Orleans, NY

Built 1940 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 145

NEWBURG ROAD

Fair

Over: OATKA CREEK

0.6 MI NE ROCK GLEN, Wyoming, NY

Built 1977 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 35

YUBADAM ROAD

Fair

Over: DODGE CREEK

1.4 MI NE OF PORTVILLE, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1971 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 131

LEVANT-GERRY ROAD

Fair

Over: FOLSOM CREEK

2.4 MILES SE OF GERRY, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1954 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 890

MARVIN ROAD

Fair

Over: FRENCH CREEK

2.6 MI SW OF FRENCH CREEK, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1966 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 148

EIDEN ROAD

Fair

Over: PRENDERGAST CREEK

4.3 MI SE OF SHERMAN, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1995 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 8

SOUTH BROADWAY

Fair

Over: LIT BROKENSTRW CK

AT PANAMA SOUTH BROADWAY, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1987 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 885

CASEY ROAD

Fair

Over: GOTT CREEK

.2 MILE W OF EAST AMHERST, Erie, NY

Built 1981 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 7,114

COUNTY ROAD 31A

Fair

Over: GENESEE RIVER

1.5 MI S OF BELMONT, Allegany, NY

Built 1971 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 525

CR 10

Fair

Over: CHEMUNG RIVER

1.5 MI SW OF BIG FLATS, Chemung, NY

Built 1960 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 3,064

McDUFFY HOLLOW ROA

Fair

Over: MCDUFFY CREEK

4.0 MI NW OF VAN ETTEN, Chemung, NY

Built 1942 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 138

EAST SPENCER ROAD

Fair

Over: S. BRANCH CATATONK CREEK

3.0 MI E OF SPENCER, Tioga, NY

Built 1963 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 234

BR BOMBAY

Fair

Over: LITTLE SALMON RVR

.5 MI EAST OF BOMBAY, Franklin, NY

Built 1941 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 1,402

SOUTH PARK STREET

Fair

Over: SANDY CREEK

0.2 MI.N.OF ADAMS, Jefferson, NY

Built 1942 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 527

RTE 971V

Fair

Over: BLACK RIVER

1 MI NE OF BLACK RIVER, Jefferson, NY

Built 1942 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 2,599

RTE 11

Fair

Over: E BR ST REGIS RVR

3.5 MI NE OF STOCKHOLM CT, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 1952 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 2,535

COUNTY ROAD 29

Fair

Over: TAGHKANIC CREEK

1.3 MI SW OF CLAVERACK, Columbia, NY

Built 1953 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 2,218

COUNTY ROAD 19

Fair

Over: ROELIFF JANSEN KL

0.4 MI SW OF ELIZAVILLE, Columbia, NY

Built 1940 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 546

DRY BROOK ROAD

Fair

Over: DRY BROOK

1.9 MI N OF SEAGER, Ulster, NY

Built 1956 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 31

STONY CLOVE LANE

Fair

Over: STONEY CLOVE CRK

1 MI NE OF CHICHESTER, Ulster, NY

Built 1955 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 44

HARNEY ROAD

Fair

Over: METRO NO COMMUTER

1.8 MILES NE OF TUCKAHOE, Westchester, NY

Built 1951 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 8,715

RTE 55

Fair

Over: BLACK LAKE CREEK

AT BLACK LAKE, Sullivan, NY

Built 1966 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 1,933

PLANK ROAD-SECT A

Fair

Over: BLACK BROOK

1.1 MI SW OF FORESTBURG, Sullivan, NY

Built 1934 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 59

MANURSING ISLAND R

Fair

Over: PLAYLAND LAKE

2.9 MI NE MAMARONECK RYE, Westchester, NY

Built 1927 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 504

ALDEN CRTTNDEN RD

Fair

Over: CSX TRANS/ AMTRAK

.2 MI S JCT SH 33 & CR 1, Erie, NY

Built 1990 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 1,610

NICOLLS RD SB

Fair

Over: FURROWS RD LONG ISLAND

0.6 MI WEST OF HOLTSVILLE, Suffolk, NY

Built 1975 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 34,351

MORMON HOLLOW RD

Fair

Over: MORMON HOLLOW BRK

4 MILES S OF TROUT CREEK, Delaware, NY

Built 1979 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 7

RTE 690

Fair

Over: SENECA RIVER

1.7 MI W SH 48 & CANAL, Onondaga, NY

Built 1969 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 9,120

HORSESHOE ISLAND R

Fair

Over: ERIE CANAL

1.2 MI E JCT SH481 & BG C, Onondaga, NY

Built 1990 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 374

VETERANS BRIDGE ST

Fair

Over: SENECA RIVER

.6 MI W JCT RTE 414+CANAL, Seneca, NY

Built 1959 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 3,233

RTE I90

Fair

Over: RTE 5S

0.3MI E INT 29A RTE 90I, Herkimer, NY

Built 1954 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 10,978

RTE I90

Fair

Over: RTE 5S

.3MI E INT 29A RTE 90I, Herkimer, NY

Built 1954 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 9,879

RTE I84

Fair

Over: RTE 9W

JCT 84I & RTE 9W, Orange, NY

Built 1962 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 64,150

MIDLAND AVE

Fair

Over: 100X 87IX RTE I87 RTE

.2 MI N JCT I87 & CCP, Westchester, NY

Built 1954 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 7,356

RTE I84

Fair

Over: GRAND AVENUE HUDSON RIV

0.75 mi East of Rt 9W, Orange, NY

Built 1980 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 22,063

RTE I90

Fair

Over: CSX RR /AMTRAK

2.6 MI W INT 40 ON I90, Cayuga, NY

Built 1953 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 30,507

RTE I90

Fair

Over: CANANDAIGUA OUTLET

I90 4.3 MI W OF EXIT 42, Ontario, NY

Built 1953 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 18,825

RTE I90

Fair

Over: CANANDAIGUA OUTLET

I90 4.3 MI.W.OF EXIT 42, Ontario, NY

Built 1953 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 18,296

CR 84

Fair

Over: 90IX RTE I90

2.3 MI W OF EXIT 46 90I, Monroe, NY

Built 1954 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 7,487

CR 25

Fair

Over: 90IX RTE I90

4.7 MI E OF EXIT 43 90I, Ontario, NY

Built 1954 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 5,313

ROGERVILLE ROAD

Fair

Over: 90IX RTE I90

3.4 MI SW OF W FIELD INT, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1955 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 66

RTE I90

Fair

Over: CHAUTAUQUA CREEK

0.6 MI SW OF W FIELD INT, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1957 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 9,097

RTE I190

Fair

Over: MILTON ST

0.5 MI W JCT RTS I190< 16, Erie, NY

Built 1957 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 75,744

RTE I190

Fair

Over: BABCOCK ST

1.1 MI W JCT RTS I190< 16, Erie, NY

Built 1957 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 75,744

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