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

BROAD SREET HOLLOW

Fair

Over: BROAD ST HOLLOW

.9 MILE NE OF ALLABEN, Ulster, NY

Built 1998 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 191

CR221 TUNNEL ROAD

Fair

Over: OSBORNE CREEK

3 MI S OF N COLESVILLE, Broome, NY

Built 1942 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 510

CORNELL AVENUE

Fair

Over: W BR DELAWARE RVR

AT HOBART NEAR SH 10, Delaware, NY

Built 1980 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 533

MILL BROOK ROAD

Fair

Over: MILL BROOK

4.5 MI SW OF MARGRETVILLE, Delaware, NY

Built 1972 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 65

COUNTY ROAD 22

Fair

Over: WHARTON CREEK

0.2 MI EAST WEST EXETER, Otsego, NY

Built 1927 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 219

STONE STORE ROAD

Fair

Over: TRIB CATSKILL CRK

.3 MI W LIVINGSTONVILLE, Schoharie, NY

Built 2015 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 163

CR60

Fair

Over: ROBERTS CREEK

1.7 MI E OF LOWMAN, Chemung, NY

Built 1991 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 1,058

TOWN LINE ROAD

Fair

Over: LITTLE VALLEY CRK

0.8 MI S OF ELK DALE, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1973 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 11

TOWNLINE ROAD

Fair

Over: NAURAUSHAUN BROOK

3.8 MI W OF SOUTH NYACK, Rockland, NY

Built 1974 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 5,423

CROSS MOUNTAIN ROA

Fair

Over: ALDER CREEK

0.8 MI N OF TURNWOOD, Ulster, NY

Built 1994 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 134

RTE I790

Fair

Over: Erie Canal Trail ERIE B

0.2 MI S JCT RTS 12 & I90, Oneida, NY

Built 1988 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 7,804

BOLIVAR ROAD

Fair

Over: OLD ERIE CANAL

N.W.OF CHITTENANGO, Madison, NY

Built 1925 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 1,638

WHITE BRIDGE ROAD

Fair

Over: OLD ERIE CANAL

NW OF CHITTENANGO 3 MI, Madison, NY

Built 1865 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 1,716

MINETTO BRIDGE RD

Fair

Over: RTE 48 OSWEGO CANAL

AT MINETTO; OSWEGO RIVER, Oswego, NY

Built 1917 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 3,527

PARK AVE-FAYETTE

Fair

Over: ERIE CANAL

IN BROCKPORT, Monroe, NY

Built 1914 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 2,836

RTE I190

Fair

Over: NY 16 - Seneca Street

JCT RT 16 + I-90, Erie, NY

Built 1956 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 56,689

RTE I90

Fair

Over: RTE 921C

0.5m NE OF MOHAWK RIVER, Oneida, NY

Built 1953 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 20,466

RTE I90

Fair

Over: LIVONIA AVON AND LAKEV

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

Built 1954 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 28,375

RTE I90

Fair

Over: MAIN ST EXTENSION CSX

1.0 MI W OF DUNKIRK INT, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1955 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 8,444

RTE 179

Fair

Over: 90IX RTE I90

MILE STRIP ROAD RT. 179, Erie, NY

Built 1956 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 26,394

CR 76

Fair

Over: 90IX RTE I90

4.0 MI E JCT I90<INT 34, Madison, NY

Built 1953 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 1,225

RTE I87

Fair

Over: NJ Transit (Aban)

0.5 MI E JCT I87 & NY-59, Rockland, NY

Built 1954 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 52,345

RTE I90

Fair

Over: CR 4

0.5 MI SW JCT RTE 5&I90, Genesee, NY

Built 1954 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 19,953

RTE I90

Fair

Over: CR 4

0.5 MI SW JCT RTE 5&I90, Genesee, NY

Built 1954 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 20,270

RTE I278

Fair

Over: RTE I278 LEE AVE (ACCES

I278 OVER THE NARROWS, Richmond, NY

Built 1967 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 202,650

ROCKLAND LAKE ROAD

Fair

Over: EAST BROOK

4.2 MI SE OF HAVERSTRAW, Rockland, NY

Built 1962 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 165

WEST 37TH STREET

Fair

Over: RTE I495

IN WEST MANHATTAN, New York, NY

Built 1956 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 3,222

YACHT HOUSE ROAD

Fair

Over: MUD CREEK

YACHT HOUSE ROAD, Jefferson, NY

Built 1987 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 30

IRR RTE 951R

Fair

Over: 86I 17 51121185 RTE I86

1.9 MI N JCT 17 + INT 19, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1967 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 130

DRY BRIDGE ROAD

Fair

Over: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RR

2.5 MILES SE OF ALEXANDER, Genesee, NY

Built 1995 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 211

RTE 8

Fair

Over: NY SUSQ & WESTN

4.3 MI N JCT SH 8 & US 20, Oneida, NY

Built 1988 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 4,630

RTE 20

Fair

Over: BR CAYUGA CREEK

2.7 MI W JCT RTS 20 + 358, Erie, NY

Built 1931 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 11,094

RTE 100

Fair

Over: 987F 987F RTE 987F GR

JCT RTE 100+SBP, Westchester, NY

Built 1962 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 52,101

RTE I684

Fair

Over: HARRIS ROAD

3.2 MI N JCT I684 & SH172, Westchester, NY

Built 1966 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 29,529

RTE I495

Fair

Over: EDWARDS AVE EDWARDS AVE

RTE 495+RTE 24, Suffolk, NY

Built 1969 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 10,907

RTE 26

Fair

Over: MANN BROOK

2 MI SW JCT SH 26 & SH 80, Chenango, NY

Built 1937 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 720

RTE I278

Fair

Over: 907C 907CX2M13001 907C

JCT PROSPECT EXPY & I278, Kings, NY

Built 1963 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 147,365

PARKER ROAD

Fair

Over: BEEMAN CREEK

3.2 MI NE OF CLARENCE CEN, Erie, NY

Built 1960 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 22

STEVENS LANE

Fair

Over: MONEYBOQUE CREEK

AT WESTHAMPTON BEACH, Suffolk, NY

Built 1930 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 705

COUNTY ROAD 4

Fair

Over: RUSH CREEK

1.1 MI SE OF FILLMORE, Allegany, NY

Built 1965 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 946

GOSSOO ROAD

Fair

Over: BUSHNELLSVILLE CREEK

1.2 MI NW JCT RTS 42+28, Ulster, NY

Built 1988 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 37

PIROG ROAD

Fair

Over: VERKEERDER KILL

0.6 MI SE OF ULSTERVILLE, Ulster, NY

Built 1957 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 311

RTE I90

Fair

Over: NYS ROUTE 30A

03MI N JCT RTS 5S+30A, Montgomery, NY

Built 1955 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 20,726

RTE 912

Fair

Over: CR3 S SCHODACK RD AMTRA

4 MI SW CASTLETON, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1958 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 13,742

RTE 21

Fair

Over: RESERVOIR CREEK

0.2 MI SW JCT RTS 21 & 53, Ontario, NY

Built 1992 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 2,666

HORSE BLOCK ROAD

Fair

Over: 27 27 07051287 RTE 27

5.2 MI E JCT SH27 & SH112, Suffolk, NY

Built 1960 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 14,876

RTE 27

Fair

Over: CARMANS RIVER

6.5 MI E JCT RTS 27+112, Suffolk, NY

Built 1959 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 27,967

MERRICK ROAD

Fair

Over: 27 27 0304 1042 RTE 27

4 MI E NYC L-RTE 27, Nassau, NY

Built 1959 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 42,179

STEWART AVENUE

Fair

Over: 908E908E03011102 RTE 90

AT EAST MEADOW-N OF SSP, Nassau, NY

Built 1955 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 20,758

COUNTY ROUTE 81

Fair

Over: 90IX RTE I90

1.3 MI E JCT I-90 + 60, Chautauqua, NY

Built 1957 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 2,885

Showing 4,301-4,350 of 17,642 bridges

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Data sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI), latest released cycle. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges.

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