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

COUNTY ROAD 7A

Fair

Over: NOSTER KILL

0.5 MI SE OF COPAKE, Columbia, NY

Built 1962 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 1,435

MANDYS ROAD

Fair

Over: RUTGERS CREEK

2.3 MI SW OF WESTTOWN, Orange, NY

Built 1957 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 134

COUNTY ROAD 29A

Fair

Over: ESOPUS CREEK

2.8 MI W OF KINGSTON, Ulster, NY

Built 1933 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 2,327

RTE 30

Fair

Over: MINAVILLE STREET

.6 MI N JCT SH 5S & SH 3, Montgomery, NY

Built 1960 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 152

RTE 237

Fair

Over: BLACK CK OVERFLOW

0.5 MI N JCT RT 237+262, Genesee, NY

Built 1994 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 1,781

QUIGG HOLLOW ROAD

Fair

Over: DYKE CREEK

TWO MILES SE OF ANDOVER, Allegany, NY

Built 1996 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 109

RICHARDSON AVENUE

Fair

Over: LITTLE GENESEE CR

IN RICHBURG, Allegany, NY

Built 2002 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 399

MILL STREET

Fair

Over: SUSQUEHANNA RIVER

VILLAGE OF COOPERSTOWN, Otsego, NY

Built 1993 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 1,256

HOKE ROAD

Fair

Over: OAKS CREEK

0.7 MI N OF OAKSVILLE, Otsego, NY

Built 1996 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 154

AVE C TO FDR SB

Fair

Over: TERRAIN

3.7 MI NE FDR DR&BKLYN BR, New York, NY

Built 1997 Load: 36.7 t

CASEY ROAD

Fair

Over: FOWLER CREEK

2.7 MI NE OF YORK, Livingston, NY

Built 1997 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 349

NYC ROAD 5

Fair

Over: CHASE BROOK

1.0 MI S OFCANNONSVILLE R, Delaware, NY

Built 1997 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 300

DEMLER ROAD

Fair

Over: SAWYER CREEK

0.6 MI NW JCT RT 62 & 425, Niagara, NY

Built 1997 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 355

BETSINGER ROAD

Fair

Over: MUD CREEK (TAYLOR CREEK)

Betsinger Road, Oneida, NY

Built 1997 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 704

RTE 240

Fair

Over: GOOSENECK CREEK

2 MI N OF WEST VALLEY, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1993 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 727

GAYVILLE ROAD

Fair

Over: SCRIBA CREEK

4.5 MILES N OF CONSTANTIA, Oswego, NY

Built 2003 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 332

COUNTY ROAD 52

Fair

Over: ORWELL CREEK

1.1 MI NW OF ALTMAR, Oswego, NY

Built 1998 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 322

MILL GULLY ROAD

Fair

Over: MILL GULLY

1.9 MI W OF E GROVELAND, Livingston, NY

Built 2007 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 6

COUNTY ROAD 16

Fair

Over: TRIB MEADS CREEK

2.0 MI NE OF MONTEREY, Schuyler, NY

Built 2002 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 680

OLD RIVER ROAD

Fair

Over: CRANE CREEK

500W INT RTS 291 & CR 88, Oneida, NY

Built 2000 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 5,223

COUNTY ROAD 6

Fair

Over: TRB CONEWANGO CRK

1.1 MI SW OF NEW ALBION, Cattaraugus, NY

Built 1995 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 714

LEVANNA ROAD

Fair

Over: OLD QUAKER CREEK

1.1 MI W JCT NY RTE 90, Cayuga, NY

Built 1997 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 333

PIETY HILL ROAD

Fair

Over: MEAD BROOK

.2 MI W INT NY 41 & CR 51, Cortland, NY

Built 1997 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 185

NORTH ROAD

Fair

Over: CATFISH CREEK

5.1 MI NW OF MEXICO, Oswego, NY

Built 1999 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 1,828

RTE I90

Fair

Over: S CHUCTANUNDA CRK

1 MI W I-90 EXIT 27, Montgomery, NY

Built 1952 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 21,178

RTE I90

Fair

Over: BRIDENBAKER CREEK

7.4 MI E I-90 INT 31, Herkimer, NY

Built 1954 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 20,495

RTE 4

Fair

Over: POULTNEY RIVER

JCT RTE 4 & VT STATE LINE, Washington, NY

Built 1949 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 7,413

RTE 312

Fair

Over: MNRR BE LINE

2.4 MI W JCT RTS 312+22, Putnam, NY

Built 1977 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 11,846

RTE 908G

Fair

Over: WILLIS AVENUE

NSP-3.7 MI NE QNS CL, Nassau, NY

Built 1968 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 136,119

RTE I390

Fair

Over: YOCUM ROAD

.8 MI E JCT SR 21 & I390, Steuben, NY

Built 1975 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 6,279

RTE 23

Fair

Over: FAIR ST

IN CITY OF ONEONTA, Otsego, NY

Built 1973 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 10,243

TAYLOR ROAD

Fair

Over: CINCINNATI CREEK

2 MILES NORTH BARNEVELD, Oneida, NY

Built 1994 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 46

RICKARD STREET

Fair

Over: W. BRANCH TIOUGHNIOGA RI

CITY OF CORTLAND, Cortland, NY

Built 1962 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 2,366

WARNER HILL ROAD

Fair

Over: OULEOUT CREEK

6.5 MI SE OF ONEONTA, Delaware, NY

Built 1973 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 84

BLUE FACTORY RD

Fair

Over: QUACKEN KILL

CROPSEYVILLE, Rensselaer, NY

Built 1985 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 391

BURGOYNE ROAD

Fair

Over: FISH CREEK

1.7 MI W SCHUYLERVILLE, Saratoga, NY

Built 1961 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 427

PULASKI HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: QUAKER CREEK

2.5 MILES SW OF FLORIDA, Orange, NY

Built 1974 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 4,681

HORTON BROOK ROAD

Fair

Over: HORTON BROOK

1.8 MI N OF HORTON, Delaware, NY

Built 1972 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 143

RTE 5

Fair

Over: RTE 179

0.2 MI S JCT RTS 5 & 179, Erie, NY

Built 1962 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 33,436

RTE 5

Fair

Over: RTE 179

JCT RTS 5 & 179, Erie, NY

Built 1962 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 33,436

RTE 5A

Fair

Over: MUD CREEK

1.6 MI S JCT RTS 5A & 69, Oneida, NY

Built 1936 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 23,748

RTE 5S

Fair

Over: OTSQUAGO CREEK

0.2 MI S JCT RTS 5S & 80, Montgomery, NY

Built 1931 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 3,187

RTE 6

Fair

Over: JOE CREEK

0.2 MI W JCT RTS 6+284, Orange, NY

Built 1935 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 4,115

RTE 7

Fair

Over: 890I 890I 1102 1001 RTE

JCT RTE 7 < RTE I890, Albany, NY

Built 1960 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 6,993

RTE 9

Fair

Over: AUSABLE RIVER

4.6 MI N JCT US 9 & SH 22, Clinton, NY

Built 1940 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 2,158

RTE 32

Fair

Over: RTE 9W

JCT RTS 9W & 32, Albany, NY

Built 1963 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 10,687

RTE 11B

Fair

Over: DEER RIVER

.3 MI SW JCT RT 11B & C L, St. Lawrence, NY

Built 1990 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 2,109

RTE 12

Fair

Over: SPRING BROOK

2.7 MI NE JCT SH12 &SH206, Chenango, NY

Built 1935 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 4,061

RTE 26

Fair

Over: WHETSTONE CREEK

2.5 MI S OF MARTINSBURG, Lewis, NY

Built 1981 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 1,961

RTE 12E

Fair

Over: THREE MILE CREEK

8.2 MI NW RTS 12E + 180, Jefferson, NY

Built 1927 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 2,637

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