State profile · Near median Poor share

Wyoming 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 Wyoming.

3,136
Public bridges
30.1%
Good condition
6.5%
Poor condition

Wyoming holds 3,136 public highway bridges (#41 of 52 by inventory) with a 6.51% Poor share (#24 of 52 by Poor share).

That is 6.5% 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 29 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

3,136

Public highway bridges in Wyoming

Good Condition

30.1%

943 bridges rated 7-9

-19.9pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

6.5%

204 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

-1.0pp vs national avg 7.5%

Wyoming vs national bridge condition

Wyoming - Good condition share 30.1%
National avg

Share of bridges rated 7-9 on the FHWA 0-9 scale (deck, superstructure, substructure all good).

Wyoming - Poor-condition share 21.7%
National avg

Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.5%.

Wyoming 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: Wyoming has 3,136 bridges and a 6.5% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #29 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 (%) WY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.51%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%NY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 17.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.43%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%
Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Wyoming has 3,136 bridges and a 6.5% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #29 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.

Wyoming 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

3,136 41st of 54 higher than 13 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 Wyoming

The highlighted point is Wyoming: 3,136 bridges and 6.51% in Poor condition, rank #29 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The five jurisdictions immediately above and below Wyoming on that same Poor-share ordering:

  • Mississippi: 16,739 bridges · 6.03% Poor
  • South Carolina: 9,490 bridges · 6.17% Poor
  • Wyoming: 3,136 bridges · 6.51% Poor
  • Wisconsin: 14,446 bridges · 6.52% Poor
  • Hawaii: 1,195 bridges · 6.53% Poor

The full national sortable table lives on the rankings page.

Material families in Wyoming

Exclusive FHWA material families across all 3,136 bridges in this state; continuous variants fold into the parent family. Orthogonal to the Poor-share scatter above.

Who maintains Wyoming’s inventory

State agency holds 62.9% of the 3,136 public highway bridges filed under Wyoming in the 2024 NBI, the agency-of-record split for this state, not a condition verdict.

When Wyoming’s bridges were built

Pre-1950 construction accounts for 5.2% of the 3,136 bridges with a recorded original year in Wyoming. Era bands are orthogonal to the Poor-share ranking above.

Condition Distribution

Wyoming30.1%63.4%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - Wyoming (FHWA NBI)

Counties (23)

Albany 124 Big Horn 91 Campbell 152 Carbon 206 Converse 137 Crook 176 Fremont 177 Goshen 106 Hot Springs 39 Johnson 204 Laramie 254 Lincoln 129 Natrona 135 Niobrara 34 Park 187 Platte 160 Sheridan 170 Sublette 109 Sweetwater 191 Teton 119 Uinta 132 Washakie 61 Weston 43

Wyoming 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 Wyoming on the same metric.

MS

Mississippi

6.03% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$16,739

SC

South Carolina

6.17% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$9,490
Selected

WY

Wyoming

6.51% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$3,136

WI

Wisconsin

6.52% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$14,446

HI

Hawaii

6.53% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$1,195

Bridges Needing Most Attention in Wyoming

Six lowest-condition bridges in Wyoming, ranked by the portal's composite display score. Inspection intervals are risk-based under current NBIS rules.

We Cnty Rd 1A

Poor

Over: Beaver Creek

23 Miles Se Of Newcastle, Weston, WY

Built 1933 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 136

Wa Cnty Rd 580

Poor

Over: East Fork Sand Creek

8 Mi+East Of Worland, Washakie, WY

Built 1935 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 4

Fr Cnty Rd 523

Poor

Over: Twin Creek

15 Mi. S.E. Of Lander, Fremont, WY

Built 1932 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 8

FIREHOLE LAKE DRIV

Poor

Over: THERMAL AREA DRAINAGE

10 +/- MI. SOUTH OF MADIS, Teton, WY

Built 1935 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 1,500

Sb Cnty Rd 175

Poor

Over: New Fork River

T30N R110W S22, Sublette, WY

Built 1940 Load: 4.3 t ADT: 11

Cb Cnty Rd 680

Poor

Over: Encampment River

4 Miles N. Of Encampment, Carbon, WY

Built 1915 Load: 4.9 t ADT: 70

All Bridges in Wyoming

S 30th Street

Good

Over: Spring Creek

Laramie, Albany, WY

Built 2014 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,287

US 14

Good

Over: Owen Creek

Burgess - Jct South Sec, Sheridan, WY

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 528

WYO 211

Good

Over: Unnamed Draw

Cheyenne - Chugwater, Laramie, WY

Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 135

WYO 50

Good

Over: Donkey Creek

Gillette Streets, Campbell, WY

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,378

US 85

Good

Over: Chivington Draw

Cheyenne - Torringon, Laramie, WY

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,317

La Cnty Rd 139

Good

Over: Chivington Draw

Cheyenne - Torringon, Laramie, WY

Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 79

Fr Cnty Rd 64

Good

Over: Riverton Canal No 2

Riverton, Fremont, WY

Built 2017 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 695

WYO 450

Good

Over: N Prong Lttle Thunder Cr

10.5 Mi. SW of Wright, Campbell, WY

Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,476

WYO 294

Good

Over: Big Sand Coulee

9 mi north of Ralston, Park, WY

Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 792

IRR BIA RTE 101

Good

Over: FIVE MILE CREEK

0.8 KM NE OF JCT 22 & 101, Fremont, WY

Built 1977 Load: 32.8 t ADT: 50

4213: SMITHS FORK

Good

Over: Smiths Fork River

15 mi N of SR232 Jct, Lincoln, WY

Built 1963 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 30

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: LABARGE CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Lincoln, WY

Built 2009 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 50

10123

Good

Over: BLIND BULL CREEK

T. 34 N. R 116 W. S.9, Lincoln, WY

Built 2003 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 75

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: GYPSUM CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Sublette, WY

Built 2009 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 50

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: TEPEE CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Sublette, WY

Built 2009 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 50

I-25 SBL

Good

Over: M Fork Crazy Woman Creek

Kaycee - Buffalo, Johnson, WY

Built 1968 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 1,472

US 30

Good

Over: St Marys Creek

Walcott Jt - Medicine Bow, Carbon, WY

Built 1950 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 648

Pa Cnty Rd L14B

Good

Over: Shoshone River

8 Mi Sw Of Willwood, Park, WY

Built 2016 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 206

Ln Cnty Rd 136

Good

Over: Salt River

4 Mi Nw Of Afton, Lincoln, WY

Built 2016 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 54

I-80 Bus

Good

Over: Laramie River

Laramie Curtis Street, Albany, WY

Built 1963 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 5,586

WYO 450

Good

Over: Skull Creek

Newcastle-Clareton Road, Weston, WY

Built 1989 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 763

I-80 WBL

Good

Over: Machinery Pass

Rock Springs Marginal, Sweetwater, WY

Built 2007 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 8,539

WYO 214

Good

Over: Unnamed Draw

Carpenter Road, Laramie, WY

Built 2009 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 1,185

WYO 214

Good

Over: Unnamed Draw

Carpenter Road, Laramie, WY

Built 2009 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 1,185

Cl Cnty Rd 17-38N

Good

Over: BNSF Railway

6 mi north of Gillette, Campbell, WY

Built 2019 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 830

IRR BIA RTE 140

Good

Over: CROW CREEK

0.8 KM NE OF JCT 23 & 140, Fremont, WY

Built 1977 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 5

NO DATA ENTERED

Good

Over: NORTH COTTONWOOD CREEK

NO DATA ENTERED, Sublette, WY

Built 2009 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 50

I-25 NBL

Good

Over: WYO 321

Chugwater Marginal, Platte, WY

Built 1968 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 3,170

I-25 SBL

Good

Over: WYO 211

Chugwater Marginal, Platte, WY

Built 1968 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 3,238

I-25 NBL

Good

Over: Powder River Rd Intg

Casper - Kaycee, Johnson, WY

Built 1960 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 1,499

I-80 WBL

Good

Over: UPRR

Rawlins Marginal, Carbon, WY

Built 1963 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 6,522

US 287

Good

Over: Unnamed Draw

Rawlins - Muddy Gap Jct, Carbon, WY

Built 1971 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 2,952

US 287

Good

Over: Stockpass

Muddy Gap Jct-WYO 28 Jct, Fremont, WY

Built 1973 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 602

US 287

Good

Over: Stockpass

Muddy Gap Jct-WYO 28 Jct, Fremont, WY

Built 1973 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 602

US 287

Good

Over: Stockpass

Muddy Gap Jct-WYO 28 Jct, Fremont, WY

Built 1973 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 602

US 287

Good

Over: Beaver Creek

Muddy Gap Jct-WYO 28 Jct, Fremont, WY

Built 1959 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 915

I-90 WBL

Good

Over: WYO 59

Gillette Marginal, Campbell, WY

Built 1971 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 3,585

I-25 SBL

Good

Over: Pl CR 211 (Elkhorn Crk)

Glendo - Douglas, Platte, WY

Built 1973 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 3,318

WYO 335

Good

Over: Colorado Colony Ditch

Sheridan - South, Sheridan, WY

Built 1974 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 184

I-25 NBL

Good

Over: Dugout Creek

Casper - Kaycee, Natrona, WY

Built 1979 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 1,499

I-25 SBL

Good

Over: Dugout Creek

Casper - Kaycee, Natrona, WY

Built 1979 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 1,439

Bh Cnty Rd R49

Good

Over: N Fork Paint Rock Creek

Hyattville, Big Horn, WY

Built 1983 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 144

US 20

Good

Over: S Fork Niobrara River

Lusk - Nebr. State Line, Niobrara, WY

Built 1986 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 525

Bryan Stock Trail

Good

Over: North Platte River

Casper, Natrona, WY

Built 1982 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 2,878

Cl Cnty Rd 29

Good

Over: Wild Horse Creek

2 Miles S.E. Of Echeta, Campbell, WY

Built 1987 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 168

W 13th Street

Good

Over: Garden Creek

13Th St - Casper, Natrona, WY

Built 1992 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 6,940

Te Cnty Rd 1

Good

Over: Flat Creek

5 Mi Sw Of Jackson, Teton, WY

Built 2011 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 2,388

I-80 EBL

Good

Over: La CR 159-2 (Suchomel)

Cheyenne - Nebraska Line, Laramie, WY

Built 1965 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 5,226

I-80 WBL

Good

Over: La CR 159-2 (Suchomel)

Cheyenne - Nebraska Line, Laramie, WY

Built 1965 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 4,387

4106: SQUAW ROAD

Good

Over: DRY SANDY CREEK

18 miles NE Farson WY, Sublette, WY

Built 2017 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 25

Showing 2,501-2,550 of 3,136 bridges

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