Oldest Bridges in New York

The oldest bridge in New York dates to 1800. The table below shows the state's most historic bridges, ranked by year built. Many of these structures have survived well beyond their original design life — click any bridge to see its current condition and inspection history.

How this ranking works

This state list uses the NBI year-built field and links each bridge to its current inspection record. Treat age as a history signal, not a condition score.

Bridge	County	Year Built	Condition	Daily Traffic
Military Road over Mill Creek	Jefferson	1800	Good	735
County Road 23b over Catskill Creek	Greene	1825	Fair	3,422
Main Street over Ausable River	Clinton	1842	Fair	3,802
Access Road over Delaware River	Suffolk	1848	Fair	270
5th Avenue over Greenwood Cem RD	Kings	1850	Fair	12,655
RTE 5 over Onondaga Creek	Onondaga	1850	Fair	7,644
County Road 103 over Hoosic River	Rensselaer	1850	Fair	649
Sickmiller Road over E Br Callicoon Ck	Sullivan	1850	Fair	92
Old State Road over West Canada Creek	Herkimer	1853	Fair	1,588
Covered Bridge ST over W.br.cayuga Inlet	Tompkins	1853	Fair	186
RTE 11 over Sandy Creek	Jefferson	1856	Fair	4,003
Bridge Street over E Br Delaware River	Delaware	1857	Poor	118
Eagleville Road over Batten Kill	Washington	1858	Fair	121
West Drive over Ped Bet 61st&62st	New York	1860	Fair	397
Central Drive over Ped Opp 63rd ST	New York	1860	Fair	498
East Drive over Pedestrian Walk	New York	1860	Fair	133
West Drive over Feeder To Lake	New York	1860	Fair	231
Covered Bridge RD over Willowemoc Creek	Sullivan	1860	Fair	199
Broadway over Kill Brook Aqueduct	Westchester	1861	Fair	1,068
West Drive over Bridle Opp 64 ST	New York	1862	Fair	397
72nd ST Cross DR over Nr Concert Grnds	New York	1862	Good	15
East Drive over Ped Walk Opp 73st	New York	1862	Fair	220
West Drive over Ped Walk Opp 82st	New York	1862	Fair	231
Mcalpine Street over Black River Canal	Lewis	1865	Fair	4
Canaseraga Road over Old Erie Canal	Madison	1865	Poor	454
Lakeport Road over Old Erie Canal	Madison	1865	Fair	4,303
Old North Court ST over Old Erie Canal	Madison	1865	Poor	21
Beebe Bridge RD over Old Erie Canal	Madison	1865	Fair	370
Herrick Farm Road over Old Erie Canal	Madison	1865	Fair	40
White Bridge Road over Old Erie Canal	Madison	1865	Fair	1,716
Main Street over Genesee River	Monroe	1865	Fair	10,665
RTE 69 over Oriskany Creek	Oneida	1865	Fair	3,950
Main Street over Old Erie Canal	Oneida	1865	Poor	1,167
Senn Road over Old Erie Canal	Oneida	1865	Poor	301
Higginsville Road over Old Erie Canal	Oneida	1865	Poor	76
Germany Road over Old Erie Canal	Oneida	1865	Poor	742
Conklin Hill Road over Willowemoc Creek	Sullivan	1865	Fair	0
Craigie Clair RD over Beaver Kill	Sullivan	1865	Fair	48
RTE 96 over Trumansburg Creek	Tompkins	1865	Fair	8,994
Basin Clove Road over W Br Delaware Rvr	Delaware	1869	Fair	205
Whites Store RD over Trib Whites Store	Chenango	1870	Fair	65
Fitches Bridge RD over W Br Delaware River	Delaware	1870	Poor	295
West Drive over Meadow Port Arch	Kings	1870	Fair	195
RTE 197 over Moses Kill	Washington	1870	Good	5,069
Old State Road over Battenkill Rr	Washington	1870	Fair	58
Nature Pr Park RD over Blind Brook	Westchester	1870	Fair	118
South Main Street over Chadakoin River	Chautauqua	1872	Good	5,837
East 97th Street over Metro No Commuter	New York	1873	Fair	7,451
Rockland Avenue over Sparkill Creek	Rockland	1874	Poor	724
Rexleigh Road over Batten Kill	Washington	1874	Fair	180
Bridge Street over Kennyetto Creek	Fulton	1875	Good	1,849
Fairview Road over Spruce Creek	Herkimer	1875	Fair	66
U.s.4 over Poesten Kill	Rensselaer	1875	Fair	6,680
RTE 66 over Poesten Kill	Rensselaer	1875	Poor	13,429
Pine Street over W.branch Tioughnioga Riv	Cortland	1878	Poor	158
Wall Street over W. Branch Tioughnioga Ri	Cortland	1878	Poor	322
River Street over Ausable River	Essex	1878	Poor	30
Genesee Street over Owasco Outlet	Cayuga	1880	Fair	7,089
County Road 194 over Indian River	Jefferson	1880	Good	601
Mill Street over Sangerfield River	Madison	1880	Fair	10
Parker Hollow RD over Cincinnati Creek	Oneida	1880	Fair	91
W Washington ST over Onondaga Creek	Onondaga	1880	Fair	1,209
RTE 245 over Burrell Creek	Ontario	1880	Fair	1,311
Green Street over Dunderberg Creek	Otsego	1880	Poor	174
Norfolk Wadd RD over Grasse River	St. Lawrence	1880	Good	711
Main Street over Keuka Lake Outlet Pedes	Yates	1880	Good	4,826
Rowe Road over Onesquethaw Creek	Albany	1882	Fair	123
RTE 5 over Ellicott Creek	Erie	1882	Fair	29,825
RTE 345 over Grasse River	St. Lawrence	1882	Good	3,405
Brooklyn Bridge over I278 Fdr Drive Fdr Dri	New York	1883	Poor	110,939
RTE 17a over Wawayanda Creek	Orange	1883	Fair	8,153
Mill Street over Quassaick Creek	Orange	1883	Poor	4,507
RTE 9d over Wappinger Creek	Dutchess	1884	Fair	13,268
Drummond Falls Roa over Kaaterskill Creek	Ulster	1884	Poor	279
Poags Hole Road over Canaseraga Creek	Livingston	1885	Fair	510
RTE 4 over Schuyler Creek	Saratoga	1885	Poor	8,084
Old Corinth Rd. over Sacandaga River	Saratoga	1885	Fair	979
Bridge Lane over Long Island-ml	Suffolk	1885	Fair	242
Onesquethaw Creek over Onesquethaw Creek	Albany	1886	Poor	137
Aurelius Avenue over Owasco Outlet	Cayuga	1886	Fair	2,195
RTE 66 over Stony Kill	Columbia	1886	Fair	1,824
RTE 4 over Poesten Kill	Rensselaer	1886	Fair	7,758
RTE 125 over Mnrr Nh Line	Westchester	1886	Fair	7,043
Centre Avenue over Mnrr Nh Line	Westchester	1886	Poor	4,951
Broadway over Mnrr Nh Line	Westchester	1887	Poor	3,048
No. Barry Avenue over Mnrr Nh Line	Westchester	1887	Poor	7,948
Hillside Avenue over Mnrr Nh Line	Westchester	1887	Poor	1,751
E William Street over Mnrr Nh Line	Westchester	1887	Poor	500
West Street over Mnrr Nh Line	Westchester	1887	Poor	4,094
181st Street over Highbridge Park 907p X4	Bronx	1888	Fair	45,759
East 162nd Street over Metro No Commuter	Bronx	1888	Fair	0
East 168th Street over Metro No Commuter	Bronx	1888	Fair	8,119
East 169th Street over Metro No Commuter	Bronx	1888	Fair	5,055
Florida AVE over S Chuctanunda Creek	Montgomery	1888	Fair	29
RTE 1 over Byram River	Westchester	1888	Fair	14,570
East 158th Street over Metro No Commuter	Bronx	1889	Fair	0
East 170th Street over Metro No Commuter	Bronx	1889	Good	1,956
Claremont Parkway over Metro No Commuter	Bronx	1889	Good	16,820
E 173rd Street over Metro North Rr	Bronx	1889	Fair	0
175th Street over Metro North Rr	Bronx	1889	Good	6,587
East Tremont AVE over Metro No Commuter	Bronx	1889	Good	11,062
East 180th Street over Metro No Commuter	Bronx	1889	Fair	8,053
East 188th Street over Metro No Commuter	Bronx	1889	Poor	6,205
East 187th Street over Metro No Commuter	Bronx	1889	Fair	3,466
RTE 1 over Metro No Commuter	Bronx	1889	Fair	28,125
Bedford Park BLVD over Metro No Commuter	Bronx	1889	Fair	20,781
Carroll Street over Gowanus Canal	Kings	1889	Poor	914
Third Avenue over Gowanus Canal	Kings	1889	Fair	11,199
CR 41 over Oriskany Creek	Madison	1889	Fair	1,355
H Moyer Road over Otsquago Creek	Montgomery	1889	Poor	4
Bozenkill Road over Bozen Kill	Schenectady	1889	Fair	23
Kellam-stalker RD over Delaware River	Sullivan	1889	Fair	180
Dillon Hill RD over Mill Creek	Warren	1889	Fair	28
Whitehall Turnpike over Mettawee River	Washington	1889	Fair	483
South Gale St. over Chautauqua Crk	Chautauqua	1890	Fair	443
Croop Road over Beeman Creek	Erie	1890	Fair	54
Second Street over Steele Creek	Herkimer	1890	Fair	3,490
Twin Bridge Road over Oatka Creek	Monroe	1890	Fair	208
West Drive over Ped. Opp 109th ST	New York	1890	Fair	9,000
Midland Avenue over Onondaga Creek	Onondaga	1890	Good	4,623
Peet Road over Butternut Creek	Otsego	1890	Poor	29
Factory Hill Road over Oak Creek	Otsego	1890	Poor	34
Ericson Road over Dry Brook	Ulster	1890	Fair	2
Warburton Avenue over Cropsey Lane	Westchester	1890	Good	5,374
Peebles So Acc RD over Mohawk River	Albany	1891	Fair	1,142
Farwell Road over Ischua Creek	Cattaraugus	1891	Fair	92
Landers Corners Ro over Otselic River	Cortland	1891	Poor	257
Old State Road over Deer River	Lewis	1891	Poor	77
Andrews Street over Genesee River	Monroe	1892	Poor	5,677
County Road 48a over Raquette River	St. Lawrence	1892	Poor	152
Warburton Avenue over Rowleys Brook	Westchester	1892	Fair	5,374
Baxter Mill Road over Ischua Creek	Cattaraugus	1893	Poor	18
Intervale Way over W Branch Ausable River	Essex	1893	Fair	1,095
RTE 12e over Perch River	Jefferson	1893	Poor	3,648
Court Street over Genesee River Old Subwa	Monroe	1893	Fair	4,936
Albany Street over Starch Factory Ck	Oneida	1893	Fair	3,019
South Street over Mnrr Nh Line	Westchester	1893	Poor	3,610
Ocean Parkway over Lirr Bay-ridge	Kings	1894	Fair	2,822
Coles Bridge Road over Butternut Creek	Otsego	1894	Fair	43
Skate Creek Road over Oswegatchie River	St. Lawrence	1894	Good	23
Gramatan Avenue over Mnrr Nh Line	Westchester	1894	Poor	5,838
S Fourteenth AVE over Mnrr Nh Line	Westchester	1894	Fair	3,541
Lacy Road over E B Ausable River	Essex	1895	Fair	112
County Road 16 over Plattekill Creek	Greene	1895	Poor	351
Harvey Bridge RD over West Canada Creek	Herkimer	1895	Poor	239
Farr Road over Black River	Herkimer	1895	Fair	10
Farr Road over Twin Lakes Stream	Herkimer	1895	Fair	10
Snowmobile Trail over N Br Moose River	Herkimer	1895	Poor	0
RTE 907 over 87i 87ix1m11022 RTE I87	New York	1895	Good	31,013
Cranberry Hole RD over Long Island-mk Br	Suffolk	1895	Poor	1,327
Barnhart RD over Beaver Kill	Ulster	1895	Fair	103
RTE 1 over Mamaroneck River	Westchester	1895	Fair	15,757
East 183rd Street over Metro No Commuter	Bronx	1896	Fair	2,349
Nps Route 10 over Crum Elbow Creek	Dutchess	1896	Fair	550
RTE 175 over Onondaga Creek	Onondaga	1896	Fair	9,344
Jackson Avenue over Long Island Rr	Queens	1896	Fair	19,018
Forest Park Drive over Lirr Montauk Br	Queens	1896	Fair	42
Foordmore RD over Rondout Creek	Ulster	1896	Fair	314
Kings Lane over Potter Hollow Creek	Albany	1897	Poor	1
Melrose Avenue over Parking Lot Csx Trans/p	Bronx	1897	Good	11,162
East 165th ST over Metro North Rr	Bronx	1897	Fair	5,145
E.tremont Avenue over Bronx River	Bronx	1897	Fair	18,602
Spruceton Road over West Kill	Greene	1897	Poor	20
Riverside Drive over W125 ST 12th Avenue ST	New York	1897	Fair	12,338
RTE 955 over Niagara River Via/amtra	Niagara	1897	Fair	1,240
Munger Hill Road over Black Creek	Oswego	1897	Poor	1,504
Wood Road over Cohocton River	Steuben	1897	Fair	382
East Hill Road over Catatonk Creek	Tioga	1897	Poor	81
Old Plank Road over Onesquethaw Creek	Albany	1898	Poor	67
Gerard Avenue over Metro No Commuter	Bronx	1898	Good	2,263
Ford Street over Genesee River	Monroe	1898	Good	18,748
Bridge Road over Long Island-pt Ws	Nassau	1898	Poor	1,088
South Tenth AVE over Mnrr Nh Line	Westchester	1898	Good	0
Central Avenue over Mnrr Nh Line	Westchester	1898	Poor	1,000
County Road 25a over Kinderhook Creek	Columbia	1899	Poor	804
Mountain View RD over Mtn.view Lk.outlt	Franklin	1899	Good	221
Storer Road over N Br W Stony Crk	Hamilton	1899	Fair	5
Main Street over Canandaigua Outlt	Ontario	1899	Fair	3,007
RTE 150 over Brookview Sta RD Amtrak	Rensselaer	1899	Fair	2,382
School Street over Salmon Creek	Wayne	1899	Good	84
Albany City Street over Beaver Relief Sewer	Albany	1900	Fair	0
Sutterby Road over Sterling Creek	Cayuga	1900	Poor	1
County Road 10b over Owasco Lake Outlet	Cayuga	1900	Fair	2,445
Oneil Road over Seneca River	Cayuga	1900	Poor	250
Klondyke Road over Tb Twentymile Crk	Chautauqua	1900	Poor	4
Coye Road over Sangerfield River	Chenango	1900	Fair	82
Gero Road over North Branch Of The Grea	Clinton	1900	Fair	181
County RD 18 over W Br Delaware Rvr	Delaware	1900	Fair	670
Nellie Hill Road over Wells Brook	Dutchess	1900	Poor	210
Ridge Road over Mill River	Dutchess	1900	Poor	114
Parsonage Street over Landsman Kill	Dutchess	1900	Poor	2,508
Lincoln Parkway over Scajaquada Creek	Erie	1900	Fair	2,980
Shevlin Road over Minerva Stream	Essex	1900	Fair	3
Laight Hall Road over E Br Ausable River	Essex	1900	Fair	43
Howe Road over N Br Saranac Rvr	Franklin	1900	Poor	6
Mussey Road over Caroga Creek	Fulton	1900	Fair	30
North Bush Road over Caroga Creek	Fulton	1900	Fair	161
County Road 2 over Schoharie Creek	Greene	1900	Good	244
Haskell Road over Mill Creek	Herkimer	1900	Fair	28
West Main Street over Moyer Creek	Herkimer	1900	Poor	4,343