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Rte 79 over Six Mile Creek

Tompkins County, New York · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

Rte 79 over Six Mile Creek in Tompkins County, New York, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1963, making it 62 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,905 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 94 of the 192 inventoried bridges in Tompkins County rated fair (49.0%); 28 (14.6%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the New York department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Rte 13 over Cascadilla Creek	1965	31,683	Fair
Rte 13 over Fall Creek	1965	31,683	Good
Rte 13 over Sixmile Creek	1965	21,382	Good
Rte 13 over Norfolk Southern Cayuga	1996	18,178	Fair
Rte 13 over Buttermilk Creek	1995	17,743	Good
Rte 13 over Enfield Creek	1995	17,343	Fair