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Rte I81 over Preble Rd

Cortland County, New York · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Rte I81 over Preble Rd in Cortland County, New York, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2014, making it 11 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 12,643 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 66 of the 189 inventoried bridges in Cortland County rated good (34.9%); 27 (14.3%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 78 ft
Location	.5 Mile S Exit 13 of I81
NBI structure number	000000001031442
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Rte I81 over West Branch Tioughnioga	1966	25,286	Fair
Rte 281 over Dry Creek	2017	17,476	Good
Rte I81 over Hunts Creek	1966	16,872	Fair
Rte 13 over Tioughnioga River	2008	15,854	Fair
Rte I81 over W Br Tioughnioga	1966	14,138	Good
Rte I81 over Rte 11	1966	13,527	Fair