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Rte 5S over Rte 51

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

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

Rte 5S over Rte 51 in Herkimer 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 superstructure, rated 8 (very good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1989 and reconstructed in 2022, making it 36 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 11,140 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 119 of the 248 inventoried bridges in Herkimer County rated good (48.0%); 28 (11.3%) 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 116 ft
Location	0.3M N Rts 5S & 51-over51
NBI structure number	000000001074020
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 I90 over NYS Route 28 RTE 28	1954	20,495	Fair
Rte I90 over NY Route 5 RTE 5 West	1994	20,495	Good
Rte I90 over Bridenbaker Creek	1954	20,495	Fair
Rte I90 over Burch Creek	1954	20,495	Fair
Rte I90 over Knapp Creek	1954	20,495	Poor
Rte I90 over Woods Creek	1954	20,495	Fair