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CR 15 over Valatie Kill

Rensselaer County, New York · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

CR 15 over Valatie Kill in Rensselaer County, New York, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 2 (critical condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1989 and reconstructed in 2013, making it 36 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 257 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 49 of the 269 inventoried bridges in Rensselaer County rated poor (18.2%); 49 (18.2%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Rte I787 over 6TH Ave Extention Earl	1981	49,027	Good
Rte I787 over Earl Street N 1ST Stree	1981	48,729	Fair
Rte I90 over Mill Creek	1971	41,076	Fair
Rte I90 over North Branch of Moordene	1971	41,076	Fair
Rte I90 over North Branch Moordener K	1972	36,499	Fair
Rte I90 over 43 43 14032305 Rte 43	1970	34,219	Fair