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Bridge conditions in Tompkins County, New York

192 inventoried bridges · 28 rated poor · 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Tompkins County has 28 bridges rated poor out of 192 inventoried, a 14.6% share that puts it well above the national rate of about 7%.

28 of the 192 bridges in Tompkins County, New York, are rated in poor condition (14.6%) in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory, as of August 20, 2026.
70 bridges (36.5%) are rated good and 94 (49.0%) fair.
The median Tompkins County bridge was built in 1978.
The busiest poor-rated bridge is Rte 13 over Pony Hollow Creek (built 1960), carrying about 7,214 vehicles a day.

Good 36.5% · Fair 49.0% · Poor 14.6% of 192 bridges

Bridges rated poor

Every bridge in the county with a poor rating, busiest first. Poor means a major component is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale; it is a repair flag, not a closure notice.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Rte 13 over Pony Hollow Creek	1960	7,214	Poor
Rte 96B over Trb Buttermilk Ck	1929	4,493	Poor
North Cayuga Stree over Fall Creek	1934	2,294	Poor
Freese Road over Fall Creek	1920	2,059	Poor
Turkey Hill Road over Cascadilla Creek	1982	1,895	Poor
N Tioga Street over Cascadilla Creek	1930	848	Poor
Middaugh Road over Sixmile Creek	1978	797	Poor
Stevens Road over Fall Creek	1981	680	Poor
County Road 146 over Taughannock Creek	1915	580	Poor
Newfield Depot Rd over W Br Cayuga Inlet	1987	508	Poor
Cortland Street over Owasco Inlet	1955	484	Poor
Old Seventy Six Rd over Trib Boyer Creek	1987	436	Poor
County Road 107A over Owasco Inlet	1930	436	Poor
Mill Street over Virgil Creek	1930	412	Poor
Mill Street over Dryden Lake Outlt	1930	412	Poor
Mill Street over Fall Creek	1910	379	Poor
Lockerby Hill Rd over Salmon Creek	1945	328	Poor
Genung Road over Cascadilla Creek	1940	324	Poor
Town Line Road over Lick Brook	1950	179	Poor
Elm Street Ext over Fall Creek	1981	154	Poor
Hines Road over Enfield Creek	1955	147	Poor
Stevens Road over Owasco Inlet	2005	130	Poor
Brown Road over Cayuga Inlet	1972	130	Poor
Cemetery Lane over Fall Creek	1915	114	Poor
Park Service Road over Enfield Creek	1930	68	Poor
Dug Road over Salmon Creek	1900	62	Poor
Durling Rd over SB Taughannock Ck	1930	61	Poor
Carter Creek Rd over Carter Creek	1930	10	Poor

Busiest bridges in the county

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
Rte 13 over Trb Enfield Creek	1995	17,343	Fair
Rte 96 over Cayuga Inlet	1996	16,624	Good
Rte 79 over Relief Channel Cayuga W	1968	13,463	Fair
Triphammer Road over 13 13 36033021 Rte 13	1975	13,106	Fair

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025. Counts cover inventoried highway bridges over 20 feet; ratings are reported by the state DOT.

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