Deficient Bridges by Posting Status 2009
- These are prior data that apply a cancelled agency policy known as the 10-year rule. When applied, the '10-year rule' excluded bridges built or reconstructed within the prior 10 years since they were not generally eligible for Highway Bridge Program funding.
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Deficiency |
Structurally Deficient
Functionally Obsolete |
Total Deficient
Code | Definition |
A | Open no restriction |
B | Open, posting recommended but not legally implemented |
D | Open, would be posted or closed except for temporary shoring, etc. to allow for unrestricted traffic |
E | Open, temporary structure in place to carry letal loades |
G | New structure not yet open |
K | Closed |
P | Posted for load |
R | Posted for other load-carrying restriction (speed, number of vehicles on bridge) |
| All codes for all items in the NBI can be found in The Recording and Coding Guide for the Structure Inventory and Appraisal of the Nation's Bridges Located at: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/bripub.cfm |
Deficiency Defined in https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/legsregs/directives/fapg/0650dsup.htm
As of 12/31/2009
State | Item 41 |
A | B | D | E | G | K | P | R | NULL |
Alabama |
12,934 | 92 | 112 | 7 | 1 | 138 | 2,647 | 20 | 8 |
Alaska |
868 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 95 | 17 | 138 |
Arizona |
7,230 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 126 | 11 | 3 |
Arkansas |
10,794 | 130 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 28 | 1,584 | 1 | 8 |
California |
23,732 | 47 | 35 | 4 | 15 | 31 | 317 | 50 | 232 |
Colorado |
7,848 | 106 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 318 | 121 | 23 |
Connecticut |
3,992 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 76 | 75 | 0 |
Delaware |
828 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 |
District of Columbia |
224 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Florida |
10,551 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 37 | 1,096 | 46 | 37 |
Georgia |
12,528 | 276 | 73 | 0 | 12 | 51 | 1,750 | 5 | 15 |
Hawaii |
994 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 127 | 0 | 0 |
Idaho |
3,514 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 329 | 2 | 229 |
Illinois |
25,052 | 5 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 954 | 7 | 0 |
Indiana |
16,237 | 20 | 54 | 2 | 14 | 107 | 1,735 | 377 | 0 |
Iowa |
19,306 | 199 | 30 | 36 | 10 | 208 | 4,452 | 558 | 0 |
Kansas |
16,818 | 1,166 | 5 | 71 | 11 | 213 | 7,087 | 173 | 2 |
Kentucky |
12,642 | 208 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 794 | 22 | 45 |
Louisiana |
10,837 | 3 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 156 | 2,226 | 2 | 17 |
Maine |
2,282 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 87 | 11 | 1 |
Maryland |
4,498 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 592 | 33 | 0 |
Massachusetts |
4,377 | 19 | 51 | 8 | 4 | 60 | 485 | 33 | 1 |
Michigan |
9,682 | 66 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 84 | 1,013 | 3 | 2 |
Minnesota |
12,173 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 61 | 72 | 760 | 49 | 6 |
Mississippi |
13,463 | 381 | 12 | 233 | 9 | 123 | 2,654 | 140 | 23 |
Missouri |
17,673 | 209 | 0 | 0 | 227 | 278 | 5,768 | 1 | 0 |
Montana |
4,360 | 117 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 282 | 5 | 210 |
Nebraska |
10,717 | 321 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 404 | 3,962 | 1 | 0 |
Nevada |
1,708 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 5 |
New Hampshire |
2,132 | 27 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 38 | 169 | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey |
6,050 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 41 | 354 | 15 | 0 |
New Mexico |
3,692 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 138 | 3 | 9 |
New York |
16,040 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 97 | 916 | 312 | 0 |
North Carolina |
13,341 | 9 | 194 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4,318 | 77 | 61 |
North Dakota |
3,199 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 73 | 1,064 | 7 | 1 |
Ohio |
25,976 | 76 | 2 | 68 | 4 | 112 | 1,804 | 5 | 73 |
Oklahoma |
17,272 | 572 | 0 | 1,012 | 13 | 249 | 4,573 | 24 | 1 |
Oregon |
6,465 | 17 | 79 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 257 | 24 | 344 |
Pennsylvania |
19,374 | 54 | 66 | 11 | 42 | 255 | 2,311 | 176 | 4 |
Rhode Island |
646 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 59 | 0 | 0 |
South Carolina |
8,475 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 35 | 697 | 0 | 1 |
South Dakota |
4,676 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1,097 | 1 | 1 |
Tennessee |
18,614 | 68 | 1 | 56 | 23 | 51 | 1,045 | 59 | 22 |
Texas |
47,431 | 48 | 22 | 61 | 176 | 173 | 3,228 | 2 | 5 |
Utah |
2,679 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 152 | 2 | 28 |
Vermont |
2,542 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 65 | 34 | 6 |
Virginia |
12,216 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1,185 | 45 | 40 |
Washington |
6,995 | 59 | 53 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 182 | 29 | 312 |
West Virginia |
6,346 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 639 | 25 | 16 |
Wisconsin |
13,479 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 400 | 0 | 3 |
Wyoming |
2,752 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 161 | 57 | 27 |
Puerto Rico |
2,004 | 94 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 67 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 520,258 | 4,981 | 1,081 | 1,776 | 785 | 3,552 | 66,249 | 2,669 | 1,959 |
Structurally Deficient
State | Item 41 |
A | B | D | E | G | K | P | R | NULL |
Alabama |
310 | 27 | 78 | 7 | 0 | 138 | 1,124 | 2 | 0 |
Alaska |
61 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 37 | 0 | 4 |
Arizona |
133 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 46 | 2 | 0 |
Arkansas |
271 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 566 | 0 | 1 |
California |
2,952 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 177 | 17 | 13 |
Colorado |
389 | 48 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 117 | 13 | 0 |
Connecticut |
298 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 43 | 6 | 0 |
Delaware |
25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
District of Columbia |
11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Florida |
106 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 143 | 3 | 6 |
Georgia |
186 | 120 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 537 | 1 | 0 |
Hawaii |
82 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 |
Idaho |
212 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 127 | 2 | 16 |
Illinois |
1,481 | 4 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 673 | 4 | 0 |
Indiana |
817 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 100 | 895 | 69 | 0 |
Iowa |
1,804 | 173 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 206 | 2,917 | 214 | 0 |
Kansas |
296 | 424 | 3 | 70 | 3 | 209 | 1,874 | 22 | 0 |
Kentucky |
738 | 161 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 439 | 4 | 3 |
Louisiana |
508 | 2 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 144 | 984 | 1 | 0 |
Maine |
283 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 61 | 7 | 1 |
Maryland |
205 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 135 | 0 | 0 |
Massachusetts |
315 | 8 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 54 | 159 | 12 | 0 |
Michigan |
779 | 34 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 543 | 1 | 0 |
Minnesota |
740 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 386 | 16 | 0 |
Mississippi |
201 | 249 | 9 | 230 | 0 | 123 | 2,007 | 1 | 0 |
Missouri |
783 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 271 | 3,110 | 1 | 0 |
Montana |
151 | 72 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 158 | 0 | 11 |
Nebraska |
350 | 159 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 402 | 1,943 | 0 | 0 |
Nevada |
32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
New Hampshire |
178 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 38 | 113 | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey |
448 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 34 | 185 | 3 | 0 |
New Mexico |
277 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 69 | 1 | 1 |
New York |
1,507 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 435 | 115 | 0 |
North Carolina |
626 | 6 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1,631 | 4 | 1 |
North Dakota |
140 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 447 | 3 | 0 |
Ohio |
1,727 | 39 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 105 | 911 | 4 | 0 |
Oklahoma |
1,186 | 265 | 0 | 1,002 | 0 | 244 | 2,589 | 0 | 0 |
Oregon |
293 | 9 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 88 | 3 | 17 |
Pennsylvania |
4,149 | 36 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 229 | 1,449 | 128 | 4 |
Rhode Island |
95 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
South Carolina |
558 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 35 | 612 | 0 | 0 |
South Dakota |
427 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 704 | 1 | 0 |
Tennessee |
681 | 31 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 51 | 422 | 4 | 0 |
Texas |
282 | 15 | 18 | 54 | 58 | 167 | 1,158 | 0 | 0 |
Utah |
102 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 2 |
Vermont |
340 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 2 |
Virginia |
623 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 586 | 0 | 1 |
Washington |
286 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 53 | 9 | 6 |
West Virginia |
626 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 406 | 9 | 2 |
Wisconsin |
999 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 174 | 0 | 1 |
Wyoming |
287 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 8 | 1 |
Puerto Rico |
150 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 30,506 | 2,479 | 811 | 1,637 | 90 | 3,339 | 31,526 | 699 | 94 |
Functionally Obsolete
State | Item 41 |
A | B | D | E | G | K | P | R | NULL |
Alabama |
1,597 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 476 | 4 | 4 |
Alaska |
101 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 13 |
Arizona |
586 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 4 | 0 |
Arkansas |
1,346 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500 | 1 | 0 |
California |
3,722 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 78 | 19 | 35 |
Colorado |
795 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 6 |
Connecticut |
973 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 37 | 0 |
Delaware |
99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
District of Columbia |
122 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Florida |
1,279 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 319 | 19 | 0 |
Georgia |
1,237 | 61 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 512 | 0 | 10 |
Hawaii |
298 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 0 |
Idaho |
366 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 19 |
Illinois |
1,681 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 102 | 1 | 0 |
Indiana |
1,617 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 374 | 172 | 0 |
Iowa |
822 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 348 | 141 | 0 |
Kansas |
1,123 | 162 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 942 | 22 | 1 |
Kentucky |
2,838 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 12 | 11 |
Louisiana |
1,754 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 410 | 0 | 2 |
Maine |
408 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
Maryland |
763 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 190 | 11 | 0 |
Massachusetts |
1,784 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 174 | 12 | 0 |
Michigan |
1,162 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 2 | 0 |
Minnesota |
325 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 7 | 0 |
Mississippi |
1,100 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 25 | 0 |
Missouri |
2,059 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 929 | 0 | 0 |
Montana |
429 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 9 |
Nebraska |
330 | 52 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 661 | 0 | 0 |
Nevada |
167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
New Hampshire |
354 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey |
1,531 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 8 | 0 |
New Mexico |
253 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 1 |
New York |
3,999 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 241 | 89 | 0 |
North Carolina |
1,476 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1,142 | 23 | 24 |
North Dakota |
69 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 0 | 0 |
Ohio |
3,427 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 416 | 1 | 6 |
Oklahoma |
1,106 | 153 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 351 | 3 | 0 |
Oregon |
1,058 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 9 | 34 |
Pennsylvania |
3,295 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 388 | 15 | 0 |
Rhode Island |
216 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
South Carolina |
780 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
South Dakota |
157 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 0 |
Tennessee |
2,399 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 240 | 14 | 19 |
Texas |
6,807 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 1 | 816 | 0 | 1 |
Utah |
263 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Vermont |
485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 1 |
Virginia |
1,887 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 330 | 10 | 8 |
Washington |
1,492 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 8 | 28 |
West Virginia |
1,395 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 8 | 2 |
Wisconsin |
693 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
Wyoming |
228 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 0 |
Puerto Rico |
779 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 65,032 | 782 | 111 | 39 | 57 | 48 | 11,443 | 736 | 234 |
Total Deficient
State | Item 41 |
A | B | D | E | G | K | P | R | NULL |
Alabama |
1,907 | 37 | 92 | 7 | 0 | 138 | 1,600 | 6 | 4 |
Alaska |
162 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 65 | 2 | 17 |
Arizona |
719 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 89 | 6 | 0 |
Arkansas |
1,617 | 98 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1,066 | 1 | 1 |
California |
6,674 | 37 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 255 | 36 | 48 |
Colorado |
1,184 | 58 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 144 | 29 | 6 |
Connecticut |
1,271 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 57 | 43 | 0 |
Delaware |
124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
District of Columbia |
133 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
Florida |
1,385 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 462 | 22 | 6 |
Georgia |
1,423 | 181 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1,049 | 1 | 10 |
Hawaii |
380 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 0 | 0 |
Idaho |
578 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 157 | 2 | 35 |
Illinois |
3,162 | 4 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 775 | 5 | 0 |
Indiana |
2,434 | 15 | 44 | 2 | 5 | 101 | 1,269 | 241 | 0 |
Iowa |
2,626 | 179 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 206 | 3,265 | 355 | 0 |
Kansas |
1,419 | 586 | 3 | 71 | 4 | 209 | 2,816 | 44 | 1 |
Kentucky |
3,576 | 193 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 610 | 16 | 14 |
Louisiana |
2,262 | 2 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 145 | 1,394 | 1 | 2 |
Maine |
691 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 71 | 10 | 1 |
Maryland |
968 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 325 | 11 | 0 |
Massachusetts |
2,099 | 13 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 57 | 333 | 24 | 0 |
Michigan |
1,941 | 46 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 628 | 3 | 0 |
Minnesota |
1,065 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 443 | 23 | 0 |
Mississippi |
1,301 | 267 | 10 | 231 | 0 | 123 | 2,162 | 26 | 0 |
Missouri |
2,842 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 271 | 4,039 | 1 | 0 |
Montana |
580 | 85 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 191 | 3 | 20 |
Nebraska |
680 | 211 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 402 | 2,604 | 0 | 0 |
Nevada |
199 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
New Hampshire |
532 | 11 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 38 | 140 | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey |
1,979 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 36 | 246 | 11 | 0 |
New Mexico |
530 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 111 | 3 | 2 |
New York |
5,506 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 676 | 204 | 0 |
North Carolina |
2,102 | 8 | 184 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2,773 | 27 | 25 |
North Dakota |
209 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 607 | 3 | 0 |
Ohio |
5,154 | 51 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 105 | 1,327 | 5 | 6 |
Oklahoma |
2,292 | 418 | 0 | 1,006 | 0 | 244 | 2,940 | 3 | 0 |
Oregon |
1,351 | 12 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 161 | 12 | 51 |
Pennsylvania |
7,444 | 38 | 62 | 11 | 2 | 233 | 1,837 | 143 | 4 |
Rhode Island |
311 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 51 | 0 | 0 |
South Carolina |
1,338 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 35 | 633 | 0 | 0 |
South Dakota |
584 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 778 | 1 | 0 |
Tennessee |
3,080 | 44 | 1 | 55 | 2 | 51 | 662 | 18 | 19 |
Texas |
7,089 | 25 | 18 | 59 | 100 | 168 | 1,974 | 0 | 1 |
Utah |
365 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 2 |
Vermont |
825 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 51 | 25 | 3 |
Virginia |
2,510 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 916 | 10 | 9 |
Washington |
1,778 | 41 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 111 | 17 | 34 |
West Virginia |
2,021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 530 | 17 | 4 |
Wisconsin |
1,692 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 215 | 0 | 1 |
Wyoming |
515 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 98 | 21 | 1 |
Puerto Rico |
929 | 70 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 59 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 95,538 | 3,261 | 922 | 1,676 | 147 | 3,387 | 42,969 | 1,435 | 328 |