New York Website Statistics

All Bridges

  • Total listed New York bridges: 1,745
  • Bridges with photos: 461 (26.4%)
  • Bridges with Street View: 247 (14.2%)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 1,739 (99.7%)

  • Total photos: 1,939

Extant Bridges

  • Extant bridges: 1,542 (88.4% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 394 (25.6% of extant)
  • Bridges with Street View: 223 (14.5% of extant)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 1,540 (99.9% of extant)

Lost Bridges

  • Lost bridges: 175 (10.0% of all)
  • Bridges with photos: 40 (22.9% of lost)
  • Bridges with GPS coordinates: 175 (100.0% of lost)

Oldest Listed Bridges

  1. Military Road Bridge (Jefferson County, built 1800, open to traffic)
  2. Hyde Hall Covered Bridge (Otsego County, built 1823, open to pedestrians)
  3. Catskill Creek Bridge (Greene County, built 1825, open to traffic)
  4. Bedford Creek Bridge (Jefferson County, built 1825, open to traffic)
  5. Genesee Greenway Bridge (Monroe County, built 1840, open to pedestrians)
  6. Schoharie Creek Aqueduct (Montgomery County, built 1841, abandoned)
  7. Keeseville Stone Arch Bridge (Essex County, built 1843, open to traffic)
  8. Perrine's Bridge (Ulster County, built 1844, open to pedestrians)
  9. Town Bridge (Richmond County, built 1845, open to traffic)
  10. High Bridge (New York County, built 1848, closed to all traffic)

By Design

  • Arch: 692 (39.7%)
    • Deck arch: 678 (38.9%)
      • Closed-spandrel arch: 30 (1.7%)
      • Open-spandrel arch: 10 (0.6%)
      • Steel arch: 62 (3.6%)
      • Stone arch: 143 (8.2%)
    • Through arch: 14 (0.8%)
      • Concrete through arch: 3 (0.2%)
      • Steel through arch: 10 (0.6%)

  • Beam: 86 (4.9%)
    • Stringer: 86 (4.9%)
      • Steel stringer: 9 (0.5%)
      • Timber stringer: 76 (4.4%)

  • Culvert: 2 (0.1%)
    • Stone culvert: 2 (0.1%)

  • Rigid frame: 8 (0.5%)
    • Concrete rigid frame: 7 (0.4%)
    • Steel rigid frame: 1 (0.06%)

  • Girder: 83 (4.8%)
    • Deck girder: 28 (1.6%)
      • Deck plate girder: 21 (1.2%)
    • Pony/through girder: 46 (2.6%)
      • Concrete pony/through girder: 2 (0.1%)
      • Pony/through plate girder: 44 (2.5%)

  • Other: 41 (2.3%)

  • Suspension: 16 (0.9%)
    • Wire suspension: 14 (0.8%)

  • Truss: 805 (46.1%)
    • Deck truss: 49 (2.8%)
      • Baltimore deck truss: 1 (0.06%)
      • Fink deck truss: 2 (0.1%)
      • Howe deck truss: 1 (0.06%)
      • Lattice deck truss: 5 (0.3%)
      • Pratt deck truss: 4 (0.2%)
      • Warren deck truss: 9 (0.5%)
        • Warren deck truss with all verticals: 2 (0.1%)
    • Pony truss: 329 (18.9%)
      • Bailey pony truss: 1 (0.06%)
      • Bowstring pony truss: 13 (0.7%)
      • Double-intersection Warren pony truss: 4 (0.2%)
      • Lenticular pony truss: 4 (0.2%)
      • Parker pony truss: 2 (0.1%)
      • Polygonal Warren pony truss: 34 (1.9%)
        • Polygonal Warren pony truss with alternating verticals: 15 (0.9%)
        • Polygonal Warren pony truss with no verticals: 1 (0.06%)
        • Polygonal Warren pony truss with all verticals: 5 (0.3%)
      • Pratt pony truss: 11 (0.6%)
      • Warren pony truss: 24 (1.4%)
        • Warren pony truss with alternating verticals: 6 (0.3%)
        • Warren pony truss with no verticals: 4 (0.2%)
        • Warren pony truss with all verticals: 2 (0.1%)
    • Through truss: 395 (22.6%)
      • Baltimore through truss: 21 (1.2%)
      • Bowstring through truss: 3 (0.2%)
      • Burr arch-truss: 2 (0.1%)
      • Camelback through truss: 2 (0.1%)
      • Double-intersection Warren through truss: 25 (1.4%)
      • Howe through truss: 3 (0.2%)
      • Kingpost through truss: 4 (0.2%)
      • Lattice through truss: 14 (0.8%)
        • Quadrangular lattice through truss: 4 (0.2%)
        • Town lattice truss: 9 (0.5%)
      • Lenticular through truss: 6 (0.3%)
      • Lenticular Warren through truss: 1 (0.06%)
      • Long through truss: 2 (0.1%)
      • Multiple Kingpost through truss: 1 (0.06%)
      • Parker through truss: 9 (0.5%)
      • Pennsylvania through truss: 11 (0.6%)
      • Polygonal Warren through truss: 46 (2.6%)
        • Polygonal Warren through truss with alternating verticals: 15 (0.9%)
        • Polygonal Warren through truss with sub-panels: 1 (0.06%)
        • Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals: 8 (0.5%)
      • Pratt through truss: 35 (2.0%)
      • Queenpost through truss: 2 (0.1%)
      • Warren through truss: 31 (1.8%)
        • Warren through truss with alternating verticals: 2 (0.1%)
        • Warren through truss with no verticals: 1 (0.06%)
        • Warren through truss with sub-panels: 2 (0.1%)
        • Warren through truss with all verticals: 9 (0.5%)
      • Whipple through truss: 4 (0.2%)

  • Tunnel: 2 (0.1%)

  • Unknown: 10 (0.6%)