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Which state has the most bridges? 🌉

1Guess
Which states have the most bridges? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… New York — the Brooklyn Bridge!
2Answer
The real order is…
    Texas has about 2.12× as many bridges as #2 Illinois — and New York, home of the Brooklyn Bridge, is only #13!
    📚 Background Everyone pictures famous bridges — Brooklyn Bridge! Golden Gate! But Texas has the most by far: about 57,000 bridges, over 2× #2 Illinois. With the country's biggest road network crossing thousands of creeks, rivers and highways, the bridges pile up. New York, home of the Brooklyn Bridge, is only #13. (FHWA National Bridge Inventory)
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    I bet… New York — the Brooklyn Bridge!
    3Compare
    Number of highway bridges (by state, 2025)
    Texas #1 56,951 bridges
    Highest: Texas (56,951 bridges); lowest shown here: Rhode Island (787 bridges).

    Note: every highway bridge in the National Bridge Inventory counts — giant river crossings and small creek bridges alike (as of June 2025).

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    : 2025
    FHWA National Bridge Inventory: bridge counts by state (condition tables, 2025) (2026-07-24) — Official published counts (the committed raw file holds the all-bridges count for every state exactly as published).
    ↳ On fhwa.dot.gov Bridge Tables, open 'Condition by Highway System' (Excel), 2025 sheet, and read the 'All' bridge-count column.