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Which state has the most bridges?

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

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I bet… New York — the Brooklyn Bridge!

Answer

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) (opens in a new tab)
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    I bet… New York — the Brooklyn Bridge!

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    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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    Number of highway bridges (by state, 2025)
    Rank State Value
    #1 Texas 56,951 bridges
    #2 Illinois 26,927 bridges
    #3 Ohio 26,713 bridges
    #4 California 25,975 bridges
    #5 Kansas 24,891 bridges
    #6 Missouri 24,647 bridges
    #7 Iowa 23,716 bridges
    #8 Pennsylvania 23,314 bridges
    #9 Oklahoma 22,926 bridges
    #10 Tennessee 20,374 bridges
    #11 Indiana 19,542 bridges
    #12 North Carolina 19,343 bridges
    #13 New York 17,666 bridges
    #14 Mississippi 16,711 bridges
    #15 Alabama 16,181 bridges
    #16 Nebraska 15,412 bridges
    #17 Georgia 15,090 bridges
    #18 Kentucky 14,590 bridges
    #19 Wisconsin 14,498 bridges
    #20 Virginia 14,143 bridges
    #21 Minnesota 13,551 bridges
    #22 Florida 13,070 bridges
    #23 Arkansas 12,978 bridges
    #24 Louisiana 12,684 bridges
    #25 Michigan 11,397 bridges
    #26 South Carolina 9,504 bridges
    #27 Colorado 8,990 bridges
    #28 Arizona 8,587 bridges
    #29 Washington 8,520 bridges
    #30 Oregon 8,329 bridges
    #31 West Virginia 7,345 bridges
    #32 New Jersey 6,825 bridges
    #33 South Dakota 5,883 bridges
    #34 Maryland 5,500 bridges
    #35 Massachusetts 5,311 bridges
    #36 Montana 5,235 bridges
    #37 Idaho 4,646 bridges
    #38 Connecticut 4,363 bridges
    #39 North Dakota 4,250 bridges
    #40 New Mexico 4,033 bridges
    #41 Utah 3,144 bridges
    #42 Wyoming 3,138 bridges
    #43 Vermont 2,866 bridges
    #44 New Hampshire 2,549 bridges
    #45 Maine 2,542 bridges
    #46 Nevada 2,123 bridges
    #47 Alaska 1,660 bridges
    #48 Hawaii 1,180 bridges
    #49 Delaware 874 bridges
    #50 Rhode Island 787 bridges

    Source: U.S. Federal Highway Administration (2025)

    Sources

    Data as of: 2025
    FHWA National Bridge Inventory: bridge counts by state (condition tables, 2025) (opens in a new tab) (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.