Above: View showing severe damage to crude abutments.
| Key Facts |
| Bridge Name | Facility Carried / Feature Intersected | Location | Structure Type | Construction Date / Builder or Contractor |
| Hubbardtown Bridge Kelsey Road Bridge |
Kelsey Road Over Catatonk Creek | Hubbardtown (Rural): Tioga County, New York | Metal Pinned Lenticular Through Truss, Stationary | 0 By: Unknown |
| Technical Facts |
| Structure Length | Main Spans | Approach Spans |
| 98 Feet (29.87 Meters) | 1 | None |
This eight panel bridge was likely built by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company, but the company was originally known also as the Corrugated Metal Company. Therefore, without a construction date known or a plaque remaining on the bridge it is difficult to know which name the company was using when this bridge was built. The bridge varies from other lenticular truss bridges in that its vertical members are rolled beams and not v-laced or latticed.
Like any surviving lenticular truss bridge, this bridge is nationally significant as an extremely rare and important type of metal truss bridge. The design was known for its graceful and distinctive lens-like shape. The design was one that the Corrugated Metal Company patented and built in various places in the country, from New England to Texas.
This particular bridge is in severe danger of collapse. The bridge has been abandoned for some time and no work has been done on it. The southwest abutment, which appears to have had a shoddy repair job done some time ago, is rapidly failing. Large concrete blocks apparently added to hold the soil together are falling away, allowing water to rush in and erode things. These blocks also appear to be places stress on the steel bents that appear to do most of the work of holding the bridge up.
It is imperative that this abutment be repaired immediately. If a total restoration is not feasible at this time it may be desirable to simply lift the bridge off of the abutments and set it on land next to the creek so as to prevent the destruction of the lenticular superstructure due to abutment failure.
