Kelley Crossing Bridge, Spanning Plum Creek at County Route 186, Lockhart, Caldwell County, TX

Biography of William Payson is included as addendum to original documentation.
Significance: The Kelley Crossing Bridge is one of two lenticular trusses that survive in Caldwell County and one of a cluster of eight in Texas located around San Antonio. As such, the Kelley Crossing Bridge is part of a once substantially larger concentration of lenticular truss bridges in south-central Texas. It was the remarkable salesmanship of Berlin Iron Bridge Company's Southwestern Agent, William Payson, that made these bridges the only lenticular trusses west of the Mississippi.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N520
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N366
Survey number: HAER TX-31
Building/structure dates: ca. 1837- ca. 1909 Demolished
Building/structure dates: 1895