By Chris Helms
Work has begun on the pockmarked surface of the Kernwood Bridge.
The bridge connects the Ryal Side neighborhood of Beverly to North Salem over the Danvers River. It is a swing-style drawbridge and the drawbridge portion of the bridge underwent repairs earlier this year too.
The bridge, built in 1907, is owned and operated by the MassDOT.
The repair will entail adding an "asphalt-rubber material" to the road surface on the bridge, a material that will work on the existing asphalt and also the wooden planks that form portions of the bridge deck.
A tractor has been at work scraping the existing surface, with the asphalt being dumped in a container near the Beverly side.
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