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Kernwood Avenue Bridge

Essex County, Massachusetts

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Kernwood Avenue Bridge

Open for boat traffic

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

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BH Photo #282978

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Overview
Swing bridge over Danvers River on Kernwood Avenue in Beverly
Location
Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1907
Design
Swing
Dimensions
Total length: 186.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.54301, -70.89833   (decimal degrees)
42°32'35" N, 70°53'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/344125/4711815 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Salem
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
16,300
Inventory numbers
MA B11005 (Massachusetts bridge number)
BH 19246 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 20 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Beverly, Massachusetts (6)
Built 1907 (714)
Built during 1900s (7,332)
Essex County, Massachusetts (127)
Have street view (27,122)
Massachusetts (1,129)
Movable (3,001)
 Navigable waterway (2,155)
Open (40,039)
Owned by state (16,096)
Salem, Massachusetts (3)
Swing (1,474)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,296)

Update Log 

  • July 28, 2020: New photos from Nick Boppel
  • April 28, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • April 13, 2020: Updated by Nick Boppel: Fix map marker
  • August 14, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • August 27, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • December 26, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • May 21, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • May 2, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • November 7, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
  • October 7, 2013: New Street View added by Nathan Holth

Sources 

  • Nathan Holth
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Douglas Butler
  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Nick Boppel - nickboppel01 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Kernwood Avenue Bridge
Posted March 15, 2021, by Michael McCarthy (mikebmac [at] gmail [dot] com)

Given the condition being poor and the likelihood of replacement along with the rising tides can we strongly consider a lock system bridge? Only on extreme high tides will the lock need to be closed. Given the millions of dollars in homes along the Danvers / Beverly waterfront along along with impending rising water levels, putting in this system will protect so many families while providing a modern bridge for the next 100 years

Kernwood Avenue Bridge
Posted August 16, 2018, by Jason ( Jasonturcotte10 [at] aol [dot] com)

I come by here every day at the same time almost in this bridge is always being opened what is going on Sitting here for 10 minutes in the bridge still has decided to close to not see any boats Find hard to believe every day at the same time every day very strange

Kernwood Avenue Bridge
Posted September 3, 2017, by Peter Michaud (petercmichaud [at] hotmail [dot] com)

The roadway was given a fresh gravel/bitumen surface in 2016. I don't believe the existing 2013 surface was stripped off first.

Kernwood Avenue Bridge
Posted October 7, 2013, by Ron (Rj0648 [at] comcast [dot] net)

In the past year, the asphalt ? Surface has been in disrepair, leaving vehicles driving over irrational surface, between the asphalt and wooden timber underlay. Just this past month, September 2013, the wooden surface was completely stripped of the poor coating , and resurfaced with some special asphalt coating. A 100% better surface.