B737-500 CREW HIT A ROUGH RAISED AREA OF RWY 22R AT INTXN Y AT EWR.

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TKOF ROLL STARTED ON RWY 22R FROM INTX W. NORMAL TKOF STARTED FROM STOP POS AND PWR APPLIED PER ACFT FLT MANUAL. ACFT ON CENTERLINE. APCH INTX Y AT APPOX 80 KTS. TWO HARSH JOLTS WERE ENCOUNTERED AS THE NOSE GEAR AND MAIN GEAR CROSSED THIS INTX Y. THE REMAINDER OF TKOF ROLL AND FLT WERE NORMAL. ONE EXCEPTION WAS WHEN FA SEATED ON AFT JUMP SEAT CALLED. ONE COMPLAINED OF SORE NECK AND OTHER OF SORE BACK. BOTH SAID WERE CAUSED BY JOLTS ENCOUNTERED ON TKOF NEITHER FA WANTED TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTN DURING COURSE OF FLT OR AT END OF FLT. FO AND I HAVE ENCOUNTERED THIS RWY TO BE ROUGH IN THE PAST; BUT NEVER LIKE THIS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: CREW WAS FLYING A B737-500 ACFT. HE RPTS THAT THERE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SOME CONSTRUCTION WHICH CAUSED A RAISED AREA NOT FLUSH WITH THE ADJACENT RWY. THE ACFT STRUTS BOTTOMED WHEN THE AREA WAS HIT AT ABOUT 80 KTS. TWO FA IN THE REAR JUMP SEAT RPTED INJURIES. THE CAPT DEPARTED THIS RWY YESTERDAY AND RPTED NOTHING HAD BEEN FIXED.