Water Main Break Shuts Down Vine Street Expressway
The main burst at 4:30 a.m. Sunday under the 17th Street Bridge at 17th and Callowhill Streets in Spring Garden.
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The main burst at 4:30 a.m. Sunday under the 17th Street Bridge at 17th and Callowhill Streets in Spring Garden.
The Philadelphia Water Department says crews were dispatched around 10:30 a.m. for a water main break at Rhawn Street and Castor Avenue.
It happened around 12:30 a.m. Monday in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 9600 block of Ashton Road.
The 8-inch main broke around 8:30 a.m. Sunday along Strahle Street near Verree Road in the city's Fox Chase neighborhood.
The 12-inch main broke around 10:30 a.m. Saturday at North Front Street and West Girard Avenue.
The water has since been shut off and only two customers remain without service.
The area is not far from the Philadelphia VA Medical Center and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
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Officials say a 12-inch main bursted shortly before 7 a.m. Sunday at 61st and Havertown Streets.
A 12 inch water main break was reported at 18th and Arch Streets.
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Water was spilling out on Swedesford Road in Malvern and was closed to traffic between Church Road and Phoenixville Pike as a result.
The break was reported shortly after 6:30 Wednesday morning.
Authorities are asking residents to reduce their water usage and contact MUA if their sewer backs up.
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