Power out; downed line blocks part of Washtenaw Avenue in Ann Arbor

Posted on Thu, Dec 20, 2012 : 3:30 p.m.

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Firefighters closed the westbound lanes of Washtenaw Avenue near Stadium Boulevard Thursday afternoon because of a downed power line.

Courtney Sacco | AnnArbor.com

Editor's note: Ann Arbor police said the road was reopened as of 5:30 p.m.

A downed power line closed the westbound lanes of Washtenaw Avenue near the intersection with Stadium Boulevard Thursday afternoon.

The road was closed in the area of the intersection with Manchester Road, a dispatcher with the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office said about 3:25 p.m.

Power was out for more than 500 DTE Energy customers in the area, according to the DTE Energy power outage map.

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The outage area is shown in yellow on the map.

DTE map

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