Posted on Sun, Mar 24, 2013 : 9:41 a.m.
Water main break closes portion of Michigan Avenue
By Cole Bertsos
Update: According to a second Nixle alert sent out by the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office, there is now one lane going each direction open on Michigan Avenue between Prospect and and Grove streets in Ypsilanti.
The Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office has issued an advisory to alert residents Michigan Avenue between Grove and Prospect in Ypsilanti will be closed until further notice due to a severe water main break.
The advisory was sent out as a Nixle alert.
Dispatch at the sheriff's office said they are taking steps to correct the problem.
Further information was not available and the cause of the breakage is unknown.
Comments
brian
Mon, Mar 25, 2013 : 12:45 a.m.
If I am not mistaken, that is the third time in about 2 years or so that the water main has broken at that same spot. Why?
slave2work
Sun, Mar 24, 2013 : 6:49 p.m.
I just went past, 10 min. ago.... breaks in 3 places now.. 1 on north side of prospect and 2 on the corner of michigan.. what a mess!!.
dading dont delete me bro
Sun, Mar 24, 2013 : 9:32 p.m.
no, no it did not
slave2work
Sun, Mar 24, 2013 : 9:26 p.m.
south of michigan ave on prospect.. close to the other breaks.after re-reading what I posted it didn't make sense.
dading dont delete me bro
Sun, Mar 24, 2013 : 9:12 p.m.
north side of prospect? prospect runs north and south. north of prospect would be somewhere in superior township bro.
dading dont delete me bro
Sun, Mar 24, 2013 : 5:08 p.m.
just drove thru there. ycua wasn't moving too fast around there...lots of supervising, not much wrenching
TommyJ
Sun, Mar 24, 2013 : 11:34 p.m.
Sounds like a union project.
Billy
Sun, Mar 24, 2013 : 5:36 p.m.
Was there a hole with 7 spotters standing around it?
WalkingJoe
Sun, Mar 24, 2013 : 3:04 p.m.
Just got a Nixle email at 10:54 am that said one lane open in each direction.
C. Montgomery Burns
Sun, Mar 24, 2013 : 2:52 p.m.
Welcome to the third-world State of Michigan with third-world infrastructure.
Mark Hergott
Sun, Mar 24, 2013 : 2:21 p.m.
Is the water safe to drink?