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UPDATE: York Road Water Main Fixed
Police discovered the break around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday.
(Update 8:11 p.m.)— A water main break discovered on York Road near Beaver Run Lane early Wednesday morning is fixed, said Baltimore City Department of Public Works spokesman Kurt Kocher.
However, only one lane in each direction of York Road, south of Ashland Road, will be open for rush hour Thursday morning, Kocher said.
(Update 6:10 p.m.)— Kurt Kocher, a Baltimore City Department of Public Works spokesman, said there has been good progress repairing a water main that broke early Wednesday morning on York Road near Beaver Run Lane.
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"Hopefully will have it done before midnight," he said in an email to Patch.
Kocher urges those who lost service to let their water run until clear before use.
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(Update 1:03 p.m.)— One lane on both northbound and southbound York Road south of Ashland Road is now open following an early Wednesday morning water main break near Beaver Run Lane.
Baltimore City Department of Public Works spokesman Kurt Kocher said crews are still repairing the break and Baltimore Gas & Electric personnel are also on site due to electric lines and a gas line in the area.
About 20 services, mostly businesses, were affected by the break, Kocher said. However, many of the businesses were already closed because of the Fourth of July holiday.
Kocher expects repairs to be finished—and York Road to be completely open—by Wednesday night.
(Original)—A 12-inch water main break near Beaver Run Lane has shut down both northbound and southbound York Road south of Ashland Road.
Baltimore County police encountered the break at around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to a news release.
Kurt Kocher, a spokesman for the Baltimore City Department of Public Works, which handles the county's water issues, told Patch that crews were on site repairing the damage.
Businesses in the area are being notified, according the the release.
As of 10:09 a.m., Kocher did not have an estimate of when the road would open back up.
Police urge motorists to bypass the area using Shawan Road and Interstate 83.
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