Atlanta Watershed has completed repairs to a 108-year-old water pipe that burst Thursday night, creating a geyser on a busy Buckhead street.
Crews worked overnight to fix the broken water main on Peachtree Road at Colonial Homes Drive, where the road was closed just southwest of Peachtree Creek. The southbound lanes reopened by 7:45 a.m., one lane of which “will function as a reverse lane for traffic in both directions,” the watershed department said Friday.
“Please exercise caution while traveling through the area, as our crews are working to restore the road for full travel,” the department said.
The break was reported at 7 p.m. Thursday, prompting the closure of the road as gushing water flooded the street.
The nearby Shepherd Center said it had water in all of its buildings.
“This is a busy corridor, so this is a situation that started and that we want to resolve real soon,” Mayor Andre Dickens told Channel 2 Action News at the scene Thursday night.
Crews had to first find three valves, Dickens said, to shut off the water flowing through the 16-inch pipe that had been installed in 1917. They had to replace 20 feet of piping.
Credit: Channel 2 Action News
Credit: Channel 2 Action News
Credit: Ben Hendren for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Credit: Ben Hendren for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Commuters wanting to avoid the area on Friday should use Northside Drive or Piedmont Road as alternates, according to the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center.
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