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North Oakland Water Main Break Isolated

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) –The suction line causing the flooding in the East End has been isolated, authorities say.

Earlier, two Port Authority stations and a portion of bus routes were closed after the water main break.

The break happened in North Oakland around 6 a.m. and the Neville Ramp, Herron and Negley Port Authority stations were closed as a result, our news partners at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.

The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority says that a 30-inch line broke in the Oakland/Bloomfield area near the South Millvale Bridge at Morewood Street.

The newspaper writes that a temporary shuttle will transport people from the out-of-service stations.

The East Liberty station is as far as inbound buses can go and outbound buses will make it to the 26th Street Ramp, the Post-Gazette says.

Officials said the water main break exposed a 24-inch Equitable gas line.

"Public Safety is our No. 1 concern," Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority Director of Operations Tom Palmosina said in a press release. "PWSA crew responded immediately and began isolating the leak."

PWSA officials said that all efforts are being focused on the gas line.

No roads have been closed and the PWSA says water pressure in the area will go back to normal once the leak is fixed.

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