There's been a water main break at the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Baxter Avenue in Louisville. That will be a nightmare for folks living in the area. Louisville Water says the roadway has collapsed at that intersection as well.

Yaaaaaaaay.....

Water main break causes collapse of Highlands intersection, floods Tyler Park | WHAS11.com Louisville

Eastern Parkway intersection collapses after water main break - wave3.com-Louisville News, Weather & Sports

Awesome. I don't CONSTANTLY drive through that intersection or anything...

The Falls Of Tyler Park

 

 

 

Water Main Break Overhead (After The Water Was Shut Off)

 

Video and Pictures of the Break from WLKY

Here's the break while the water was still flowing.

 

Another view of "The Falls Of Tyler Park"

 

A view of Baxter Avenue at Tyler Park

 

According to the feed on WLKY's site right now, the water is definitely still flowing. The hole is right in the middle of the west bound lanes of Eastern Parkway.

They've been doing a little work in that area recently. Any notion if something a road crew did is what caused the break?

They've been doing a little work in that area recently. Any notion if something a road crew did is what caused the break?

 

I haven't seen anything along those lines. But it only happened two hours ago, they probably don't know what caused it yet.

They've been doing a little work in that area recently. Any notion if something a road crew did is what caused the break?

 

It's 100% conjecture on my part, but based on my plain old visual observation of the area surrounding the intersection and my relatively basic knowledge of civil engineering...those water lines in the area aren't new, by any stretch.

 

Old, uneven curbs and sidewalks and lots of mature trees around the intersection mean that the work on the road (and the water and sewer lines beneath the road) has been minimal at best. A water main sized to put out that kind of water flow is going to require a large project for replacement - the kind of large project that includes tearing out the old curbs, replacing old sidewalks with new ones, and removing most of the trees in the area.

I'm betting the Derby Festival planners are LOVING the idea of Eastern Parkway being closed for Derby.