All Lanes Open Following Rockville Pike Water Main Break

Via MCFRS Chief Spokesperson Pete Piringer.

Repairs are complete and all lanes are open after a 64-year-old water main broke Monday on Rockville Pike by Strathmore Avenue in front of Georgetown Prep High School.

Southbound Rockville Pike was closed to thru traffic at Edson Lane after the pipe broke close to 5 p.m., Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) Chief Spokesperson Pete Piringer said. Southbound Rockville Pike near Strathmore Avenue was impassable, Piringer said.

WSSC Water said a “special material” was needed to attach a new pipe to the 64-year-old main one. As of around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, WSSC said the new pipe was in place; the far right southbound Pike lane remained closed. WSSC said about an hour later that repairs were finished and water was being restored.

Around noon Tuesday, WSSC said all lanes are open.

Traffic Alert: All lanes open on Rockville Pike following yesterday’s water main break. @WTOPtraffic

— WSSC Water (@WSSCWaterNews) May 25, 2021

Rockville Pike water main repairs continue. Broken pipe has been removed. Special material is needed to connect the new pipe to the existing 64 year old main. 1 SB lane remains closed. All customers have water. pic.twitter.com/cB0OuJ3e3M

— WSSC Water (@WSSCWaterNews) May 25, 2021

ATTENTION: SB Rt355 Rockville Pike, CLOSED to thru traffic at Edson Lane, water main break near Strathmore Avenue IFO Georgetown Prep, road impassable. NOTE: NB Rockville Pike passable, however Strathmore Avenue can only go NB on Rt355 https://t.co/xV3vVoAMro pic.twitter.com/oDAcK2ChLX

— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) May 24, 2021

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