Broken water main closes downtown Las Vegas street
Cars drives through a flooded a road after a main water line broke on Stewart Avenue and Main Street in downtown Las Vegas, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. Joel Angel Juarez Las Vegas Review-Journal @jajuarezphoto
Crews work to cleanup after a main water line broke on Stewart Avenue and Main Street in downtown Las Vegas, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. Joel Angel Juarez Las Vegas Review-Journal @jajuarezphoto
Crews work to cleanup after a main water line broke on Stewart Avenue and Main Street in downtown Las Vegas, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. Joel Angel Juarez Las Vegas Review-Journal @jajuarezphoto
Crews work to cleanup after a main water line broke on Stewart Avenue and Main Street in downtown Las Vegas, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. Joel Angel Juarez Las Vegas Review-Journal @jajuarezphoto
Mud and debris covers the road after a main water line broke on Stewart Avenue and Main Street in downtown Las Vegas, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. Joel Angel Juarez Las Vegas Review-Journal @jajuarezphoto
Water floods a road after a main water line broke on Stewart Avenue and Main Street in downtown Las Vegas, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. Joel Angel Juarez Las Vegas Review-Journal @jajuarezphoto
Crews work to cleanup after a main water line broke on Stewart Avenue and Main Street in downtown Las Vegas, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. Joel Angel Juarez Las Vegas Review-Journal @jajuarezphoto
Crews work to cleanup after a main water line broke on Stewart Avenue and Main Street in downtown Las Vegas, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. Joel Angel Juarez Las Vegas Review-Journal @jajuarezphoto
Crews inspect the site of a main water line break on Stewart Avenue and Main Street in downtown Las Vegas, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. Joel Angel Juarez Las Vegas Review-Journal @jajuarezphoto
A cleanup van is parked next to the site of a main water line break on Stewart Avenue and Main Street in downtown Las Vegas, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. Joel Angel Juarez Las Vegas Review-Journal @jajuarezphoto
Mud and debris covers the road after a main water line broke on Stewart Avenue and Main Street in downtown Las Vegas, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. Joel Angel Juarez Las Vegas Review-Journal @jajuarezphoto
Updated September 1, 2017 - 4:03 pm
A water main broke Friday afternoon in downtown Las Vegas, causing road closures.
The main broke on Stewart Avenue, the Regional Transportation Commission tweeted about 2:45 p.m. Stewart Avenue between Casino Center Boulevard and Main Street was temporarily closed, as was the southbound U.S. Highway 95 off-ramp to Casino Center Boulevard.
The RTC advised drivers to use other routes.
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