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Update: Portion of Peoria's Main Street Open to Traffic

WCBU | By Kristin McHugh

Published August 8, 2018 at 2:28 PM CDT

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Peoria's Main Street is open on Tuesda as promised.

Tanya Koonce / Peoria Public Radio

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A good portion of road surface is still missing on Main Street in Peoria Friday, August 10, 2018 after the water main break Wednesday.

Tanya Koonce / Peoria Public Radio

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Illinois American Water workers labor to get to the main break mid morning Wednesday. Part of the road was pushed up by the pressure of the water. But additional parts of the road had to be removed to repair the broken and damaged water main.

Tanya Koonce / Peoria Public Radio

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Heavy equipment operators and other members of the Illinois American Water Restoration Team work to get the repair made Wednesday on Main Street at Bradley University between Genwood Ave and Farmington Road.

Tanya Koonce / Peoria Public Radio

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Another view of the gaping whole in the road surface that was necesary to repair a broken water main. The road will remain closed or partially closed until the road surface is completely restored maybe next week.

Tanya Koonce / Peoria Public Radio

Main Street in Peoria is fully open between Farmington Road and Maplewood.

A water main break last week meant a large portion of the road needed to be removed. Illinois American Water crews replaced about 10 feet of water main. That work was completed soon after the water main break.

But the restoration work took a little longer. The road restoration was completed and it was reopened Tuesday.