Ruptured Detroit Water Main Floods and Closes Highway
Detroit water officials are investigating the cause of a 48-in. concrete water main that burst in Livonia, Mich., around noon July 12, sending a four-foot-high geyser into the air and flooding Interstate 96.
The rushing water washed away part of an embankment against the freeway, clogging catch basins and sending drivers climbing onto the roofs of their cars for refuge.