Crews working to repair pipe, street on North Anthony

A cave-in of a combined sewer pipe, made from brick and built in 1884, will keep North Anthony Boulevard closed possibly until the end of the week. North Anthony Boulevard is currently closed between Lake Avenue and East Washington Boulevard to all thru traffic, including motor vehicles, bikes and pedestrian traffic.

Motorists are asked to use Clinton Street, Lafayette Street and Coliseum Boulevard to travel north and/or south.

A hole in the street about 12' X 15' was discovered late yesterday afternoon after a motorist called it in as a pot hole.

This afternoon, City Utilities crews discovered the brick pipe has a hole about 4'X 5' in diameter. The damage was discovered by sending one of the City Utilities sewer cameras into a manhole and through the brick pipe. Crews will not know for sure how long the repair will take until they actually uncover the brick pipe. North Anthony will be closed somewhere between two to four days while the pipe and street are being restored.

The repair work will involve patching the hole with steel and a flow-able fill (concrete), which fills in holes and cracks, and then lining the brick pipe using the modern rehab technology of Cured in Place Pipe (CIPP). CIPP is pulled through the pipe and then expanded to fill the pipe as a liner.

Tomorrow, when crews are able to expose the pipe, we will have a better handle on how long the work will take.