84-year-old water main breaks in Oakland, buckling street
A water main break Friday morning caused significant roadway flooding, closing part of a highway on ramp in Oakland’s Dimond district and sinking a large swath of a residential street, officials said.
A 16-inch water main broke in the area of Montana Street and Dimond Avenue, causing water to stream onto part of an Interstate 580 on ramp, said Nelsy Rodriguez, a spokeswoman for the East Bay Municipal Utility District.
Utility workers shut off water to stop the flood.
The main part of the on ramp wasn’t impacted, said Officer Sean Wilkenfeld, a California Highway Patrol spokesman.
The on ramp that CHP officers closed feeds into the main roadway that goes onto the highway, he said.