COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A busy Cobb County road reopened Wednesday following a water main break. Part of Sandy Plains Road was shut down for nearly 24 hours and businesses were without water.
Channel 2's Steve Gehlbach saw the road closed Wednesday morning.
There was already road work going on at the intersection of Sandy Plains Road and Ebenezer Road for new sidewalks, when a big cement truck hit a fire hydrant.
The impact burst the pipe and caused a chain-reaction that ran under the entire intersection.
The flow of water undermined the road and washed out the pavement. That is why crews had to dig up all four lanes on Tuesday afternoon.
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Several homes and businesses along Sandy Plains Road lost water, but service was back on around 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Crews worked all night into Wednesday morning, to reinforce, repave and restripe the road. Crews were able to reopen all lanes around 11 a.m.
The county says there are still some smaller broken pipes and it has work to do.
“(We have to) repair some of the water lines still. May have to turn the water off during some of that work in the next 24 to 48 hours,” Cobb County spokesperson Ross Cavitt said.
Lanes on the southbound side could close again Thursday during the morning rush hour.
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