An eight-inch water pipe rupture has closed roads and affected a dozen homeowners in an Allentown neighborhood, authorities said Thursday.
The water main break happened around 5:30 a.m. Thursday in the 800 block of Jerome Street, Taylor Stakes, director of communications and strategic partnerships for the Lehigh County Authority, told lehighvalleylive.com.
The authority shut down Jerome Street — between Cedar and East Kurtz streets — as crews work to repair the break. Customers are expected to experience low pressure or no water during the repairs, the authority said…