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Water Main Break Shuts Dryden Boulevard at Warwick Avenue

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Warwick Water Department works to fix a water main break at 38 Dryden Boulevard.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] The Warwick Water Department works to fix a water main break at 38 Dryden Boulevard.
WARWICK, RI — A water main break at 38 Dryden Boulevard at about 3 p.m. Monday required the road to be blocked off until the Warwick Water Department could make repairs at about 7 p.m.

Terry DiPetrillo said the Water Department crew was just finishing up at about 7 p.m.

DiPetrillo’s team had dug a 6-ft. hole in the street outside the home to make the repair to the copper line leading into the home. A wider gas line ran above the water line, bisecting the hole a Water Department employee had to climb down into to make the repair.

At the street’s intersection with Warwick Avenue, where a cruiser blocked through-traffic, a large puddle of water from the break had partially frozen.

[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] A Warwick Water Department employee works to fix a water main break at 38 Dryden Boulevard.
[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] A Warwick Water Department employee works to fix a water main break at 38 Dryden Boulevard.
Rob Borkowski
Author: Rob Borkowski

Rob has worked as reporter and editor for several publications, including The Kent County Daily Times and Coventry Courier, before working for Gatehouse in MA then moving home with Patch Media. Now he's publisher and editor of WarwickPost.com. Contact him at editor@warwickpost.com with tips, press releases, advertising inquiries, and concerns.

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