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BROKEN WATER MAIN FORCES DETOURS.


Byline: Daily News

VALENCIA - A steady gush from a broken water main burst through concrete and onto Valencia Boulevard on Friday, forcing a road closure that stretched about one mile west of McBean Parkway.

About six Valencia Water Co. service trucks were scattered Scattered

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 on Valencia Boulevard, most at the source of the eruption eruption /erup·tion/ (e-rup´shun)
1. the act of breaking out, appearing, or becoming visible, as eruption of the teeth.

2.
 in the middle of westbound lanes, directly in front of the Portofino apartment complex.

One worker said he received a request for service at about 4 p.m. A circular gush of water, about two feet high, continued past 5:30 p.m. as workers labored to shut off lines supplying the water.

The intersection in front of the apartment complex was littered with stones and pieces of concrete, and water about eight inches high rushed along the eastbound east·bound  
adj.
Going toward the east.


eastbound
Adjective

going towards the east

Adj. 1.
 gutters.

Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672.  sheriff's deputies blocked the intersection at McBean and rerouted eastbound traffic up Goldcrest Drive through the Valencia Summit.

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Date:Jun 23, 2001
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