Vehicles travel through water collected near water main break in Detroit.
DETROIT (FOX 2) - A water main break in Detroit is causing headaches for drivers and sending water into the streets of one of the city's east side neighborhoods.
The break involves a 42-inch pipeline at East Jefferson and Burns Drive.
The breakage happened on Sunday, leaving only one lane open for each direction of travel.
Local perspective:
A day after the breakage, water was still gathering on the road of Jefferson Avenue.
Video captured of the scene Monday morning showed vehicles driving through ponds of water. Construction equipment were on site along with traffic cones.
The backstory:
This isn't the only major disruption to water services in the region.
This weekend, a catastrophic breakage at 14 Mile near Drake impacted several Oakland County communities and thousands of residents.
Photo courtesy GLWA
Novi and Walled Lake were among those hardest hit by the breakage, which included dramatic scenes of waves of water washing down the road, submerging vehicles.
Latest Oakland County water main break update, 24 hours since interruption
GLWA said that the "filling process" is taking longer than expected due to an isolation valve in the system malfunctioning. It said field service crews are working to isolate portions of the system to build pressure faster.
The Source: FOX 2's Charlie Langton and previous reporting were cited for this story.