Broken water pipeline on Tabernacle Street, St. George, Utah, Sept. 8, 2015 | Photo by Jessica Tempfer, St. George News
ST. GEORGE — Tabernacle Street in St. George was closed for a short time Tuesday due to a water pipe breaking, which caused the road to buckle in two different places.
Just after 5 p.m., the St. George Fire Department responded to water running across Tabernacle Street where a pipe broke between 900 East and 1000 East, St. George Fire Chief Robert Stoker said. The breakage caused the road to lift and buckle in two different places.
“Some of these older pipes … just get to where … a joint will come loose or a connection, or it (will) split,” Stoker said.
The water has been shut off. Evans Hairstyling College on Tabernacle Street receives its water from the main pipeline that broke, he said. The college will be without water until the pipe is fixed.
What caused the pipeline to break is still under investigation.
“Until they dig it up, we won’t know what actually happened to it,” Stoker said.
The road is now open and the lanes are diverted around the breakage. The road should be fixed on Wednesday, he said.
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Broken water pipeline on Tabernacle Street, St. George, Utah, Sept. 8, 2015 | Photo by Jessica Tempfer, St. George News
Broken water pipeline on Tabernacle Street, St. George, Utah, Sept. 8, 2015 | Photo by Jessica Tempfer, St. George News
Broken water pipeline on Tabernacle Street, St. George, Utah, Sept. 8, 2015 | Photo by Jessica Tempfer, St. George News
Broken water pipeline on Tabernacle Street, St. George, Utah, Sept. 8, 2015 | Photo by Jessica Tempfer, St. George News
Broken water pipeline on Tabernacle Street, St. George, Utah, Sept. 8, 2015 | Photo by Jessica Tempfer, St. George News
Broken water pipeline on Tabernacle Street, St. George, Utah, Sept. 8, 2015 | Photo by Jessica Tempfer, St. George News
Broken water pipeline on Tabernacle Street, St. George, Utah, Sept. 8, 2015 | Photo by Jessica Tempfer, St. George News
Broken water pipeline on Tabernacle Street, St. George, Utah, Sept. 8, 2015 | Photo by Jessica Tempfer, St. George News
Broken water pipeline on Tabernacle Street, St. George, Utah, Sept. 8, 2015 | Photo by Jessica Tempfer, St. George News
Broken water pipeline on Tabernacle Street, St. George, Utah, Sept. 8, 2015 | Photo by Jessica Tempfer, St. George News
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Jessica Tempfer began working at St. George News after attending school at the University of Utah with an emphasis in Broadcast Journalism. Jessica worked on Newsbreak; a student-ran television newscast on the University of Utah's campus. She also completed an internship with KUTV2 News in Salt Lake City. Jessica has dreamt of becoming a reporter and journalist since she was young. She loves to spend time with her family and her husband of 11 years. Jessica enjoys snow skiing and just being surrounded by the ones she loves.