A 12-inch water main break shut down East Cold Spring Lane in Northeast Baltimore on Tuesday and likely will leave the thoroughfare closed for several days, a spokesman said.
The 80-year-old main broke in the 2200 block of E. Cold Spring Lane between Hillen and Harford roads. Drivers should take Echodale Road, which runs north of Cold Spring, or 32nd Street, which runs south, said Kurt Kocher, a public works department spokesman.
"It might take a few days to totally reopen," he said.
Normally traffic would be diverted onto Argonne Drive, but that route is closed for bridge construction, he said.