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Hulton Road in Oakmont reopens after downed power line cut power to 200 customers

Dillon Carr

Crews clean up after flash flooding in Ross

Crews and business owners in Ross clean up after flash flooding on the morning of July 5, 2018. Crews shut down Babcock Boulevard at Church Road due to flooding.


A portion of Hulton Road in Oakmont closed Thursday morning because of a major power line being down, according to the borough's website.

The traffic lights at the intersections of Hulton Road and Allegheny River Boulevard and Hulton Road and Allegheny Avenue were not working, Borough Manager Lisa Cooper Jensen said. She said Thursday morning that repair crews were making a temporary fix to get the traffic lights working.

Crews from Duquesne Light restored the lines and the road reopened at about 4 p.m., according to an Oakmont official.

According to Duquesne Light's website, about 200 customers were affected.

Jensen wasn't sure which homes had lost power because of the power lines being down. Oakmont Police Department's Facebook page had a message posted at 9:30 a.m. detailing the closure.

Drivers were able to take Pennsylvania Avenue to avoid the closure.

Dillon Carr is a Tribune-Review staff writer. Reach him at 412-871-2325, dcarr@tribweb.com or via Twitter @dillonswriting.


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A Duquesne Light employee works on power lines along Hulton Road near Thirteenth Street in Oakmont. Thursday July 5, 2018.
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Firefighters with rescue rafts were seen Thursday morning in response to flooding on Babcock Boulevard in the North Hills.
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Traffic passes through a flooded intersection on McKnight Road near Babcock Boulevard after flash flooding affected the area, Thursday, July 5, 2018.
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North Avenue in Millvale was under water Thursday morning.
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A firefighter with a rescue raft wades through floodwaters on Babcock Boulevard in Ross Township Thursday, July 5, 2018.
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Lisa Zelich, co-owner of Pittsburgh Mobile Concrete, looks at the flooding outside her Babcock Boulevard company on Thurday, July 5, 2018. (Photo from Theresa Clift)
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Flood waters outside Matt Mertz Plumbing in Ross on Thursday, July 5, 2018. (Photo from Lisa Mertz)