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Power line down over Route 50 in Harrison County causes lane closures, power outages
By Sam Kirk,
14 days ago
UPDATE: 5:41 p.m.
BRISTOL, W.Va. (WBOY) — Downed trees caused multiple telephone poles along U.S. Route 50 in Harrison County to snap, according to officials.
A 12 News reporter at the scene, which is near Bristol in Harrison County, was told by first responders that a tree in the woods on the eastbound side of the four-lane fell onto power lines; pressure on those power lines caused two poles on the westbound side of the highway to snap.
Powerlines fell across all four lanes, and traffic was closed in both directions. As of 5:41 p.m., the power to those lines has been turned off, and one lane on each side has been reopened—although travelers are still having to drive over the fallen lines.
The power line that fell over Route 50 in Harrison County (WBOY image)
The fallen lines also caused a brush fire in the area.
As of 5:41 p.m., 179 of the 205 Mon Power customers in Bristol did not have power, and 112 costumers in Salem also did not have power, according to the FirstEnergy outages map for West Virginia .
ORIGINAL: 4:56 p.m.
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — East and westbound lanes of U.S. Route 50 are closed Wednesday afternoon for a downed power line.
According to the Harrison County 911 log, a fall of a “Fire Electrical – Power Line/Pole” was made at 3:57 p.m. The log says that there was also a working brush fire in the area of the downed lines.
U.S. Route has been closed in both directions in the area, which is between Halls Run Road and the East Salem exit, according to West Virginia 511 . A power line does go over all lanes of U.S. Route 50 in that area.
The road conditions alert sign just west of Clarksburg says, ” US 50 closed near Halls Run Road, Expect delays.”
According to the log, they Reynoldsville, Salem, Nutter Fort and Spelter volunteer fire department are responding to the brush fire, and the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department and WV Division of Forestry are also on the scene.
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