Water Main Break Shuts Down 16th Street

Traffic on 16th Street was backed up all the way to M Street. Photo by Heather Goss.

We've been getting a steady stream of emails from frustrated readers who arrived at their offices late this morning due to 16th Street NW being closed, at first below M Street, and now we're told as far north as up to R Street. The mess is due to a water main break at 16th and L Streets (part of L is also closed) that's also causing low water pressure for a couple of office buildings at the intersection. We'll update when we have more, but in the meantime, we're hearing it'd be best to avoid 16th, 17th and K and L Streets in the area.

Photo of 16th Street this morning snapped by Kyle Gustafson.