Traffic & Transit
Video Shows Street Splitting In Downtown Chicago, Halting Traffic
Rising water caused concrete in downtown Chicago to buckle, sending a pedestrian running.
CHICAGO — Monday was the wettest day since September in Chicago, according to the National Weather Service, and the water pressure is taking its toll on the city's streets. A road in downtown Chicago buckled Tuesday afternoon.
Rising water pressure caused the concrete on Jefferson Street to crack open.
A video, first posted by WGN, shows the street splitting for at least ten feet. The buckle startled a pedestrian, sending them running.
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Jefferson was closed Wednesday from Monroe to Adams so that emergency crews could repair the buckle.
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