Traffic & Transit

Gas Main Break Closes Route 28 In Falmouth

Route 28 between Maravista Avenue and Trotting Bark Road and Teaticket Post Office will remain closed until National Grid repairs the break.

Police have closed Route 28 between Maravista Avenua and Trotting Bark Road because of a gas main break.
Police have closed Route 28 between Maravista Avenua and Trotting Bark Road because of a gas main break. (Patch Graphic)

FALMOUTH, MA — A gas main break temporarily closed closed Route 28 between Maravista Avenue and Trotting Bark Road and the Teaticket Post Office Thursday morning. Police said the break happened when a crew working to repair a water main accidentally struck an existing gas main and ruptured it.

Route 28 has since re-opened, but police said the road was reduced to one lane to allow crews to continue to work on water main repairs.

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